17 posts tagged Pop Culture
Where Two Worlds Collide
An artist merges her cultural heritage with childhood cartoons
Life Is But a Dream (As Seen on TV)
Tuning in to films and series that play with the nature of reality can help us channel Buddhist wisdom
The Returned: When Death Is Not the End
In Tibetan tales and popular culture the dead have a way of coming back with a purpose
The Buddhist Teachings inside Russian Doll
How the cycle of death and rebirth plays out in the television series
The Struggle Itself
A video game developer explains how the quest for power keeps you playing
Where We Believe It Resides: Power in Game of Thrones and Himalayan Religions
A four-part series exploring the TV series in relation to Tibetan Buddhism
A Trick, a Shadow on a Wall: Magical Means to Power in Game of Thrones and Himalayan Religions
Magic and the games of power in Westeros, the Himalayas, and beyond
The Vision of the Prophet: Prophecy in Game of Thrones and Himalayan Religions
Greenseers, treasure revealers, and other interpreters of omens
You Win or You Die: Death in Game of Thrones and Himalayan Religions
How wargs and tulkus master their consciousness
Winter Is Here: The End of the World in Game of Thrones and Himalayan Religions
White Walkers, the last battle of Shambhala, and other stories of apocalypse
What Buddhism Has to Say about Westworld
Unpacking the television show’s mysteries through art in the Rubin’s collection
Westworld and Hidden Treasures
How the teachings of a legendary Buddhist master resonate in popular culture today
Neuroscience Meets Westworld
How memory relates to consciousness
Because the Present Isn’t Enough: James Gleick on Time Travel
A Victorian meme touches down in the twenty-first century
Close Encounters of the Bengali Kind
Could the inspiration for E.T. have come from the earlier work of Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray?
Twin Peaks in the Himalayas: Where Pop Culture Meets Ancient Culture
Connecting the mysteries in Twin Peaks with objects in the Rubin's collection
Falu on “The True Spirit and Color of Bollywood”
The singer-songwriter shares her creative inspirations

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