As the New Year approaches, let’s look to Buddhist and Hindu calendars and cultures for acknowledgment and celebration of new beginnings. What other traditional forms meet the universal need for hope and resilience throughout the year?
Milda Graham is a Religious Studies scholar at McGill with a focus on South Asian traditions such as yoga, and the Sanskrit language.
Milda looks at a phenomenon that inspires and uplifts worldwide. Arising from the hearts of sages and saints, devotional poetry shares transcendent insights and experiences in verse and often song.
Yoga is a very familiar word currently, but not when an orange clad monk from India first spoke at the World Parliament of Religions in 1892. What did he have to say? Is it relevant now?
Milda has practiced Yoga for many years, and is currently … read more.
