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Les Turcs descendent dans la rue pour le 6è jour consécutif, et la répression s'est accentuée lundi matin, après l'incarcération hier (23 mars 2025) du maire d'Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu. Turquie :Lundi matin (24 mars 2025), au moins huit journalistes ont été arrêtés. Le maire d'Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu a passé sa première nuit en prison. Le principal opposant à Recep Tayyip Erdogan avait été démis de ses fonctions dans la foulée de son incarcération pour corruption hier. Devant la mairie d'Istanbul dimanche soir, l'appel au rassemblement a été massivement suivi. Pour l'opposition, l'enjeu est de maintenir la pression sur le président Erdoğan - avec un mot d'ordre : «korkma»,  «n'aie pas peur»...  C'est ce que Güney Efe, étudiant de 21 ans, avait écrit sur sa pancarte...  un témoignage recueilli par Anne Andlauer. Quel impact la situation intérieure peut-elle avoir sur les relations avec l'Union européenne, dans le contexte de la guerre en Ukraine notamment ? Sur cette question, parmi d'autres, l'analyse de Dorothée Schmid, directrice du programme Turquie - Moyen-Orient à l'Institut Français des Relations Internationales.   Guerre en Ukraine :La semaine dernière, l'Ukraine et la Russie ont échangé chacune 175 prisonniers de guerre. Certains soldats ukrainiens retrouvaient la liberté après plus de deux ans de prison. Le sort de ces détenus qui se comptent par milliers fait d'ailleurs partie d'un volet à part entière dans la proposition de cessez-le feu de Volodymyr Zelensky.Taras, 39 ans a été libéré à la faveur d'un de ces échanges en juin 2024. Cet ancien soldat ukrainien a passé 20 mois en Russie dans différentes prisons. Il a confié son récit à Cerise Sudry-Le Dû.    Environnement :Comme le changement climatique, la pollution au plastique est une crise planétaire. D'après certains scientifiques d'ici à 2050 la quantité de plastiques présents dans les océans sera supérieure à celle des poissons. La France accueillera en juin prochain à Nice la troisième Conférence des Nations unies sur l'Océan. Et un peu partout dans le pays, la société se mobilise. En Bretagne, à Brest, le fond Oceanopolis Acts organise chaque année une collecte de déchets pour sensibiliser les habitants. La  prochaine a lieu samedi 29 mars, Olivier Favier a rencontré ses organisateurs.Le plastique génère aussi les microplastiques, ces particules présentes partout : dans l'eau que nous buvons, dans notre nourriture, dans les cosmétiques...  À Bruxelles, une première législation sur le sujet est entrée en vigueur en 2023, mais les discussions ont repris pour tenter de faire adopter un nouveau texte, plus contraignant. Elena Louazon.

Les Turcs descendent dans la rue pour le 6è jour consécutif, et la répression s'est accentuée lundi matin, après l'incarcération hier (23 mars 2025) du maire d'Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu. Turquie :Lundi matin (24 mars 2025), au moins huit journalistes ont été arrêtés. Le maire d'Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu a passé sa première nuit en prison. Le principal opposant à Recep Tayyip Erdogan avait été démis de ses fonctions dans la foulée de son incarcération pour corruption hier. Devant la mairie d'Istanbul dimanche soir, l'appel au rassemblement a été massivement suivi. Pour l'opposition, l'enjeu est de maintenir la pression sur le président Erdoğan - avec un mot d'ordre : «korkma»,  «n'aie pas peur»...  C'est ce que Güney Efe, étudiant de 21 ans, avait écrit sur sa pancarte...  un témoignage recueilli par Anne Andlauer. Quel impact la situation intérieure peut-elle avoir sur les relations avec l'Union européenne, dans le contexte de la guerre en Ukraine notamment ? Sur cette question, parmi d'autres, l'analyse de Dorothée Schmid, directrice du programme Turquie - Moyen-Orient à l'Institut Français des Relations Internationales.   Guerre en Ukraine :La semaine dernière, l'Ukraine et la Russie ont échangé chacune 175 prisonniers de guerre. Certains soldats ukrainiens retrouvaient la liberté après plus de deux ans de prison. Le sort de ces détenus qui se comptent par milliers fait d'ailleurs partie d'un volet à part entière dans la proposition de cessez-le feu de Volodymyr Zelensky.Taras, 39 ans a été libéré à la faveur d'un de ces échanges en juin 2024. Cet ancien soldat ukrainien a passé 20 mois en Russie dans différentes prisons. Il a confié son récit à Cerise Sudry-Le Dû.    Environnement :Comme le changement climatique, la pollution au plastique est une crise planétaire. D'après certains scientifiques d'ici à 2050 la quantité de plastiques présents dans les océans sera supérieure à celle des poissons. La France accueillera en juin prochain à Nice la troisième Conférence des Nations unies sur l'Océan. Et un peu partout dans le pays, la société se mobilise. En Bretagne, à Brest, le fond Oceanopolis Acts organise chaque année une collecte de déchets pour sensibiliser les habitants. La  prochaine a lieu samedi 29 mars, Olivier Favier a rencontré ses organisateurs.Le plastique génère aussi les microplastiques, ces particules présentes partout : dans l'eau que nous buvons, dans notre nourriture, dans les cosmétiques...  À Bruxelles, une première législation sur le sujet est entrée en vigueur en 2023, mais les discussions ont repris pour tenter de faire adopter un nouveau texte, plus contraignant. Elena Louazon.

Mercredi 19 mars, l'Ukraine a récupéré 175 prisonniers, libérés de prisons russes. Certains étaient emprisonnés depuis deux ans et demi. La libération de tous les prisonniers de guerre, dont le nombre est encore incertain, mais se compte par milliers, fait d'ailleurs partie d'un volet spécial dans la proposition de cessez-le-feu de Volodymyr Zelensky. Taras, lui, a été libéré à la faveur d'un échange de prisonniers en juin dernier. Cet ancien soldat ukrainien de 39 ans a passé 20 mois dans différentes prisons russes. Notre correspondante à Kiev l'a rencontré. Un reportage à retrouver dans la longueur dans Accents d'Europe.À lire aussiUkraine, les doctrines militaires bouleversées par la guerre des drones

Mercredi 19 mars, l'Ukraine a récupéré 175 prisonniers, libérés de prisons russes. Certains étaient emprisonnés depuis deux ans et demi. La libération de tous les prisonniers de guerre, dont le nombre est encore incertain, mais se compte par milliers, fait d'ailleurs partie d'un volet spécial dans la proposition de cessez-le-feu de Volodymyr Zelensky. Taras, lui, a été libéré à la faveur d'un échange de prisonniers en juin dernier. Cet ancien soldat ukrainien de 39 ans a passé 20 mois dans différentes prisons russes. Notre correspondante à Kiev l'a rencontré. Un reportage à retrouver dans la longueur dans Accents d'Europe.À lire aussiUkraine, les doctrines militaires bouleversées par la guerre des drones

