Clark Strand has been studying the world's spiritual traditions for more than thirty years. A former senior editor at Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, he is the author of Waking the Buddha, Meditation ...

Physicists and Buddhist contemplatives often seek to solve the same puzzles, from different angles: What is consciousness? How is reality shaped by observation? What does it mean for something to ...

We're awash in knowledge in 2023, but do you think our general level of understanding is greater? Do you think we're wiser? I'm not so sure, so when I was challenged to re-read through one of the ...

In the sacred texts of the Upanishads, a central spiritual principle is articulated: "As you think, so you act. As you act, so you become." This ancient Hindu scripture, whose name translates to ...

Sometimes, a single line read at the right moment can alter the course of one’s thinking. For Hyderabad’s Talari Anand Mahesh ...

Stories set in ancient worlds beyond Egypt, Greece and Rome offer a rare sense of distance and depth. These historical books ...

In October 1731, a fire at London’s Ashburnham House destroyed portions of the Old Royal Library and the Cotton library. Fortunately, the Old Royal Library’s most precious object, the Codex ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. In the heart of India’s ancient wisdom lies an orchestration of cosmic principles, ethical ...

That’s from the Book of Wisdom, (cfr. 6,1) simply telling us that true wisdom, the one that comes from and is a participation of the wisdom of God, is obviously far superior over whatever human ...