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Victory Over the Darkness of Suffering
This song changed my life. It continues to change my life. Practicing life to this song, happiness flows through me. My analysis or thoughts cannot do Baba Hanuman justice. Here is how Krishna Das wanted these powerful words to be translated: Baba Hanuman Namo… Namo…Anjaninandanaaya I bow, I bow again and again to Anjani’s son, Hanuman […]
Backpacking in Burma: Yangon
Backpacking in Burma: Yangon Really enjoyed my time in Myanmar (Burma) which is an extremely interesting country. Ravaged by decades of dictatorship and war, the country is finally opening up to the outside world. The richest nation in Asia in the 1960s, Myanmar is now among the region’s poorest. With its immense natural resources, sizable population […]
Quinoa should be taking over the world. This is why it isn’t.
“In the Andean highlands of Bolivia and Peru, the broom-like, purple-flowered goosefoot plant is spreading over the barren hillsides–further and further every spring. When it’s dried, threshed, and processed through special machines, the plant yields a golden stream of seeds called quinoa, a protein-rich foodstuff that’s been a staple of poor communities here for millennia. […]