This episode we continue to follow the monk Xuanzang on his path along the silk road.  From Gaochang, he traveled through the Tarim Basin, up over the Tianshan Mountains, to the heart of the Western Gokturk Qaghanate.  From there, he traveled south, through the region of Transoxania to Bactria and the land of Tukhara.  He pushed on into the Hindu Kush, witnessing the stone Buddha statues of Bamiyan, and eventually made his way to the land of Kapisa, near modern Kabul, Afghanistan.  From there he would prepare to enter the Indian subcontinent: the home of the historical Buddha. For more discussion and some photos of the areas along this journey, check out our podcast blog at https://sengokudaimyo.com/podcast/episode-121   Rough Transcript Welcome to Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.  My name is Joshua, and this is Episode 121: Journey to the West, Part 2   The cold winds blew through the travelers' doubled up clothing and thick furs.  Cold, wet ground meant that even two sets of boots were not necessarily enough after several days.  The frozen mist would often obscure everything except for the path immediately in front, hiding the peaks and making the sky a uniform white. In many places, the path would be blocked by rock, ice, or snow—the remnants of an avalanche, which could easily take an unsuspecting traveler.  And there was the elevation.  Hiking through the mountains, it was easy enough to reach heights of a mile or higher, and for those not accustomed to that elevation the thin air could take a surprising toll, especially if you were pushing yourself.  And the road was no less kind to the animals that would be hauling said travelers and their gear. And yet, this was the path that Xuanzang had agreed to.  He would continue to push through, despite the various deprivations that he would be subjected to.  No doubt he often wondered if it was worth it.  Then again, returning was just as dangerous a trip, so why not push on?   Last episode we introduced the monk Xuanzang, who traveled the Silk Road to India in the 7th century and returned to China.  He brought back numerous sutras to translate, and ended up founding a new school, known as the Faxian school—or the Hossou school in Japan.   As we mentioned last time, Xuanzang during his lifetime met with students from the archipelago when they visited the continent.  The records of his travels—including his biography and travelogue—are some of the best information we have on what life was like on the silk road around this time. In the last episode, we talked about Xuanzang: how he set out on his travels, his illegal departure from the Tang empire, and his perilous journey across the desert, ending up in Gaochang.  There, King Qu Wentai had tried to get him to stay, but he was determined to head out.  This episode we are going to cover his trip to Agni, Kucha, and Baluka—modern Aksu—and up to the Western Gokturk Qaghanate's capital of Suyab.  From there, we'll follow his footsteps through the Turkic controlled regions of Transoxania and into Tukhara, in modern Afghanistan.  Finally, we'll cover the last parts of his journey before he reached the start of his goal:  India. From Gaochang, Xuanzang continued on, through the towns he names as Wuban and Dujin, and into the country of Agni—known today as the area of Yanqi—which may also have been known as Wuqi.  The route was well-enough known, but it wasn't necessarily safe.  At one point, Xuanzang's caravan met with bandits, whom they were fortunately able to pay off.  The following night they encamped on a river bank with some merchants who also happened to be traveling the road.  The merchants, though, got up at midnight and headed out, hoping to get to the city early so that they could be the first ones to the market.  They only made it a few miles down the road, however, before they encountered more bandits, who slaughtered them and took their goods.  The following day, Xuanzang and his retinue came upon the merchants' remains lying in the road and saw the aftermath of the massacre. This was an unforgiving land, and the road was truly dangerous, even for those who traveled it regularly.  And yet Xuanzang was planning to travel its entire length until he reached India. So with little alternative, they carried on to the royal city of Agni. Agni, or Yanqi, sits on the southwestern edge of the basin, west of Bositeng lake, on the border between the Turfan basin and the larger Tarim Basin.  The name is thought to be a Tocharian—or Turfanian—name for the city, which is also known as Karashr. According to the biography by Huili, Xuanzang and his party didn't stay long in Agni.  Apparently Agni and Gaochang were not exactly on friendly terms, and even though the King of Agni and his ministers reportedly came out to greet Xuanzang and welcome him to their city, they refused to provide any horses.  They spent a single night and moved on. That said, Agni still made an impression on Xuanzang.  He noted how the capital was surrounded by hills on four sides, making it naturally defensible.  As for the people, he praises them as honest and straightforward.  They wore clothing of felt and hemp cloth, and cut their hair short, without hats or any kind of headwear.  Even the climate was pleasant, at least for the short time he was there.  He also notes that they used a script based on India—likely referring to the Brahmic script, which we find in the Tarim basin. However, as for the local lord, the King of Agni, he is a little less charitable.  Xuanzang claimed he was brave but “lacked resourcefulness” and he was a bit of a braggart.  Furthermore, the country had “no guiding principles or discipline and government orders are imperfect and not seriously implemented.”  He also mentioned the state of Buddhism in the country, noting that they were followers of Sarvastivada school, a Theravada sect popular along the Silk Road at the time.  Xuanzang was apparently not too pleased with the fact that they were not strict vegetarians, including the “three kinds of pure meat”.  From Agni, Xuanzang continued southwest, heading for the kingdom of Kucha.  He seems to have bypassed the nearby kingdom of Korla, south of Agni, and headed some 60 or 70 miles, climbing over a ridge and crossing two large rivers, and then proceeding another 200 miles or so to the land of Kucha. Kucha was a kingdom with over one hundred monasteries and five thousand monks following a form of Theravada Buddhism.  Here, Xuanzang was welcomed in by the king, Suvarnadeva, described as having red hair and blue eyes.  While Xuanzang was staying in Kucha, it is suspected that he probably visited the nearby Kizil grotto and the Buddhist caves, there, which include a painting of King Suvarnadeva's father, King Suvarnapuspa, and his three sons. You can still visit Kucha and the Kizil grottos today, although getting there is quite a trek, to be sure.  The ancient Kuchean capital is mostly ruins, but in the Kizil caves, protected from the outside elements, you can find vivid paintings ranging from roughly the 4th to the 8th century, when the site was abandoned.  Hundreds of caves were painted, and many still demonstrate vibrant colors.  The arid conditions protect them from mold and mildew, while the cave itself reduces the natural bleaching effect of sunlight.  The paintings are in numerous styles, and were commissioned by various individuals and groups over the years.  They also give us some inkling of how vibrant the city and similar structures must have been, back when the Kuchean kingdom was in its heyday. The people of Kucha are still something of a mystery.  We know that at least some of them spoke an Indo-European language, related to a language found in Agni, and both of these languages are often called Tocharian, which we discussed last episode.  Xuanzang himself noted that they used Indian writing, possibly referring to the Brahmi script, or perhaps the fact that they seem to have used Sanskrit for official purposes, such as the inscription on the cave painting at Kizil giving the name of King Suvarnapuspa.  The Kucheans also were clothed in ornamental garments of silk and embroidery.  They kept their hair cut, wearing a flowing covering over their heads—and we see some of that in the paintings. Xuanzang also notes that though we may think of this area as a desert, it was a place where rice and grains, as well as fruit like grapes, pomegranates, plums, pears, peaches, and almonds were grown.  Even today, modern Xinjiang grows some absolutely fantastic fruit, including grapes, which are often dried into raisins. Another point of interest for Xuanzang may have been that Kucha is known as the hometown of none other than Kumarajiva.  We first mentioned Kumarajiva back in episode 84.  Kumarajiva was one of the first people we know of who translated many of the sutras from India that were then more widely disseminated throughout the Yellow River and Yangzi river basins.  His father was from India and his mother was a Kuchean princess.  In the middle of the 4th century, when he was still quite young, he traveled to India and back with his mother on a Buddhist pilgrimage.  Later he would start a massive translation project in Chang'an.  His translations are credited with revolutionizing Chinese Buddhism. Xuanzang was initially welcomed by the king, his ministers, and the revered monk, Moksagupta.  They were accompanied by several thousand monks who set up tents outside the eastern gate, with portable Buddha images, which they worshipped, and then Xuanzang was taken to monastery after monastery until sunset.  At one of the monasteries, in the southeast of the city, there were several tens of monks who originally came from Gaochang, and since Xuanzang had come from there, they invited him to stay with them. The next day he met and feasted with the King, politely declining any meat, and then went to the monastery in the northwest to meet with the famous monk: Moksagupta.  Moksagupta himself had made the journey to India, and had spent 20 years there himself.  It seems like this would have been the perfect person for Xuanzang to talk to about his plans, but instead, the two butted heads.  Moksagupta seems to have seen Xuanzang's Mahayana faith as heretical.  He saw no reason for Xuanzang to travel all the way to India when he had all the sutras that anyone needed there in Kucha, along with Moksagupta himself.   Xuanzang's response seems to have been the Tang dynasty Buddhist version of “Okay, Boomer”, and then he went ahead and tore apart Moksagupta's understanding of his own sutras—or so Xuanzang relayed to his biographers.  We don't exactly have Moksagupta's side, and, let's face it, Xuanzang and his biographers are not necessarily reliable narrators.  After all, they followed Mahayana teachings, which they considered the “Greater Vehicle”, and they referred to the Theravada teachings as the “Hinayana” or “Lesser Vehicle”.  Meanwhile, Theravada Buddhists likely saw many of the Mahayana texts as extraneous, even heretical, not believing them to actually be the teachings of the Buddha. It must have been winter time, as the passes through the mountains on the road ahead were still closed, and so Xuanzang stayed in Kucha, spending his time sightseeing and meeting with various people.  He even went back to see Moksagupta, but the older monk shunned him, and would get up and exit the room rather than engaging with him, so they had no more conversations. Eventually, Xuanzang continued on his way west, following along the northern rim of the Tarim basin.  Two days out from Kucha, disaster struck.  Some two thousand or so Turkish bandits suddenly appeared—I doubt Xuanzang was counting, so it may have been more or less.  I imagine that memories of what had happened to the merchants near Agni must have gone through Xuanzang's mind.   