Global Warming is (also) a spiritual issue

Impressed by Al Gore’s 2006 “An Inconvenient Truth”, I discussed the movie with a good friend of mine, an environmentalist like myself. In the midst of the conversation, he asked where I had seen the movie. “In my ashram,” I said. He looked at me rather incredulously and blurted out, “Why did your ashram screen such a movie?” Now, it was my turn to be flabbergasted. Why couldn’t a spiritual community like Anand...

A blessed afternoon with Dalai Lama

I still could not believe my luck as I saw His Holiness Dalai Lama crossing the stage to the microphone and greeting the audience. on June 9, 2007.. I mean, last January I was watching a video about Tibet and Dalai Lama and was thinking of how lucky I would be if I could meet him. And this afternoon in the chilly Melbourne afternoon I saw him. A beautiful soul who becomes the very symbol of peace and hope for this...