As a musician, it is a true privilege to stand on stage and watch a crowd of disparate individuals lost to the common, inclusive vitality that music offers; to observe people transcend themselves, united by that innate spiritual sameness that is buried beneath the condition of identity.

And he decided to open a temple, in the middle of one of the biggest refugee camps — 50 or 100 thousand people in these tiny, little bamboo huts.

Erwin Schrodinger was invited to deliver the Tarner Lecture at Cambridge University. His topic was not quantum mechanics. Instead, he delivered a lecture entitled the Physical Basis of Consciousness

Two hundred people are gathered for the U.S. opening of Thich Nhat Hahn’s Calligraphy exhibit. Thay, as his followers affectionately call him, is accompanied by 25 fellow monks.

Wageningen University has a publicly available library of drawings of root systems of trees. They are organised by scientific name and captivating.

The Kenroku-en Garden in Kanazawa is considered to be one of Japan’s most beautiful gardens. It integrates all six elements of a perfect garden, as defined by the ancient Chinese book of gardens: spaciousness, seclusion, panoramas, watercourses, artifice, antiquity. 

The old wooden barn serves as a performance hall and gathering space on the campus. Wooden floors, wooden walls, high rafter ceilings and big windows for the early summer sunshine. Youth from around the state has gathered for a three day retreat on the topic of diversity, inclusiveness and social progress.