Fortunately, for him, they were fighting over loot that they had pillaged from various travelers, and since they couldn't share it equally, they fell to fighting each other and eventually dispersed. He travelled for almost 200 miles after that, stopping only for a night at the Kingdom of Baluka, aka Gumo—the modern city of Aksu.  This was another Theravada Buddhist kingdom.  Xuanzang noted tens of Buddhist temples, and over 1000 Buddhist monks.  The country was not large—about 200 miles east to west and 100 miles north to south.  For reference that means it was probably comparable in size with Kyushu, in terms of overall area, or maybe the size of Denmark—excluding Greenland—or maybe the US state of Maryland.  Xuanzang described the country as similar to Kucha in just about every way, including the written language and law, but the spoken language was different, though we don't get many more details. From Baluka, he crossed northward through the Tianshan mountains, which are classified as an extension of the Pamirs known as the Ice Mountains.  Had he continued southwest, he would have hit Kashgar and crossed over between the Pamir and Tian Shan ranges into the Ferghana valley, but instead he turned north. We don't know exactly why he took this perilous option, but the route that may have been popular at the time as it was one of the most direct routes to the seat of the Western Gokturk Empire, which he was currently traveling through. The Tian Shan mountains were a dangerous journey.  Avalanches could block the road—or worse.  Xuanzang describes the permanent ice fields—indeed, it is the ice fields and glaciers of the Tian Shan that melt in the summer and provide the oasis towns of the Tarim Basin with water, even to this day.  In Xuanzang's day, those glaciers were likely even more prevalent than today, especially as they have been recorded as rapidly disappearing since 1961.  And where you weren't on snow and ice, the ground was probably wet and damp from the melt.  To keep warm, you would wear shoes over your shoes, along with heavy fur coats, all designed to reduce exposure. Xuanzang claims that 3 or 4 of every 10 people didn't survive the crossing—and that horses and oxen fared even worse.  Even if these numbers are an exaggeration, the message is clear:  This was a dangerous journey. After about seven days, Xuanzang came out of the mountains to the “Great Pure Lake”, the “Da Qing Hai”, also known as the Hot Sea or the Salt Sea, which likely refers to Issyk Kul.  The salt content, along with the great volume of water it possesses, means that the lake rarely freezes over, which is likely why it is seen as “hot” since it doesn't freeze when the fresh water nearby does.  This lake is the second largest mountain lake in the world, and the second deepest saltwater lake.  Traveling past the lake, he continued to Suyab, near modern Tokmok, in Kyrgyzstan, just west of the modern capital of Bishkek.  This was an old Sogdian settlement, and had since become the capital of the Western Gokturks.  Sogdians—like Xuanzang's guide, Vandak—were integral to the Gokturk kingdom. Their language was the lingua franca of the Silk Road, and at the time of the Gokturk Khaganate, it was also the official court language, and so when Xuanzang appeared at the court of the Great Khagan of the Western Gokturks, it was likely the language of diplomacy. When we think of Turkic people, many in the English speaking world think of Turkiye, and perhaps of the mighty Ottoman empire.  Some may think of Turkmenistan, Kazhakstan, Kyrgyzstan, or Uzbekistan, among others.  And of course, there are the Uyghur people in Xinjiang.  All of these people claim roots in the ancestral Turkic homeland in the Altai mountains, which sit largely in western Mongolia, north of China's Xinjiang region.  Much like the Xiongnu and the Mongols, they were pastoral nomads, moving their herds across the steppes, often covering great distances.  They would regularly move through different regions, perhaps returning each season, though sometimes not returning for years at a time.  They were often seen as barbarians by settled people living in cities, and yet their goods and horses were highly prized. Nomad and sedentary lifestyles would often collide.  Farmers would turn pastureland into fields, and when the nomadic people returned on their circuits, they would find walls and fences where there was once open land, and the people there would claim to “own” the land, a concept often foreign to people who were always on the move.  Nomadic people, such as the Gokturks, were not necessarily keeping vast libraries of records about themselves and their histories, and so much of what we get comes from external sources, which do not always have incredibly reliable narrators.  To many of the settled agriculturalists, groups like the Turks were marauders who raided their villages and farms.  They were a great bogeyman of the steppes, which required the firm hand of strong defenses to keep out—or so their opponents would want people to think. While they were known for their warfare, which incorporated their mobility, but they were keenly interested in trade, as well.  They understood the value of the trade routes and the various cities and states that they included in their empire.  Thus, the Sogdians and the Gokturks seem a natural fit: the Sogdians were more settled, but not entirely so, as demonstrated by their vast trade networks.  And the Sogdians also were part of the greater central Eurasian steppe culture, so the two cultures understood each other, to a degree.  They are even depicted similarly in art, with slight differences, such as long hair that was often associated with Turks over the Sogdians.  In some areas of the Gokturk empire, Sogdians would run the cities, while the Gokturks provided military aid and protection. Xuanzang's description of the people of Suyab, or the “City of Suye River”, doesn't pick out anyone in particular, and he even says that it was a place where traders of the Hu, or foreign, tribes from different countries mingle their abodes.  He mentions the people here as being called Suli, which is also the name given to the language—this may refer to “Sogdian” in general.  They write with an alphabet that is written vertically rather than horizontally—this may refer to a few scripts that were written this way, possibly based off Syriac or Aramaic alphabets that were adapted to Sogdian and other Iranian languages, but it isn't clear. We are told that the people dressed in felt and hemp clothing, with fur and “cotton” garments.  Their clothes fit tightly, and they kept their hair cut short, exposing the top of their heads—though sometimes they shaved it completely, tying a colored silk band around the forehead. He goes on to describe these people as greedy liars, possibly a reference to the mercantile nature of many of the people at the time. Something to note: The Turks of this time had not yet encountered Islam, which was just now starting to rise up in the Middle East.  The Prophet Muhammad is said to have been born around the end of the 6th century CE and was preaching in the early 7th century, though his teachings would begin to spread outward soon enough.  But that means that the Gokturks were not an Islamic empire.  Rather, their own traditions seem to have focused on the worship of Tengri, an Altaic personification of the universe, often simplified as a “sky god”.  Tengrism can be found amongst the Xiongnu, Mongols, and others, and it was the national religion of the Gokturks themselves, but there were many who also adopted other religions that they encountered, including Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Manichaeism, and Buddhism.  In fact, Xuanzang notes that the Turks he met in Suyab would not sleep or sit on beds made of wood because wood was thought to contain the spirit of fire, which he says they worshipped.  That sounds similar to Zoroastrian beliefs, where fire is associated with Ahura Mazda, who is also worshipped as a sky god.  These may have been beliefs inherited from their Eastern Iranian Sogdian partners. In Xuanzang's biography, we are given more details about his visit to Suyab.  Apparently, as he was headed to the city, he met a hunting party, which we are told was the retinue of Yehu Khan.  Hunting was an important part of life on the steppes, and it continued to be a favorite sport of the Gokturk nobility. Yehu Khan—possibly Yagbhu Khan, though that is up for some debate—is described as being dressed in a green silk robe, with his hair exposed, and wearing  a turban of white silk about ten feet long that wrapped his forehead and hung behind his back.  His “hunting” expedition wasn't just a couple of the guys.  It included about 200 officials, all with plaited hair and dressed in brocade robes—they weren't exactly out there roughing it.  He also had his soldiers, dressed in furs, felt, or fine woolen clothes, and there were so many cavalry that they stretched out of sight.  The Khan seemed pleased to meet Xuanzang, but his hunt was expected to last another couple of days, at least, so he sent an attendant named Dharmaja to take Xuanzang back to wait for the Khan to return. Three days later, Xuanzang was given an audience.  The khan was seated in a large yurt.  Xuanzang noted the seeming incongruity between the khan, sitting there in the tent, decorated with golden flowers, with the officials dressed in magnificent brocade garments sitting in two long rows in front of him and the armed guards behind him, compared to the simple felt walls of the tent. A ”yurt” is a common feature of nomadic life on the steppes.  It wasn't exactly a single person operation to haul them around, but they can be taken down and put up with relative ease.  And while yurts could be relatively simple, there are examples of much more elaborate structures.  There is little reason they couldn't be made larger, perhaps with some extra support.  In later centuries, there are examples of giant yurts that seem like real construction projects.  Use of tents, even in a city, where they had permanent palace buildings, was likely a means of retaining the nomadic steppe traditions, even while enjoying the benefits of city life. Whom exactly Xuanzang met with is a matter of debate.  His records seem to indicate that it was Tong Yabghu Qaghan of the Western Gokturk Khaganate, but other sources say that Tong Yabghu Qaghan died in 628, and the earliest Xuanzang could have been meeting with him was 630, two years later, so if that is the case, he must have met with Tong Yabghu's son, Si Yabghu Qaghan.  It is likely that Xuanzang, who was dictating his accounts years after, mentioned the Qaghan and then, when they looked up who it was, they simply made a mistake.  Remember, Xuanzang would have had everything translated through one or two languages.  He did know what he saw, however, and he recounted what he remembered. Tong Yabghu Qaghan oversaw the height of the Gokturk Qaghanate, and appears to have favored the Buddhist religion, though there were many different religions active in their territories at the time.  They oversaw an extremely cosmopolitan empire covering huge swaths of central Eurasia, including the lucrative silk road.  Xuanzang notes that at the court there were individuals from Gaochang and even a messenger from the Han—which is to say the Tang Empire.  One wonders if Xuanzang—or anyone at that time—realized just how tenuous the Khan'sposition was.  After Tong Yabghu's death, the Qaghanate would decline, and less than a decade later it would fall to the Tang dynasty, who took Suyab and made it their western outpost.  In fact, Suyab is thought to have been the birthplace, over a century later, of a young boy who would find a love of poetry.  