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Program 10-07-04-A |
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The Dalai Lama's birthday is July 6th, 1935. For decades, he's served as the spiritual leader of Tibet, urging them forward on the path of non-violence in the face of Chinese occupation. But as the Dalai Lama ages, and the Chinese consolidate their power in Tibet, rumbles of discontent are growing as Tibetan dissidents grapple with new alternatives for resistance. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, the intersection of ancient spiritual tradition with twenty-first century politics and modernity. Also, MC Yogi's sacred take on hip-hop.
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Travel writer William Dalrymple has lived in India since 1989, witnessing the economic boom and the cultural changes that followed. In his new book called "Nine Lives" he goes in search of the sacred. He tells Jim Fleming about some of those he discovered. In Tibet everyone knows who is sacred: it's the Dalai Lama who will turn 75 this year. Reporter Greg Bruno traveled around India and Nepal to investigate how Chines influence is shaping the lives of Tibetans far away from home.
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Hip Hop often concerns itself with everyday life, but these days there is at least one young artist who believes hip hop can change the face of devotional music. MC Yogi tells Anne Strainchamps how his music changed when he discovered yoga.
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Stephen Batchelor wants contemporary Buddhists to re-think the life of the Buddha. The former Buddhist monk tells Steve Paulson that his close examination of early texts about the Buddha reveals a man concerned with the present world, not the world to come.
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| William Dalrymple, Nine Lives (Knopf) | |
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Stephen Batchelor, Confession of a Buddhist Athiest (Spiegel and Grau) |
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- MC Yogi
http://mcyogi.com/
- Stephen Batchelor
http://www.stephenbatchelor.org/book-confession.html
- William Dalrymple
http://www.williamdalrymple.uk.com/
- -"Mangalam"/ Prem
Joshua (Remixed by Sean Dinsmore)/Pandaua: mixed and compiled by Pathaan/Sounds
True
- -"You Are We Am I (Red Mix)"/ tj Rehmi/
Pandaua: mixed and compiled by Pathaan/Sounds True
- -"Dreamcatcher"/Bahramji and Maneesh de
Moor/Pandaua: mixed and compiled by Pathaan/Sounds True
- MC Yogi Piece:
from the album, "Elephant Power" from White Swan Records
-Om (Invocation)
-Rock on Hanuman
-Ganesh is Fresh
-Be the Change (Niraj Chang's Swaraj Mix)
-"Electric Sheep"/Amniotic/Pandaua: mixed and compiled by Pathaan/Sounds True
-"Kismet"/Bond/Born/Decca
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Distribution dates: week of 07/04/2010
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