Human pscyhology

The Defeatist Culture – Knowing How To Know – Idries Shah

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), This week again let me bring to your attention an interesting excerpt from this thought provoking work, ‘Knowing How to Know’ by Idries Shah. In this work the author draws our attention to concealed patterns, normally invisible to our customary modes of thought. Excerpt: The Defeatist Culture Overlapping   →

Solving Problems – Knowing How To Know – Idries Shah

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), We all spend some time reading a book either suggested by someone or maybe something that appeals to our thought process and there can be many other reasons as well for reading. This week again let me bring to your attention an interesting excerpt from this thought provoking   →

Learning and Non-Learning – Learning How to Learn – Idries Shah

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), We all spend some time reading a book either suggested by someone or maybe something that appeals to our thought process and there can be many other reasons as well for reading. This week let me bring to your attention an interesting excerpt from this thought provoking work,   →

Can we Learn through Studying Books – Learning How to Learn – Idries Shah

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), We all spend some time now reading a book either suggested by someone or maybe something that appeals to our thought process and there can be many other reasons as well for reading. This week let me bring to your attention a very interesting and thought provoking work,   →

The JĀTAKAS – Birth Stories of the Bodhisatta – The Story of Kimsuka Tree – Translated from the Pãli by Sara Shaw

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), This week let me bring to your attention another monumental work, ‘The JĀTAKAS – Birth Stories of the Bodhisatta (the one bound for, or to, enlightenment). A Jātaka is a story about a birth, and this collection of tales is about the repeated births – and – deaths   →

The JĀTAKAS – Birth Stories of the Bodhisatta – The Kusa Grass Story – Translated from the Pãli by Sara Shaw

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), This week let me bring to your attention another monumental work, ‘The JĀTAKAS – Birth Stories of the Bodhisatta (the one bound for, or to, enlightenment). A Jātaka is a story about a birth, and this collection of tales is about the repeated births – and – deaths   →

The JĀTAKAS – Birth Stories of the Bodhisatta – The Story of the Great King of Glory – Translated from the Pãli by Sara Shaw

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), This week let me bring to your attention another monumental work, ‘The JĀTAKAS – Birth Stories of the Bodhisatta (the one bound for, or to, enlightenment). A Jātaka is a story about a birth, and this collection of tales is about the repeated births – and – deaths   →

The JĀTAKAS – Birth Stories of the Bodhisatta – The Story of the Partridge – Translated from the Pãli by Sara Shaw

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), This week let me bring to your attention another monumental work, ‘The JĀTAKAS – Birth Stories of the Bodhisatta (the one bound for, or to, enlightenment). A Jātaka is a story about a birth, and this collection of tales is about the repeated births – and – deaths   →

The JĀTAKAS – Birth Stories of the Bodhisatta – The Cane Stalk Story – Translated from the Pãli by Sara Shaw

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), This week let me bring to your attention another monumental work, ‘The JĀTAKAS – Birth Stories of the Bodhisatta (the one bound for, or to, enlightenment). A Jātaka is a story about a birth, and this collection of tales is about the repeated births – and – deaths   →

The Fruit of the Tree – A Perfumed Scorpion – Idries Shah

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), Last week I spoke briefly about some important concepts among many others concerning “YOGA” from this monumental work, ‘The YOGA SŪTRAS of Patañjali’ which is Translated from the Sanskrit by Edwin F Bryant (WITH INSIGHTS FROM TRADITIONAL COMMENTATORS) Today I shall share a tale from yet another interesting,   →