That boy's name was Li Bai, or Ri Haku, in Japanese. He would become one of the most famous poets in Chinese history, and his poems were even known and studied in Japan.  And it was largely through Japanese study of Li Bai's poems that his works came to the English speaking world: first through Ernest Fenollosa, who had studied in Japan, and then by the celebrated Ezra Pound, who had used Ernest's notes to help with his own translations of the poems. This was, though, as I said, over a century after Xuanzang's journey.  At the time of our story, the Qaghan was throwing a feast, including Xuanzang and all of the foreign envoys.  Xuanzang comments on the food and drink—his hosts provided grape juice in lieu of wine, and cooked a special vegetarian feast just for him, while the other guests ate a feast of meat, such as veal, lamb, fish, and the like.  There was also the music of various regions along the Silk Road, which Xuanzang found to be catchy, but of course not as refined as the music he was used to, of course.  After dinner Xuanzang was asked to expound upon the Darma, largely about the basic principle that you should be kind to one another—I doubt he was getting into the deep mysteries of Buddhist philosophy. Xuanzang stuck around the court for three more days, during which time the Qaghan tried to get him to stay, but Xuanzang insisted that he had to make it to India.  And so the Qaghan relented.  He found men in his army who could translate for Xuanzang along his journey, and had letters of introduction written to at least as far as the state of Kapisa, in modern Afghanistan. And so, armed with the Qaghan's blessing and a fresh translator, Xuanzang struck out again.  They headed westward for over one hundred miles, eventually reaching Bingyul, aka the Thousand Springs.  This is the area where the Qaghan and his court would spend his summers, and the deer in the area were protected under his orders, so that they were not afraid of humans—which sounds similar to the situation with the deer in Nara.  Continuing on another fifty miles or so—the distances are approximate as Xuanzang's primary duty was not exactly to map all of this out—Xuanzang arrived at the city of Taras, in modern Kazakhstan, another place where the cultures of the Silk Road mixed and mingled.  Xuanzang didn't have much to say about Taraz, apparently, though it is one of the oldest cities in Transoxania, founded near the beginning of the Common Era.  A few miles south of there, Xuanzang reportedly found a village of re-settled ethnic Han that had been captured by the Gokturks and settled here.  They had adopted the dress and customs of the Turkic people, but continued to speak a version of Chinese. Southwest of that he reached the City of White Water, likely referring to Aksukent.  This is the same “Aksu” as the city in Xinjiang, both of which mean “White Water” in Turkic, but this one is in the south of Kazakhstan.  Xuanzang found the climate and products an improvement over what he had experienced in Taras.  Beyond that, he next arrived at the city of Gongyu, and then south again to Nujkend, and then traveling westward to the country of Chach, aka Tashkent.  Both Nujkend and Chach were large cities in nations of smaller, mostly autonomous city-states, which made up a lot of the political geography of Transoxania. I would note that Xuanzang's notes here are much more sparse than previously.  This may be because these were outside of the Tarim basin and therefore of less interest to individuals in the Tang empire.  Or perhaps he was just making his way more quickly and not stopping at every kingdom along the way. From Tashkent, he continued southeast to the Ferghana valley—the country of Feihan.  Oddly, this country doesn't appear in Xuanzang's biography, even though the Ferghana Valley seems to have been fairly well known back in the Tang Empire—it was known as the home of some of the best horses, which were one of its first major exports.  In fact, the Han dynasty even mounted a military expedition to travel to Ferghana just to obtain horses.  Xuanzang is oddly silent on this; however, he does talk about the fertile nature of the land.  He mentions that their language here is different from the lands he had been traveling through up to this point, and also points out that the people of the Ferghana valley were also visibly different from others in the area. From the Ferghana valley, Xuanzang headed west for about 300 miles or more to the land of Sutrushana—perhaps referring to the area of Ushrusana, with its capital of Bunjikat.  This country was also largely Sogdian, and described as similar to Tashkent.  From there, he traveled west through a great desert, passing skeletons, which were the only marker of the trail other than a view of the far off mountains.  Finally, they reached Samarkand, known as the country of “Kang” in Chinese, which was also the term used to mark Sogdians who claimed descent from the people of Samarkand. Samarkand is another of the ancient cities of Central Asia, and even today is the third largest city in modern Uzbekistan.  Human activity in the region goes back to the paleolithic era, and the city was probably founded between the 8th and 7th centuries BCE.  Samarkand was conquered by Alexander the Great, and during the Achaemenid Empire it was the capital of Sogdiana.  During Xuanzang's visit, Samarkand was described as an impenetrable fortress with a large population. For all of his travel, Samarkand was the first place Xuanzang notes as specifically not a Buddhist land.  In fact, there were two monasteries, suggesting that there had been Buddhists, but if any monks tried to stay there then the locals would chase them out with fire.  Instead, they worshipped fire—likely meaning Ahura Mazda and Zoroastrianism.  This leads to a story that I have to wonder about, given the reliability of our narrators. It is said that Xuanzang was met by the King with arrogance, but after staying the night Xuanzang was able to tell the King about Buddhism and its merits.  The king was intrigued, and asked to observe the Precepts, and treated Xuanzang with hospitality and respect.  So when two of Xuanzang's attendants went to the monasteries to worship, they were chased out with fire.  When the king heard about this, he had the people arrested and ordered their hands to be cut off.  Xuanzang could not bear to witness such suffering, however, and he intervened to have them spared.  So instead the king had them flogged and banished from the city.  Ever since then, all the people believed in Buddhism. Some parts of this strike true.  It was likely that the king would entertain this strange wanderer who had arrived with letters from the great Qaghan—that may have even explained why Xuanzang had been encouraged to make the dangerous journey to Suyab in the first place, so that he could obtain such permission.  And it would not be strange for the king to listen to his teachings.  If Xuanzang's attendants were attacked, that would have been a huge breach of hospitality, and however the King felt about it, he no doubt had to do something about it.  And so all of that sounds somewhat believable.  Does that mean everyone suddenly converted to Buddhism?  I don't know that I'm quite willing to go that far.  It is also likely that there were Buddhists there already, even if the majority religion was Zoroastrianism. From Samarkand, Xuanzang traveled farther southwest, to the country of Kasanna, which seems to have been the edge of what we might call Sogdiana.   According to his biographers, however, there was a little more to all of this.  Rather, he headed west to Kusanika.  Then he traveled to  Khargan, and further on to the country of Bukhara, and then to Vadi.  All of these were “An” in Chinese, which was the name element used for Sogdians from this region.  He then continued west to the country of Horismika, on the other side of the Amu Darya, aka the Oxus River of Transoxanian fame. From there he traveled further southwest, entering into the mountains.  The path here was often such that they had to travel single-file, and there was no food or water other than what you brought with you.  Eventually they came to a set of doors, known as the Iron Gate.  This was a Turkic fortress.  It was no doubt fortuitous that he had come from his meeting with the Qaghan, and likely had permission to pass through.  From there, they entered the country of Tukhara. As we noted in Episode 119, Tukhara was in the region of Bactria.  It was bordered by the Pamir range in the east, and the Persian empire in the west.  There were also the Great Snow Mountains in the south, likely referencing the Hindu Kush. Tukhara had been conquered by the Gokturks just within the past couple of decades, and Xuanzang notes that the country had been split into largely autonomous city-states as the local royalty had died without an heir many years before.  With the Gokturk conquest, it was now administered by Tardu Shad, the son of Tong Yabghu Qaghan.  “Shad” in this case was a local title. Here, Xuanzang's narrative gets a little dicey, especially between his biography and his records.  The records of the Western Regions denotes various countries in this area.  It is unclear if he traveled to all of them or is just recounting them from records he obtained.  He does give us at least an overview of the people and the region.  I would also note that this is one of the regions he visited, again, on his return trip, and so may have been more familiar with the region than those areas he had passed through from Suyab on down. For one thing, he notes that the language of the region was different from that of the “Suli”, which appears to refer to the Sogdians.  This was the old territory of the Kushan empire, and they largely spoke Bactrian.  Like Sogdian, it was another Eastern Iranian language, and they used an alphabet based largely on Greek, and written horizontally rather than vertically.  They also had their own coins. This region had plenty of Buddhist communities, and Xuanzang describes the cities and how many monasteries they had, though, again, it isn't clear if he actually visited all of them or not.  These are countries that Li Rongji translates as “Tirmidh”, “Sahaaniyan”, “Kharuun”, “Shuumaan”, etc. It does seem that Xuanzang made it to the capital city, the modern city Kunduz, Afghanistan. Xuanzang actually had something specific for the local Gokturk ruler, Tardu Shad.  Tardu Shad's wife was the younger sister of King Qu Wentai of Gaochang, whom we met last episode.  Qu Wentai had provided Xuanzang a letter for his younger sister and her husband.  Unfortunately, Xuanzang arrived to learn that the princess of Gaochang had passed away, and Tardu Shad's health was failing.  It does seem that Tardu Shad was aware of Xuanzang, however—a letter had already come from Qu Wentai to let them know that Xuanzang was on his way.  As I mentioned last episode, letters were an important part of how communities stayed tied together.  Of course, given the perils of the road, one assumes that multiple letters likely had to be sent just in case they didn't make it.  The US Postal Service this was not. Tardu Shad, though not feeling well, granted an interview with Xuanzang.  He suggested that Xuanzang should stick around.  Then, once the Shad had recovered from his illness, he would accompany Xuanzang personally on his trip to India.  Unfortunately, that was not to be.  While Xuanzang was staying there, he was witness to deadly drama.  Tardu Shad was recovering, which was attributed to the recitations by an Indian monk who was also there.  This outcome was not exactly what some in the court had wanted.  One of the Shad's own sons, known as the Tagin prince, plotted with the Shad's current wife, the young Khatun, and she poisoned her husband.  