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EAST MEETS WEST PART TWO:
DHARMA DAYS, YOGA NIGHTS
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Program 07-11-11-A |
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A look at America's romance with Eastern spirituality:
how did dharma retreats and yoga vacations become part of the Western
lifestyle? Buddhist teachers explain what Buddhism has to offer a consumer
culture. Also, hear how the Beatles brought Eastern spirituality ot the
West.
SEGMENT 1:
Elizabeth Gilbert, author of "Eat, Pray, Love" tells Steve Paulson it was an early mid-life crisis (including a messy divorce) that brought her to India to follow in the footsteps of generations of spiritual seekers from the West. Also, Bob Spitz writes about the Beatles time in India with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in his book "The Beatles: The Biography." Spitz tells Anne Strainchamps that the ashram was a blissful environment for the Beatles and changed their music and our popular culture forever.
SEGMENT 2:
Jim Fleming reports how a new generation of American Buddhist teachers are adapting the Buddha's two thousand year old message for 21st century American audiences. We hear from Lama Surya Das, born Jeffrey Miller in New York; Sharon Salzberg; Buddhist psychotherapist Tara Brach and Jon Kabat-Zinn.
SEGMENT 3:
Robert Bly has re-translated some of the work of a fifteenth century poet-saint from India named Kabir. Bly tells Steve Paulson that Kabir often writes about the soul's longing for the divine. And we hear examples of the poetry.
CD copies are available at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 07-11-11-A.
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Books:
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Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything across Italy, India and Indonesia (Penguin) |
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| Bob Spitz, The Beatles: the Biography (Little, Brown) |  |
| Jon Kabat-Zinn, Coming to Our Senses (Hyperion) |  |
| Robert Bly, Kabir: Ecstatic Poems (Beacon) |  |
| Lama Surya Das, Awakening the Buddha Within (Bantam) |  |
| Sharon Salzberg, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness (Shambhala) |  |
| Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance:
Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha (Bantam) |
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Music:
- Series Theme Music:
Ikarus, Touched the Sun
http://www.ikarusmusic.at/ - -“Eastern Journey,” Biddu Orchestra on “Putumayo Presents: Asian Lounge” (Putumayo)
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“Deep Inside,” Ikarus on “Tandava” (Sounds True”)
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-The Beatles, “The White Album” – various songs
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“Bodhisattva Vow,” The Beastie Boys, on “Ill Communication” (Grand Royal)
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“Mantram,” Steve Roach, Byron Metcalf, Mark Seelig. (Projekt)
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“Tara Appears White Alone,” Padma Soundsystem
www.padmasoundsystem.com -
Reprise,” Anoushka Shankar and Karsh Kale, on “Breathing Under Water” (Manhattan Records)
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