Afghan Buddhist loot returned to Kabul

BBC.co.uk, Aug. 5, 2012 (VIDEO) Many of the precious [pre-Islamic Buddhist] objects were looted during Afghanistan's civil war.Hundreds of archaeological artifacts looted from Afghanistan have been handed over to the country's national museum during a ceremony in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Many of the 843 pieces were stolen during Afghanistan's civil war in the 1990s and ended up on the black market.    Some of the items, which include stone statues of Buddha [who was born near the...

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What is "non-duality"? (video)

Amber Dorrian and Dhr. Seven, Wisdom Quarterly Non-duality (Sanskrit, advaita) is oneness, not-two-ism, and the whole is often called "God." This realization, while satisfying and fulsome, is NOT enlightenment, is not nirvana, is not the end of all suffering.There is an object of perception. We see (or otherwise perceive) it. Therefore, we conclude, there must be a perceiver distinct from the perception.Although it seems this way, it is an illusion. There is. That much can be said. But what is there? Perception goes on. But who is there?The Buddha laid out a never-before-heard Middle Path that...

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