With the Shad dead, the throne might have gone to the son of the Gaochang princess, but he was still too young.  As such, the Tagin Prince was able to usurp the throne himself, and he married his stepmother, the young Khatun.  The funeral services for the late Tardu Shad meant that Xuanzang was obliged to stay at Ghor for over a month. During that time, Xuanzang had a seemingly pleasant interaction with an Indian monk.  And when he finally got ready to go, he asked the new Shad for a guide and horses.  He agreed, but also made the suggestion that Xuanzang should then head to Balkh.  This may have meant a bit of backtracking, but the Shad suggested that it would be worth it, as Balkh had a flourishing Buddhist community. Fortunately, there was a group of Buddhist monks from Balkh who happened to be in Kunduz to express their condolences at the passing of Tardu Shad, and they agreed to accompany Xuanzang back to their hometown, lest he end up getting lost and taking the long way there. The city of Balkh is also known as “Baktra”, as in “Bactria”, another name of this region.  A settlement has been there since at least 500 BCE , and it was already an important city when it was captured by Alexander the Great.  It sits at the confluence of several major trade routes, which no doubt were a big part of its success.  Xuanzang's biography notes that it was a massive city, though it was relatively sparsely populated—probably due to the relatively recent conquest by the Gokturks, which had occurred in the last couple of decades.  That said, there were still thousands of monks residing at a hundred monasteries in and around the city.  They are all characterized as monks of Theravada schools.  Southwest of the city was a monastery known as Navasamgharama, aka Nava Vihara, or “New Monastery”.  Despite its name, the monastery may have actually been much older, going back to the Kushan emperor Kaniska, in the 2nd century CE.  Ruins identified as this “New Monastery” are still visible south of Balkh, today. The monastery is described as being beautifully decorated, and it seems that it had a relic—one of the Buddha's teeth.  There are also various utensils that the Buddha is said to have used, as well.  The objects would be displayed on festival days.  North of the monastery there was a stupa more than 200 feet in height.  South of the monastery was a hermitage.  Each monk who studied there and passed away would have a stupa erected for them, as well.  Xuanzang notes that there were at around 700 memorial stupas, such that they had to be crammed together, base to base. It was here that Xuanzang met a young monk named Prajnaakara, who was already somewhat famous in India, and well-studied.  When questioned about certain aspects of Buddhism, Xuanzang was impressed by the monk's answers, and so stayed there a month studying with the young monk. Eventually, Xuanzang was ready to continue on his journey.  He departed Balkh towards the south, accompanying the teacher Prajnakara, and together they entered the Great Snow Mountains, aka the Hindu Kush.  This path was even more dangerous than the trip through the Tian Shan mountains to Suyab.   They eventually left the territory of Tukhara and arrived at Bamiyan.  Bamiyan was a kingdom in the Hindu Kush, themselves an extension of the Himalayan Mountain range.  It Is largely based around valley, home to the modern city of Bamyan, Afghanistan, which sits along the divide between Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent.  Today it is a major center for individuals of the Hazara ethnic group, one of the main ethnic groups in Afghanistan, which is a multi-ethnic state that includes, today, the Pashtun, Hazara, Tajik, and Uzbek people, along with a number of smaller ethnic groups.  Today they largely reside in the mountainous areas of the Hindu Kush. Bamiyan made an impact on our protagonist.   Their language was slightly different from that in Tukhara, but using the same—or similar enough—writing system.  Buddhism was thriving in the capital, and we are told of a rock statue of the standing Buddha, over a hundred feet in height, along with a copper statue of the standing Buddha nearby.    There was also another reclining Buddha a mile or two down the road.  There were multiple monasteries with thousands of monks, and the ruler of that kingdom received Xuanzang well. Xuanzang wasn't the first monk to travel to Bamiyan from the Middle Kingdom—in this he was, perhaps unwittingly, on the trail of the monk Faxian.  Faxian likely did not see these statues, though, as we believe they were built in the 6th and early 7th century—at least the stone Buddha statues.  They were a famous worship site until February 2001, when the Taliban gave an order to destroy all of the statues in Afghanistan.  Despite this, they were inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003. Fortunately, we have images from before their destruction.  These statues were a blend of Greco-Buddhist and Gandharan art styles—appropriate as it stands between the Hellenistic area of Tukhara and the ancient region of Gandhara—including the modern city of Kandahar and into the Indus Valley region of Pakistan. Continuing east through the mountains, Xuanzang eventually came out at the kingdom of Kapisa.  This may have had its capital around modern-day Bagram, north of modern Kabul, but the country seems to have been quite large.  Kapisa over saw some tens of other countries, and it is thought that at one time its influence extended from Bamyan and Kandahar to the area of modern Jalalabad.  Their language was even more different than that of Tukhara, but they were still using the same writing system.  The king of Kapisa is said to have been of Suli ethnicity—which would seem to indicate that he was Sogdian, or at least descended from people of the Transoxanian region.    Xuanzang notes that the ruler, as rough and fiery as he is described—as a true warlord or similar—he nonetheless made a silver image of the Buddha, eighteen feet in height, every year.  He also gave charity to the poor and needy in an assembly that was called every five years.  There were over one hundred monasteries and some 6000 monks, per Xuanzang's recollection, and notably, they were largely following Mahayana teachings. For the most part the monks that Xuanzang had encountered on this journey were Theravada—Xuanzang refers to them as “Hinayana”, referring to the “Lesser Vehicle” in contrast to Xuanzang's own “Mahayana”, or “Greater Vehicle”.  “Theravada” refers to the “way of the elders” and while Mahayana Buddhism largely accepts the sutras of Theravada Buddhism, there are many Mahayana texts that Theravada Buddhists do not believe are canonical.  We discussed this back in Episode 84. There was apparently a story of another individual from the Yellow River being sent as a hostage to Kapisa when it was part of the Kushan Empire, under Kanishka or similar.  Xuanzang recounts various places that the hostage, described as a prince, lived or visited while in the region.  Xuanzang's arrival likely stirred the imagination of people who likely knew that the Tang were out there, but it was such a seemingly impossible distance for most people.  And yet here was someone who had traveled across all of that distance.  One of the monasteries that claimed to have been founded because of that ancient Han prince invited Xuanzang to stay with them.  Although it was a Theravada monastery, Xuanzang took them up on the offer, both because of the connection to someone who may have been his countryman, but also because of his traveling companion, Prajnakara, who was also a Theravada monk, and may not be comfortable staying at a Mahayana monastery. Xuanzang spends a good deal of ink on the stories of how various monasteries and other sites were founded in Kapisa and the surrounding areas.  He must have spent some time there to accumulate all of this information.  It is also one of the places where he seems to have hit at least twice—once on the way to India, and once during his return journey. The King of Kapisa is said to have been a devotee of Mahayana Buddhism.  He invited Xuanzang and Prajnakara to come to a Mahayana monastery to hold a Dharma gathering.  There they met with several leading figures in the monastery, and they discussed different theories.  This gathering lasted five days, and at the end, the king offered Xuanzang and the other monks five bolts of pure brocade and various other gifts.  Soon thereafter, the monk Prajnakara was invited back to Tukhara, and so he and Xuanzang parted ways. And it was about time for Xuanzang to continue onwards as well.  From Kapisa, he would travel across the “Black Range” and into Lampaka.  This may refer to the area of Laghman or Jalalabad.  Today, this is in modern Afghanistan, but for Xuanzang, this would have been the northwestern edge of India.  He was almost there. And so are we, but we'll save his trip into India for next episode. Until then thank you for listening and for all of your support. If you like what we are doing, please tell your friends and feel free to rate us wherever you listen to podcasts.  If you feel the need to do more, and want to help us keep this going, we have information about how you can donate on Patreon or through our KoFi site, ko-fi.com/sengokudaimyo, or find the links over at our main website,  SengokuDaimyo.com/Podcast, where we will have some more discussion on topics from this episode. 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In this conversation, Dr. Taras Kuzio provides an in-depth analysis of the ongoing war in Ukraine, discussing the current military status, the technological innovations being utilized by Ukraine, and the geopolitical implications of the conflict. He emphasizes the challenges faced by the Russian military and the evolving dynamics of international support for Ukraine. The discussion also touches on the complexities of peace negotiations and the trust issues surrounding the Trump administration's proposals regarding Ukraine's resources. Chris and Taras delve into the complexities of U.S. foreign policy regarding the Ukraine conflict, examining the implications of Trump's statements, NATO membership, and the Biden administration's approach to territorial integrity. They discuss the challenges of negotiating peace with Russia, the dynamics of European defense spending, and the geopolitical landscape involving China and Israel's position in the conflict. The conversation highlights the intricate interplay of international relations and the historical context shaping current events. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YJ3V8CrBjDI Connect with Dr Kuzio: https://twitter.com/TarasKuzio Support Secrets and Spies Become a “Friend of the Podcast” on Patreon for £3/$4: www.patreon.com/SecretsAndSpies Buy merchandise from our Redbubble shop: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/60934996 Subscribe to our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDVB23lrHr3KFeXq4VU36dg For more information about the podcast, check out our website: https://secretsandspiespodcast.com Connect with us on social media Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/secretsandspies.bsky.social Instagram: https://instagram.com/secretsandspies Facebook: https://facebook.com/secretsandspies Spoutible: https://spoutible.com/SecretsAndSpies Follow Chris and Matt on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/fultonmatt.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/chriscarrfilm.bsky.social Secrets and Spies is produced by F & P LTD. Music by Andrew R. Bird Secrets and Spies takes you deep inside the world of espionage, terrorism, and international intrigue. Each episode unpacks global events through the lens of intelligence and geopolitics, featuring expert insights from former spies, authors, and analysts.

