Aug 9, 2019 | Agriculture & Gardening
Are you looking to add a little touch of the Orient to your garden? Bamboo is one of the best plants to produce that effect. An iconic symbol of the Far East, bamboo embodies all the sublime elegance and simplicity that we associate with Japanese gardens and design....
Oct 8, 2014 | Eastern Philosophy, Soul Food
DISCLOSURE: Some of the links in this article are affiliate links. This means that, at no additional cost to you, we will earn a small commission if you click through those links and make a purchase. “The Magician and the Prince” | A Zen...
Mar 28, 2012 | Alternative Lifestyle, Eastern Philosophy, Health & Fitness, Natural Healing
Meditation has always been a wonderful way to calm, center, and focus the mind and spirit. Evidence out of UCLA suggests that this kind of quiet, directed introspection could also strengthen the connections between neurons and increase the amount of folding in the...
Jul 31, 2010 | Bambu Batu, Eastern Philosophy, Soul Food
As we prepare for the major undertaking of relocating the House of Bamboo, it’s a good time to pause and reflect on the fact — sometimes hard to swallow — that everything is always in a state of flux. Or as the ancient Greeks were wont to say,...
Jul 15, 2010 | Bambu Batu, Eastern Philosophy, Soul Food
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...
