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Eight great traditions. Thousands of years of thought. One monk to curate it daily — from the mountains of Greece to the courts of ancient India, the rivers of China to the deserts of Persia.

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Traditions
🏛️ Greek & Roman 5 traditions
Stoicism Marcus Aurelius · Seneca · Epictetus → Socrates & Plato Dialogues · The Republic · Apology → Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics · Virtue → Epicureanism Epicurus · Pleasure · Ataraxia → Cynicism Diogenes · Living Freely →
🪷 Indian 6 traditions
Bhagavad Gita Krishna · Arjuna · Dharma → Vedanta & Upanishads Vivekananda · Atman · Brahman → Chanakya Arthashastra · Strategy · Power → Buddhism The Buddha · Four Noble Truths → Sikhism Guru Granth Sahib · Seva → Jainism Mahavira · Ahimsa · Non-attachment →
☯️ Chinese 4 traditions
Confucianism Confucius · Virtue · Ren → Taoism Lao Tzu · Zhuangzi · Wu Wei → Sun Tzu Art of War · Strategy · Victory → Chan Buddhism Huangbo · Koans · Emptiness →
🌸 Japanese 6 traditions
Zen Buddhism Dogen · Suzuki · Koans → Bushido Samurai Code · Honour · Loyalty → Miyamoto Musashi Book of Five Rings · The Way → Wabi-Sabi Imperfection · Impermanence → Ikigai Purpose · Reason for Being → Mono no Aware Pathos of Things · Transience →
🌙 Persian & Middle Eastern 4 traditions
Rumi Masnavi · Love · Divine Union → Omar Khayyam Rubaiyat · Wine · Impermanence → Kahlil Gibran The Prophet · Love · Children → Islamic Golden Age Ibn Rushd · Al-Ghazali · Wisdom →
🌍 African 3 traditions
Ubuntu I am because we are · Community → Ancient Egyptian Ptahhotep · Ma'at · Wisdom Texts → West African Proverbs Akan · Yoruba · Igbo Wisdom →
⚡ Celtic & Norse 3 traditions
Norse & Viking Eddas · Odin · Courage · Fate → Celtic Wisdom Druids · Nature · Sacred cycles → Eddic Poetry Hávamál · Words of the High One →
✡️ Hebrew & Biblical 3 traditions
Proverbs & Ecclesiastes Solomon · Vanity · Wisdom → Talmudic Wisdom Rabbinical thought · Ethics → Kabbalah Mysticism · Tree of Life · Ein Sof →

From the Traditions