In keinem Land der Welt wird ein Dichter so verehrt wie Taras Schewtschenko in der Ukraine. Sein unglaubliches Leben und sein Werk prägen die Identität des Landes – selbst noch mehr als 150 Jahre nach dem Tod des Autors.

In keinem Land der Welt wird ein Dichter so verehrt wie Taras Schewtschenko in der Ukraine. Sein unglaubliches Leben und sein Werk prägen die Identität des Landes – selbst noch mehr als 150 Jahre nach dem Tod des Autors.

DJ LUTIQUE - VINYL WARMTH (LIVE in UnderWU) (House Music Classics) A selection of my favourite tracks from 2000th and 2010th played live on vinyl in one of the cosiest places of Kyiv - UnderWu bar! Thanking Military Forces of Ukraine, UnderWu management, my friends Pekur and Taras! VIDEO HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxTnPORC7sQ #djlutique #vinyl #housemusic #houseclassics #discohouse

This week we are talking with Tara Dower. Tara is an ultramarathon trail runner completing some of the most well-known races on the planet such as the Hardrock 100 miler, Black Canyon 100k, Devil Dog Ultra, Ohio Backyard Ultra running 170 miles, and she has thru hiked the 211 mile John Muir Trail.  Tara recently set the fastest known time on the 2190 mile Appalachian Trail completing it in 40 days, 18 hours and 6 minutes, averaging a mind boggling 56.4 miles per day and breaking the prior record by 13 ½ hours.  Taras goal during the Appalachian Trail FKT was to raise $20,000 for the nonprofit, Girls on the Run. Her hope was to inspire women and girls to go for that tough goal no matter if it's with running or in life. The very night she finished the AT at 11:53pm, they hit her goal of $20,000. Since the word has gotten out about this record, people have shown up and donated an additional $31,000 bringing the total to $51,203. Her primary sponsor, Altra, has also decided to give $45,000 bringing the grand total to $95,153 as of November 13.Instagram: @tara.dowerYouTube: www.youtube.com/@taratreksWebsite: tara-treks.com/Chapters00:00 Introduction to Tara Dower and Her Achievements03:13 The Role of the Crew in FKT Attempts06:04 Nutrition and Caloric Needs During the FKT09:07 Tara's Running Background and Evolution11:57 Mentality and Mindset in Endurance Events14:49 Weather Challenges During the Appalachian Trail FKT17:58 Overcoming Low Points and Hallucinations20:23 Hallucinations and Mental Challenges During Ultra Running22:16 The Last Push: Overcoming Exhaustion26:09 Recovery After the FKT: Physical and Mental Effects29:44 Life Changes Post-Achievement: New Opportunities32:27 Fundraising Success: Supporting Girls on the Run33:30 Working with Sponsors: Building Relationships34:32 Future Goals: Speed and New Challenges38:54 Trail Nicknames: The Story Behind 'Candy Mama'The Co-Movement Gym Podcast is supported by Native Path Supplements and Lombardi Chiropractic. 

The third anniversary of the Russian invasion against Ukraine will occur in February 2025. Are Ukraine and Russia ready to begin peace negotiations? Will the U.S. continue to play a major role as an ally of Ukraine, or will the incoming administration of President Donald Trump change course? Taras Kuzio, professor of political science at National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, offers his views on Ukraine and its current situation with the Russian invasion. https://isad.uj.edu.pl/en_GB/taras-kuzio

In this episode, host Tara Jabbari speaks with Zhanna Ozirana, a Ukrainian filmmaker whose first feature film premiered at the Venice Film Festival. They talk about the inspiration behind her film, the importance of art showcasing challenges like war, winning the Biennale Cinema Competition, plus much more.The film, Honeymoon (English title) is about a couple, Taras and Olya, who just bought an apartment in the suburbs and are spending their first night there before they are woken up by explosions outside the window. A full-scale invasion has begun and the couple is trapped without electricity, water, and mobile communication. During the coming days, Taras and Olya face a new level of intimacy during a deadly threat.Her film sites:https://www.instagram.com/medovyi_misiats/https://www.facebook.com/filmhoneymoonhttps://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2024/biennale-college-cinema/medovyi-misiats-honeymoonhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt31039377/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cred_t_1---Subscribe to learn more about filmmaking, production, media makers, creator resources, visual storytelling, and every aspect that brings film, television, and video projects from concepts to our screens. Check out the MediaMakerSpotlight.com show page to find even more conversations with industry professionals that inspire, educate, and entertain!We on the Women in Film & Video (WIFV) Podcast Team work hard to make this show a great resource for our listeners, and we thank you for listening!

Hazel und Thomas bekommen Besuch von DER feministischen Ikone Instagram-Deutschlands: Tara-Louise Wittwer. Doch weil Tara ihren Erfolg nicht so zu genießen scheint wie Hazel das gerne hätte, folgt ein klärendes Gespräch über Anspruch, Moral, Fake-Empowerment, emotionale Epressung, Slut-Shaming und Demisexualität. Inhalt: 00:00 Taras Themen 13:46 (nicht-) triggernder Content 23:28 Meinungen über Tara 30:10 Hoffnungen auf Leute projizieren 40:28 Pick me girl & Female Empowerment 53:38 Full Circle Moment & Demisexuell 1:00:58 Die grüne Tara 1:05:19 Sich erklären & mit Feedback umgehen 1:18:35 Gesprächsdynamik 1:20:21 Vorbilder & Zukunft 1:28:17 Wie möchte Tara beschrieben werden? Zeitstempel können variieren. Tara auf Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wastarasagt/ Taras aktuelles Buch „Drama Queen“ https://www.amazon.de/Dramaqueen-Frauen-zwischen-Beurteilung-Verurteilung/dp/3959103808 Margarete Stokowski https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarete_Stokowski * Stokowski leidet nach eigenen Angaben unter Depressionen und ist an Long-Covid erkrankt, was Hazel und Thomas vor der Aufnahme nicht wussten Thomas empfiehlt die Influencerin Tara Mooknee und ihr Video über den „female gaze“ https://youtu.be/ZgTpVAZLXPs?si=6srT2SngDT9jIzHL Sydney Sweeney auf Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sydney_sweeney/ Sydney Sweeneys Kommentar über Empowerment https://www.stylebook.de/life/career/sydney-sweeney-female-empowerment-in-hollywood Tara empfiehlt das Buch „Monsters“ https://www.amazon.de/Monsters-Fans-Dilemma-Claire-Dederer/dp/0525655115 Hazels Abtreibungs-Joke https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDESrhBsFiC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Tara empfiehlt Phoebe Waller-Bridge GLOSSAR Sinnfluencer - „Influencer mit Sinn“ Pick Me Girl - Frau, die sich versucht, von anderen Frauen abzuheben, indem sie so tut als wäre sie „anders als die anderen“ To guilt trip - jmd emotional erpressen Imposter-Syndrom ist das „Hochstapler-Syndrom“, das Gefühl, dass man Erfolg nicht verdient Moral scrupulosity syndrom - dreht sich um die Angst, dass auffällt, dass man nicht so „moralisch“ ist wie man tut Slut-Shaming - Abwertung basierend auf (weiblicher) Sexualität Ein Film besteht den Bechdel-Test wenn er • mindestens zwei Frauenrollen (mit Namen) hat, die • sich miteinander unterhalten und zwar • über etwas anderes als einen Mann Demisexuelle Menschen fühlen sich nur dann zu einer anderen Person körperlich / sexuell hingezogen, wenn sie eine langfristige emotionale Bindung zu dieser Person aufgebaut haben. Grüne Tara „Green Tara Mantra“ Om tare tuttare ture soha Bedeutung: Tara befreit uns aus dem Kreislauf von Geburt und Tod Context collapse - Kontextzusammenbruch Du möchtest mehr über unsere Werbepartner erfahren? Hier findest du alle Infos & Rabatte: https://linktr.ee/hoererlebnis Du möchtest Werbung in diesem Podcast schalten? Dann erfahre hier mehr über die Werbemöglichkeiten bei Seven.One Audio: https://www.seven.one/portfolio/sevenone-audio

