Apr 10, 2024 | Eastern Philosophy
No matter how many times you hear a pithy proverb from the Dalai Lama or come across a powerful passage from the Bhagavad Gita, certain pearls of wisdom never seem to lose their luster. And though they may strike us as common-sensical and undeniable, we find ourselves...
Nov 3, 2015 | Eastern Philosophy
Bamboo is something of a symbol of Far Eastern culture. So it’s not unusual for our love of bamboo to spill over into other Asian ideas and aesthetics, like bonsai, meditation and Wabi-Sabi. But today we’re going to explore and unpack another treasure...
Feb 14, 2011 | Bambu Batu, Eastern Philosophy
It’s a many-splendored thing, it’s a rose, it’s a battlefield. Love is many things, and today, February 14th, is the day we celebrate it. So we’ve collected eight timeless quotations about love that express all its glory and mystery and hope...
Jul 15, 2010 | Bambu Batu, Eastern Philosophy
As we’ve just gotten in a beautiful new batch of mythic eastern statuary, this seems like an apt moment to review the line-up of Far Eastern iconography. The mighty Buddha is known to take many shapes and forms, sometimes even the absence of form. For those not...