Tag Archives: India

Spending more time at New Camaldoli Hermitage

Posted on September 1, 2014 by ashramdiary

I have been feeling more strongly drawn back to the Hermitage in Big Sur, where I originally made monastic vows. I have continued with the Order, by God’s grace, and on June 19, 2014, I celebrated there, together with fellow … Continue reading →

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January course in Berkeley: “The Bhagavad-Gita today”

Posted on December 26, 2013 by ashramdiary

Again this January, if any students sign up, I’ll be teaching a course on Hinduism. The theme this year is about the Bhagavad-Gita, India’s favorite scripture, as understood by four twentieth-century commentators. Here is the summary from the course syllabus: … Continue reading →

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A dream of Debussy / India and other passions

Posted on December 19, 2013 by ashramdiary

I seem to remember: in the past few days I briefly dreamed of meeting Claude Debussy. India is a great passion, in the best sense: that is, as an energy that brings forth an appetite deep in the soul. There … Continue reading →

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Teilhard de Chardin (China) & Monchanin (India)

Posted on June 8, 2010 by ashramdiary

Ursula King is an outstanding theologian and one of the best scholars to study the thought and writings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, a French Jesuit and paleontologist, who lived for many years in China. Teilhard de Chardin wrote about … Continue reading →

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