Unlike strictly monotheistic faiths like Christianity and Islam, traditional Chinese religions have allowed many gods to rub shoulders. Having lived in India, I was already
The gods in the Rigveda were a colorful lot, and they made up a group that was uniquely Indian. The most frequently honored was Indra,
I was in Preah Khan’s Hall of the Dancers, hoping that one of the female celestial dancers carved on the pillars and lintels would materialize and
Yes, Dao also means way. And Jesus, in John, said, “I am the light and the way.” But Chinese and Western cultures have often interpreted salvation
You’d think a circle is a circle. The most basic description of a circle in Western culture is a line around a central point, which
Something was missing. Those stately Romanesque and Gothic arches in the cathedrals I spent 4 months exploring in a trip through Northern Europe were supposed
Things often seem to happen on a cosmic scale in India. While living in the school outside Chennai in 1996 (it was called Madras then),
Emotions can seem self-evident, but they come in a lot of varieties which emerge in cultures. It will be a big challenge for AI to
Most people have seen the acropolis at Athens as an expression of rationality. But next to the Parthenon was a highly emotional building, the Erechtheion.