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Two Dry Nations
Ashoka The Great and Spreading Buddhism
In today’s selection — the first great unifier of large parts of the Indian subcontinent was Ashoka the Great (304-232 BCE), who converted to Buddhism after witnessing the bloody horrors of his own wars, and used the moderating influence of Buddhism to help unify the widely different peoples within in his realm. He sent missionaries […]
7/26 Quote: Rory Trollen
“The way you accept Asthanga yoga is the way you will accept other outside challenges in life.” ~Rory Trollen
Traveling Ratanakiri Cambodia
Traveling Ratankiri Cambodia was amazing! As many of you know, I was recently in Cambodia teaching English, studying the Khmer language, working with NGOs, and traveling around the beautiful country. We made a trip to Ratankiri, a small province (even for Cambodian standards) of less than 100,000 inhabitants, felt so different from Siem Reap. The population and commerce […]