Hur deltar man i den mänskliga gemenskapen när man plötsligt finner sig tillhöra en annan art? Kåre Moberg får ett livsförändrande besked och känner igen sig i Solvej Balles septologi. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna.Nyligen fick jag motta ett besked som förändrade mitt liv. Beskedet fick mig att plötsligt känna främlingskap inför andra människor. Så till den grad att jag upplevde att jag tillhörde, inte bara en annan kategori av människa, utan rentav en annan art.Som statistiker och forskare borde jag kanske söka skälen till detta utanförskap i vetenskapliga rapporter om den obotliga sjukdom som jag har drabbats av: pankreascancer med metastaser.Men det är i stället i skönlitteraturen som jag hittar en resonans till det främlingskap jag plötsligt känner.I den danska författaren Solveig Balles septologi ”Om uträkning av omfång”, har tiden fastnat i en loop. Vi följer Tara som försöker hitta en väg ut ur det fastslagna och förutbestämda, när den 18 november upprepas dag efter dag.Den första boken är ett slags klaustrofobisk ubåtsroman, men senare öppnar sig berättelsen, när det visar sig att det finns många fler som också sitter fast i den 18 november.Hur ska denna nya kategori av människor förhålla sig till personer som inte är i deras situation? Hur ska deras deltagande se ut, i den mänskliga gemenskapen och i världen i stort? Det är svårt att förändra sin situation när dagen börjar om varje morgon.Dessa ”tidsloopare” söker en samhörighet med sin omgivning, men som läsare får man en tydlig känsla av att deras värld är uppdelad i ett ”vi och dom”, och att alla andra fungerar mer eller mindre som statister.Det uppstår problem kring hur man talar om tid. Hur beskriver man längre och kortare tidsperspektiv när man inte har en morgondag?Sedan jag fick min diagnos känner jag igen mig. Tidshorisonten är inte lika snäv som för Balles ”tidsloopare”, men även för en döende – förlåt, någon med radikalt kortare förväntad livslängd – händer något med den förväntan, planering och längtan som präglar våra inre liv.Jag har försökt att plita ned listor på saker som obotligt sjuka inte kan göra, men varje gång jag skrivit ned något i stil med ”byta karriär”, ”renovera köket”, ”lära sig ett nytt språk”, så kommer jag på att det säkert finns andra i en liknande situation som mig, som mycket väl skulle kunna tänka sig att göra just dessa saker.Det som gör att vi obotligt sjuka känner oss som främlingar handlar nog mer om det bemötande vi får. Det stela och tveksamma uttrycket och det försiktiga undrandet om vad som kan sägas och inte sägas. Det gör att jag undviker att hälsa på flyktiga bekanta. Den enkla frågan ”hur är läget?”, kan ju endast besvaras med en lögn om man inte vill skapa stel och deprimerande stämning.Även om det kan verka obetydligt, så styr det på vilket sätt jag deltar i gemenskapen med andra.För att människor ska kunna interagera som jämbördiga moraliska varelser, behöver vi känna en tillhörighet till den universella mänskliga gemenskapen, skriver filosofen Jürgen Habermas i sin studie ”Den mänskliga naturens framtid”.I boken problematiserar Habermas genteknologin utifrån vad den kan göra med människans självförståelse som artvarelse. Det centrala temat är vad vi ställs inför när distinktionen mellan det ”framvuxna” och det ”framställda” suddas ut, och det blir möjligt, för bland annat föräldrar, att fatta irreversibla beslut om sina barns genetiska uppsättning.På ett elegant sätt guidar Habermas sin läsare fram till tämligen radikala och oväntade frågor.Hur påverkas symmetrin i våra relationer människor emellan, om några av oss har haft medprogrammerare, som har ”lekt gud” genom att fatta beslut om våra livsöden redan under fosterstadiet? Uppstår rentav en ny artspecifik kategori? Gäller de universella mänskliga rättigheterna för denna nya människokategori?På samma sätt som Jürgen Habermas genetiskt modifierade cyborgar och Solveig Balles tidsloopare ofrivilligt har dömts till ett utanförskap, trots att de rör sig bland oss som vilka som helst, så upplever jag att vi obotligt sjuka går omkring bland andra människor som om vi vore en egen art.Det är i de små vardagliga interaktionerna som jag slås av det. Som när min röntgenläkare önskar mig god bättring, och hans svar på mitt ”vi får hoppas” blir, ”ja, det är ju själva tanken med det här stället”. Jag kan inte låta bli att tänka att ”det kanske gäller för andra, men inte för den som är obotligt sjuk”.Eller när jag köper byxor till min dotter, och de är lite långa och behöver rullas upp. ”Bra, då räcker de lite längre”, tänker jag. Men sen: ”Kommer jag att leva så pass länge att jag får uppleva att min dotter kommer behöva förlänga byxorna?”.Jag och min fru brukade glatt utbrista ”så kul vi kommer ha det” när vi såg ett äldre par gå hem från teatern, eller bara från ett enkelt restaurangbesök. Nu ser jag med avund på sjuttioplussare och önskar innerligt att jag ska få uppleva åtminstone ett decennium till.Den här önskan att få bli gammal gör en del i Balles romansvit särskilt smärtsam för mig. Efter att flera decennier passerat låter hon den åldrade Tara återvända till sin man.Som gammal kvinna besöker hon den som var hennes ungdomskärlek. För att undgå det oundvikliga främlingskap som de både skulle ha känt inför varandra, går hon till honom när han sover. Hon känner inte längre förtvivlan eller längtan, men snarare en känsla av ömhet.På samma sätt föreställer jag mig att min fru, när hon tänker tillbaka på mig och vår tid tillsammans, kommer besöka mig i sitt minne, som en äldre kvinna som besöker en man i 40-årsåldern. För en av oss har tiden kristalliserats, för den andre har den fortsatt med upplevelser, glädje, sorg, ålder, utveckling – liv.För att visa att något skaver i Taras besök hos sin man, låter Balle en fluga ta plats i scenen. Med sitt fräcka surr stör den friden och hotar att väcka maken. Trots att Tara har besökt hemmet otaliga gånger och väl känner till varje ljud och händelse som försiggår där den 18 november, så har hon lyckats missa denna fluga. Eller är det något som hon förträngt som nu kommer upp till ytan?Den fluga som jag föreställer mig kommer störa min frus minne är allt kring cancerbehandlingen som man gärna glömmer – cellgifter, sjukhusbesök, sprutor, dåliga nyheter och dystra prognoser.Men flugan kan också symbolisera ett slags hopp – det fanns trots allt något som inte var helt förutbestämt. Den 18 november var inte exakt så som Tara trodde sig veta.Jag känner ett starkt släktskap med Balles tidsloopare i deras sökande efter en väg ut, efter en morgondag som har förvägrats dem. Jag önskar att mitt sökande ska leda mig till en plats där kontrasten mellan det jag har varit, och det jag nu känner mig som, kommer minska, och att jag återigen kommer att känna en tillhörighet till den mänskliga gemenskapen. Här och nu, och förhoppningsvis under flera år framöver.Kåre Mobergutbildningsforskare och statistikerEssän producerades av Karin ArbsjöLitteraturSolvej Balle: Om uträkning av omfång. Översättare: Ninni Holmqvist. 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In dieser Episode von Together for Success begrüßen Toni und James eine besondere Gästin: Tara, Expertin für interkulturelles Management und Trainerin für interkulturelle Teams. Die drei diskutieren die Herausforderungen und Chancen der Zusammenarbeit in multikulturellen Teams und warum psychologische Sicherheit dabei ein entscheidender Faktor ist. Tara teilt wertvolle Einblicke aus ihrer eigenen Karriere und erzählt, wie sie durch ihre Erfahrungen in Indien, Deutschland und Großbritannien zur Expertin für kulturelle Sensibilität wurde.HauptthemenDie Bedeutung von interkultureller Sensibilität und Anpassungsfähigkeit in FührungUnterschiede zwischen direkter und indirekter Kommunikation und wie diese Missverständnisse verursachen könnenPsychologische Sicherheit als Grundlage für ein produktives, vertrauensvolles ArbeitsumfeldTaras Rolle als TEDx-Speaker Coach und ihre Arbeit im Curation CommitteeHighlightsBeispiele aus verschiedenen Kulturen, wie „Ja“ manchmal „Nein“ bedeuten kann und warum Gesichtsverlust in asiatischen Kulturen vermieden wird.Diskussion über Teamkultur und wie Unternehmen eine Atmosphäre schaffen können, die Raum für Diversität und individuelle Perspektiven bietet.Einblicke in Taras persönlichen Weg von der Softwareentwicklung zur interkulturellen Trainerin.Weitere InformationenMehr über Tara und ihre Projekte erfährst du, wenn du dich mit ihr auf LinkedIn vernetzt! Kontakt und FeedbackWir freuen uns über dein Feedback und deine Fragen! Kontaktiere uns über unsere Social-Media-Kanäle oder direkt über unsere Websites.Mit James GEMEINSAM ZUR SPITZE oder erfahre mehr auf LinkedIn und Instagram.Toni direkt auf LinkedInoder mit ATHEM auf  LinkedIn und InstagramEntdecke mehrHat dich diese Episode inspiriert? Stöbere in unseren früheren Folgen und verpasse keine neuen Episoden, indem du unseren Podcast abonnierst. Wenn du unseren Podcast magst, lass uns eine positive Bewertung da!

Jane has a wonderful discussion with St. Johns Regional Schools math teacher and assistant principle Tara Henley. They talk teaching, the students, and everything in between over Taras sixteen years as an educator. Join us!

In this edition:Feature Interview: Oksana Poberezhnyk in conversation with Sofia and Taras in Kyiv, who share their most recent experiences as volunteer workers on the front lines of UkraineUkrainian Food Flair: Sour cherry compoteUkrainian Proverb of the WeekOther items of interestGreat Ukrainian music!Your host: Pawlina.The Nanaimo edition airs Wednesdays at 11am PST on CHLY 101.7FM, broadcasting to the north and central Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands, Sunshine Coast, northwest Washington State and Greater Vancouver listening areas.The Vancouver edition of Nash Holos airs Saturdays at 6pm PST on air at AM1320 CHMB and streaming live at the CHMB website. www.am1320.com.For audio archives, transcripts and information about the show, visit our website.Podcast feed here:You can also find us on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Deezer, and most music platforms ... and of course on your favourite podcast app.Visit our YouTube channel where Anton and Daria Lysenko are discussing current affairs, history and culture with fascinating people.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram.and Patreon.New! The Ukrainian Food Flair cookbook is now available on Amazon: Ukrainian Food Flair: Authentic Recipes from Canada's West CoastAlso available (signed) copies at CHLY studios in downtown Nanaimo (on the China Steps) Support the show on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this edition:Feature Interview: Oksana Poberezhnyk in conversation with Sofia and Taras in Kyiv, who share their most recent experiences as volunteer workers on the front lines of UkraineFeature Interview: Odesa klezmer and urban folk band Kommuna LuxUkrainian Food Flair: Sour cherry compoteUkrainian Proverb of the WeekOther items of interestGreat Ukrainian music!Your host: Pawlina.The Vancouver edition of Nash Holos airs Saturdays at 6pm PST on air at AM1320 CHMB and streaming live at the CHMB website. www.am1320.com.The Nanaimo edition airs Wednesdays at 11am PST on CHLY 101.7FM, broadcasting to the north and central Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands, Sunshine Coast, northwest Washington State and Greater Vancouver listening areas.For audio archives, transcripts and information about the show, visit our website.Podcast feed here:You can also find us on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Deezer, and most music platforms ... and of course on your favourite podcast app.*affiliate linkVisit our YouTube channel where Anton and Daria Lysenko are discussing current affairs, history and culture with fascinating people.Visit our Patreon page and get in line for a copy of the new Ukrainian Food Flair cookbook!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram.and ThreadsThe Ukrainian Food Flair cookbook is now available on Amazon: Ukrainian Food Flair: Authentic Recipes from Canada's West Coast: Molnar, Sylvia, MacQuarrie, Paulette: 9780981037820: Books - Amazon.ca Support the show on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Splitting the bill Secret lives  Honesty Box  Should Emma travel without her kids?  Wheres your head at?Subscribe on LiSTNR: https://play.listnr.com/podcast/mike-e-and-emmaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For this week's Bitcoin Mining Stock Show, Colin sits down with Taras Kulyk, the CEO and co-founder of Synteq Digital. The fellas open the show by talking about the differences between the AI/HPC and ASIC hardware markets, why its (much) easier for traditional data center operators to access capital markets than bitcoin miners, and whether or not Core Scientific can capitalize on its AI promises. For the second half of the show, Taras dives into what has changed in the ASIC market since the April 2024 Halving, plus the great migration of older models like the S19 and M30 series to lower cost areas in the global South. Finally, Taras shares his views on Bitmain's new U3S21EXPH hydro-cooled ASIC miner and his vision for the future of data center cooling.

