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In Pictures: Tanzania’s Traditional Healers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22263057 “Many people in Tanzania – and across Africa – consult traditional healers for everything from curing illness to good-luck charms. Government regulations and Western medicine may have changed some of their activities, but from herbalists to diviners, they have adapted and remain important figures.”
The Monk With Sweaty Palms
Kasan, a Zen teacher and monk, was to officiate at a funeral of a famous nobleman. As he stood there waiting for the governor of the province and other lords and ladies to arrive, he noticed that the palms of his hands were sweaty. The next day he called his disciples together and confessed he […]
Paul Allen: Go Where They’re Not
It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters in the end.
~Ernest Hemingway