Rubrik & arsip
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The Memory of Bronze: Why People Believe in Karma
In a gong-smithy at Wirun, an apprentice cracks the bronze and learns that metal forgets nothing. Drawing on the Upanishads, the Pali canon, Rumi, Anaximander, Arendt, and the Balinese Sārasamuccaya, this essay…
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Beyond Heroes and Villains: History, Morality, and the Psychology of Narrative
Tulisan ini menggambarkan bagaimana sejarah dipengaruhi oleh kekuasaan, membentuk narasi pahlawan dan penjahat. Ia menyoroti kompleksitas moral, bahwa individu bisa berperan dalam kejahatan atau pahlawan berdasarkan konteks. Penting untuk mengakui berbagai perspektif…
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The Ocean in a Grain of Sand: On Reading the Mahabharata as a Child
Penulis merenungkan dua buku terpanjang yang pernah dibacanya: Mahabharata dan seri Harry Potter. Mahabharata memberikan gambaran tentang warisan dan makna kehidupan, sedangkan Harry Potter mencerminkan perjalanan tumbuh dewasa dan penemuan diri. Kedua…
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What the Elder Leaves Unsaid
What does a wise elder truly leave the young? Not rules, but roots. Drawing from Wulangreh, Kalatidha, Confucius, Laozi, Rumi, the Dhammapada, and Marcus Aurelius, this essay follows a bronze-caster and his…
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The Ferryman Who Could Not Read the Sky
A ferryman on the Bengawan Solo who cannot read the sky becomes a lens for how humans meet uncertainty — through Stoic discipline, Buddhist impermanence, Taoist yielding, the Gita’s detachment from results,…
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The Boat That Would Not Let the Sea In
A boatwright’s teaching on sealed hulls becomes a meditation on why adulthood need not mean letting the world’s corruption in. Drawing on Mencius, Zhuangzi, the Dhammapada, the Gita, Sufi and Stoic thought,…
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The Waves of Worries
Perjalanan emosi manusia yang sering kali terjebak dalam kekhawatiran. Penulis menyadari bahwa setiap kecemasan, meskipun terasa mendalam, adalah sementara dan akan tergantikan oleh yang baru. Ada kelegaan dalam memahami bahwa rasa sakit…
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The Silence That Understands
Why does true listening remain so rare? Through a Javanese village parable and voices from Confucius, Rumi, Lao Tzu, the Upanishads, the Pali canon, and the Stoics, this essay traces listening as…
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Does Everything Happen for a Reason?
Does misfortune carry hidden purpose, or only the meaning we build afterward? A potter’s cracked jar opens a meditation across the Gita, Tao Te Ching, Stoic philosophy, Rumi, Confucius, and Javanese Serat…
