Enlightenment is everywhere we look, says Joan Sutherland — we can choose to notice it, but at the same time, we can also trust that it will find us, wherever we are. “The Mouth of Krishna, #367,” 2015. By Albarran Cabrera.At the very heart of Buddhism is the promise of enlightenment. It’s the bright flame illuminating the dharma, and the […]
A few days before the eminent scholar Lance Cousins passed away, in 2015, he revealed to one of his students, Sarah Shaw, that he had been working on a book on Buddhist meditation. After his death, with the permission of his family, Shaw found the manuscript on his desktop and prepared it for publication. The book, Meditations of the Pali […]
RFID Technology Used in Apparel Industry Shweta B. Mokashi1Naveen M. Gadkari2Department of Textiles (Fashion Technology)12DKTE’S Textile & Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji, India12Email: [email protected] Introduction:Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) refers to a wireless technology comprised of two elements: tags and readers. The reader is a tool that has one or more antennas that release radio waves and receive signals back from the […]
Joan Sutherland shares why we must learn to trust the ebbs and flows of awakening — agreeing to all of its seasons and tides. In our yearning for enlightenment, we might hope that it’s a state of unfluctuating perfection that solves the problem of the constant change that roils our lives. But if we see what we’re doing as awakening, […]
En la ocasión del cumpleaños de Pema Chödrön, la editora adjunta de Lion’s Roar, Andrea Miller comparte tres lecciones importantes que le enseñó Pema. Pema Chödrön. Photo by Liza Matthews. ¿Alguna vez has caminado por la calle perdida en tus pensamientos, sólo lo suficientemente presente para no caerte en un hoyo, pero no lo suficiente para ver más allá de […]
Illustration by Ray Fenwick. In his “Instructions to the Cook,” Dogen, the Japanese founder of the Soto Zen school, wrote that someone working to benefit others should maintain three minds: magnanimous mind (daishin), parental mind (roshin), and joyful mind (kishin). Magnanimous mind (or “big mind”) means, according to Dogen, “being unprejudiced and refusing to take sides.” In other words, magnanimous […]
Fashion Communication: Types, Trends, Strategies and Importance Shubham Anil JainAditya Birla Fashion and Retail LimitedBangalore, IndiaEmail: [email protected] 1. What is Fashion Communication?Fashion Communication is defined as delivering the message of fashion, different culture and lifestyle by managing various media. It basically involves using the communication design strategy to fashion & various lifestyle products. Due to the development in fashion […]
In his conversation with Matthew Abrahams, Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi argues for “Enlightenment” over “Awakening” as our best English-language translation of bodhi, the Pali word for the Buddha’s transcendence (“In Defense of ‘Enlightenment,’” Summer 2021). With due respect to the eponymous Ven. Bodhi, I find “Enlightenment” to be the less enlightened of the two English terms. I mean “less enlightened” here […]
Antibacterial Extraction and Cotton Fabric Testing from Azadirachta Indica Shahidul IslamDept. of Textile EngineeringBGMEA University of Fashion & Technology, DhakaEmail: [email protected] Azadirachta Indica Antibacterial Agent:Azadirachta indica is one of the most important commercially grown tree origin since it yields drug and textile purpose both. Azadirachta is a commonly neem plant, which belongs to the family Meliaceae. While most Meliaceae […]
Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings were always profound and practical, showing us effective ways to apply Buddhism’s deepest insights in our own lives. Here he draws on Buddhist and modern psychology to teach us how to cultivate the habit of happiness. Photo by Philippe Lissac / Getty Images All of us have the capacity to be happy. We have seeds of […]
