“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”

~ Andre Gide

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 […]

Kate and Brian: We are on Lake Titicaca in Bolivia!

New York Elsewhere

http://www.themorningnews.org/article/new-york-elsewhere New Yorkers don’t fade away—they just move. But to where?