Philosophy Blog

Yunus Emre – Mystic poet, philosopher, lover and a friend of the Absolute

Written by Pinar Karaman Kaan

There is no written recorded information about Yunus Emre’s life and only his poems survive but it is generally agreed that he lived between 1240 and 1320. He was born in Sarikoy, a village by the Sakarya River, Anatolia, now modern-day Turkey. He lost his father at an early age, leaving Yunus and his mother to make their living by farming.

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Sanskrit Weekend at Waterperry House

Written by John Hay, a student in attendance of the weekend.

The focus of the retreat was the Gayatri mantra.

Twenty-two of us met together at Waterperry house on the weekend of the 24 November 2023, near Oxfordshire under the guidance of Warwick and Elena Jessup. 

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Ubuntu
Ubuntu is an African name for a universal concept. The term contains a timeless wisdom. The Zulu description is - umuntu ngamuntu ngabantu which translates variously as:
“A person is a person through persons.”
“Persons depend upon persons to be persons”
“I am because you are, you are because we are.”
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Shakespeare - A Renaissance Perennial

An excerpt from; Shakespeare - A Renaissance Perennial

By Jeremy Nieboer

This article consists of a consideration of the treatise by Martin Lings entitled ‘The Secret of Shakespeare’ first published in part in 1965 in ‘Tomorrow’ and then in its full version as an essay in[1] 2005.

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