How to listen to podcasts: everything you need to know We are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2017: The word has…
To be clear, ‘effective’ in this context means ‘strikingly convincing in some respects’, rather than anything that might trouble the Turing Test. The interesting results wrought by the model can appear eerily on point, apparently written with intelligence, intention, and…
River Yamuna Personified Prays to Lord Balarama Bala or spiritual strength is essential for attaining self-realization and Lord Balarama is the giver of spiritual strength. He is the gravitational force that sustains the planets in their universal positions. The one…
Sometimes such friendships are deep and lifelong. But at other times, they are sustained largely by proximity and convenience; it’s good to have someone to spend time with, to grab a drink with after work, or coffee during the day….
The following is a narration of the glories of Pavitropana Ekadasi from the bhavishya purana. This year Pavitropana Ekadasi falls on 18 Aug, 2021 “The king’s advisers were glad to receive these instructions from Lomasa Rishi. They gratefully offered him their obeisances…
How might we do that? Let’s focus on sudden extinction. Imagine that some huge asteroid is heading to earth, which if it hits will remove any possibility of life on earth. If you have the power to deflect it, should…
Fisherwoman approaches Babaji One day, a lady selling fish approached Srila Vamsidas Babaji, offering him some choice type of catch. Somehow or other, the Babaji’s mind became attracted to tasting the fish. But he immediately rebuked himself and became very…
The nature of the opportunity offered, as well as the standard used to measure whether an individual adhered to it, will have to take a variety of factors into account. For instance, it will have to take into account various…
The myth of eradication Rather than being determined by a particular number of cases or deaths, the end will require us no longer focussing on such numbers. The attitude we have towards such figures is as important to the…
Perhaps, then, the more fortunate have an oddly self-interested moral reason to house the homeless (in addition to the moral reasons we have to alleviate suffering). Christians and romantics sometimes see immoral action as staining our souls; we who accept…
Srila Lokanatha Gosvami Amongst the Goswamis, Lokanatha was the eldest. He was always intensely absorbed in loving ecstatic mellows. It is very difficult to describe the character of Lokanatha Goswami, who was so dear to Mahaprabhu. When Mahaprabhu…
Krakenimages/Shutterstock Trish Greenhalgh, University of Oxford and Dominic Wilkinson, University of Oxford There were, of course, differences of opinion. For example, some disagreed about the severity of the threat posed by COVID, about the wisdom of different national approaches to…
It’s unclear how these experiences actually impacted the moral dispositions of these astronauts, or for how long. Indirect evidence that suggests a lasting positive impact comes from research on how experiences of awe can result in increased prosocial behaviour, specifically…
Humanism is not new to Australia, however. The Council of Australian Humanist Societies was founded in 1965. But Humanism Australia marks the first time that there has been a national humanist organisation for individuals to join, and which is focused…
