Wisdom on The Culturium

Jul 23 2017

Paula Marvelly: Rendezvous With Ramana, Part III

Edwin Lord Weeks, Bombay Snake Charmers.
Photograph: [Public Domain] The Athenaeum

Dispelling illusion

Jul 16 2017

Paula Marvelly: Rendezvous With Ramana, Part II

G. G. Welling, Sri Ramana Maharshi.
Photograph: [Public Domain] Wikimedia Commons

In search of bliss

Jul 09 2017

Paula Marvelly: Rendezvous With Ramana, Part I

Amrita Sher-Gil, Brahmacharis.
Photograph: [Public Domain] WikiArt

A quest for the Self

Jul 02 2017

Edward A. Burger: Amongst White Clouds

Edward A. Burger, Amongst White Clouds.
Photograph: © Commonfolk Films

Buddhist hermit masters of China’s Zhongnan Mountains

Jun 24 2017

Seneca: On Tranquillity of Mind

Vilhelm Hammershøi, Bedroom.
Photograph: [Public Domain] The Athenaeum

The art of stillness

May 14 2017

Robert Adams: Silence of the Heart

Edward Muzika, Robert Adams.
Photograph: [CC BY 3.0] Wikimedia Commons

All is well and everything is unfolding as it should

Mar 26 2017

Ajahn Sumedho: The Sound of Silence

Lakhesis, Lumbini Buddha Garden, Hpa-An, Myanmar.
Photograph: © 2017, Lakhesis / 123RF Stock Photo

The noumenal void

Feb 19 2017

Rollo May: My Quest for Beauty

Rollo May, After Glow of a Sunset.
Photograph: © Rollo May

A personal story of redemption

Feb 05 2017

W. Somerset Maugham: The Saint

G. G. Welling, Sri Ramana Maharsh.
Photograph: [Public Domain] Wikimedia Commons

How a celebrated writer found his greatest inspiration in the presence of a humble sage