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“Lysistrata–more than a play”–Daily Metta

September 24: “I want women to learn the primary right of resistance.” –Gandhi (Harijan, September  12, 1936) Greek comic poet Aristophanes is probably most famous for his play Lysistrata, a story about war and the women who resisted it. How did they do it?  By withholding sexual privileges from their husbands until reconciliation between Sparta… read more

“Interfaith Power”–Daily Metta

March 13: “True knowledge of religion breaks down the barriers between faith and faith.” —Gandhi (From Yervada Mandir, p. 40) Religions, while they have their superficial differences, all point to the same reality: the unity of life and its realization. As the wisdom tradition  maintains, “the paths are many but the truth is one.”  Unfortunately,… read more