Las taras de nuestra casa, niños que parecen personas mayores, clases de educación física... ¡y mucho más!Las taras de nuestra casa, niños que parecen personas mayores, clases de educación física... ¡y mucho más!

Ukraine has succeeded in restoring its food exports to pre-2022 levels. It has achieved this tremendous victory despite the loss of large swaths of its agricultural lands to occupation, combat, and mines. Ukraine also had to overcome the loss of several key ports, Russia's attempts to blockade Odesa and its surrounding ports, and the threat of ongoing Russian strikes. Despite all this, Ukraine has again shown a miraculous capacity to produce and export food globally. The Explaining Ukraine podcast invites Taras Kachka, Ukraine's Deputy Minister of the Economy and the country's trade representative to discuss how the war influences Ukraine's economy and trade. Host: Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher, chief editor of UkraineWorld and president of PEN Ukraine UkraineWorld (ukraineworld.org) is brought to you by Internews Ukraine, one of the largest Ukrainian media NGOs. Listen on various platforms: https://li.sten.to/explaining-ukraine Support us at patreon.com/ukraineworld. We provide exclusive content for our patrons. You can also support our volunteer trips to the front lines at PayPal: ukraine.resisting@gmail.com.

Collin Oliver - Ripple Effects Episode 204Tracklist:00:00:00 - Blackchild (ITA) - So Good (Heat Mix)00:09:30 - Nic Fanciulli, Robert Courtois - Set Me Free feat. Robert Courtois (Extended Mix)00:14:09 Harry Romero - Paradise II (Avision Extended Remix)00:17:18 - Jonny Cade - Get Off My00:25:16 - Sally C - Give it to Me00:28:19 Cevin Fisher/Harry Romero - Here Comes That Sound (Extended Mix)00:32:05 Riordan, Stanton Warriors - Bring Me Down (Extended Mix)00:35:59 Francesco Ferraro, Fulvio Facciolo - Spellbound (Extended Mix)00:41:50 - DJ Minx feat. Mr. V - We All Famous (Extended Mix)00:44:36 - Taras dan de Voorde - 1998 (Deetron Remix)00:49:20 Carlita & Calussa - Fell In Luv (Black Circle Extended Remix)00:53:28 MEDUZA X Ferreck Dawn X Clementine Douglas - I Got Nothing (Extended Mix)00:55:30 YYVNG - Celebration (Extended Mix)00:59:30 Low Steppa & Tony Romera - Dance To The Music (Extended Mix)Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/ripple-effects-radio/donations

Collin Oliver - Ripple Effects Episode 203Tracklist:00:00:00 Obskür featuring SHELLS - Rebel (Extended Mix)00:04:59 Cevin Fisher & D. Ramirez - Set Your Body Free (Extended Mix)00:08:37 Bad Intentions Vs. Kris Kiss - You Know Where The Floor Is (Extended Mix)00:14:18 - Klubbheads - Like This Like That (Original Mix)  00:17:15 - LB aka LABAT, KETTAMA - SECRETS00:22:48 DJ Minx - Taking It Back (Extended Mix)00:26:00 Robbie Rivera - Dreaming (Extended Mix)00:33:15 Narciss - Forbidden Fruit (Extended Mix)00:37:36 The Reactivitz & Luke Andy - Todo En La Vida (Original Mix)00:43:17 Thomas Newson, Simon Kidzoo - Mon Ami (Extended Mix)00:47:44 - Taras dan de Voorde - 1998 (Deetron Remix)00:54:31 Tommy Farrow - Haven (Extended)00:57:19 Duke Dumont - The Chant (Extended Mix)Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/ripple-effects-radio/donations

Collin Oliver - Ripple Effects Episode 200Tracklist:00:00:00 - Joy Orbison, Overmono feat. ABRA - Blind Date00:06:12 - Sally C - Give it to Me00:10:26 - Mr. G - You Feel Mi00:10:41 - B FROM E - Kyo (Original Mix)00:13:00 - Pretty Girl - Sun Phase (Human Movement Remix)00:15:42 - LB aka LABAT, KETTAMA - SECRETS00:21:46 - Taras dan de Voorde - 1998 (Deetron Remix)00:25:46 - Kassian - Breathe (Original Mix)00:30:08 Nimmo - When I'm With You (Dukwa Remix)00:34:49 - Hiver - Entangle [Gudu Records]00:38:38 - Leon Vynehall - Rosebud00:41:45 - Baby Rollen - Love Potion00:48:45 - Peggy Gou - Han Jan (Original Mix)00:51:30 Chloé Caillet/Nyra - Last One For Today00:56:08 My Friend - Take You Higher (Extended Mix)00:58:38 - Dave Ruthwell - Shake It Off (Extended Mix)00:59:10 - Shake It Off _ RejoiceSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/ripple-effects-radio/donations

Tommy Åström mitt i OS-ruset i Paris, tillsammans med Lasse Granqvist och ”friidrottsprofessor" A Lennart Julin, som ger oss perspektiv, historik och regelkritik. Den spännande spännvidden från Taras judojubel till Simone Biles globala glans. Den galna invigningen, med en underbart kärleksfull avslutning. Får vi en ny historisk friidrottsduell på herrarnas 100 meter? Kan Daniel Ståhl förbluffa oss igen? Get ready! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#296 Tara has nearly 3 decades of clinical experience working as a Naturopath, Nutritionist and herbalist working with patients in all areas of thyroid health, such as hypo and hyperthyroidism, thyroid nodules and thyroid cancers, thyroid autoimmune conditions and supporting patients post-thyroidectomy.  Tara works with patients face-to-face and online globally, drawing from her hundreds of thyroid patients and also her own and one of her 3 children's diagnosis of Hashimoto's. Tara regularly mentors other health practitioners with their complex thyroid cases runs 2 thyroid practitioner training programs to educate and support practitioners in all areas of thyroid health, and offers a membership mentoring platform and group for ongoing practitioner support. Tara is a regular guest speaker on health and wellbeing podcasts, and professional organisations and companies.   In this episode, we cover: The link between the thyroid and gut, liver and gallbladder The link between thyroid disease and Lipid disorders The mechanism behind how hypothyroidism can increase the risk of gallstone formation How lack of T4 and compromised thyroid function contribute to constipation Which pathology tests Tara finds beneficial to identify areas that need addressing Treatment strategies Taras online programs and membership for practitioners   I can not tell you how excited I am to have Splash Blanket as our Love & Guts sponsor. If you've been following me for a while you know that I have many of these divine blankets and have been using them for intimacy, tummy time, and toilet training. The list goes on. So if you are sick of wet patches, spills, and stains ruining furniture, or bedding, say hello to your new best friend: Splash Blanket!" "Although Splash Blanket burst onto the scene with their ingenious design for intimacy blankets—luxuriously soft and super sexy—it's not just for playtime in the bedroom. Splash Blanket is your go-to, versatile solution for a whole range of different situations."    "Customers swear by it for birthing, postpartum recovery, free bleeding, free nappy time, and even for incontinence in both kids and the elderly. With Splash Blanket, mess worries are a thing of the past!" "Birthing on the floor or bed and don't want to stain sheets or carpets? That's where Splash Blanket steps in, offering a soft, plush feel, perfect for welcoming your baby into the world. Why use a towel or hospital-grade cloth when you can wrap your little one in a cozy, snuggle-worthy, waterproof blanket swaddle?" "Just to add to the already long list of uses, nappy-free tummy time is not only great for building your baby's neck strength but also beneficial if they have nappy rash and you want to give them some nappy-less time. And the fitted sheets? They're the golden ticket to easy cleanup during toilet training and nighttime accidents." "If that hasn't convinced you, let's talk about the importance of mattress hygiene. With Splash Blanket, you can rest easy knowing your mattress is protected from spills and accidents. Plus, when staying at Airbnbs or hotels, always remember to lay down your Splash Blanket to safeguard bedding and mattresses." To dive into the world of mess-proof living visit the splash blanket website today! And don't forget to use code GUT15 for an exclusive 15% off!"  

Hi,Today I have for you 107th episode of Good Morrning BSS World podcast, which is created in partnership with IT Ukraine Association.This time having a closer look into Ukrainian IT industry I have a pleasure to talk to Taras Tovstiak – the Director of Central Europe at ITERA.The beginning of our talk is a little bit different than usual as this is Taras who asks question to me. This does not happen to often during my podcasts. I hope I did well in providing my answers.Once this part was done we did move to the talk about current status and challenges of IT industry in Europe as well as we focused on ITERA company.What is the history of this company, where does it have branches and offices? Who are clients of ITERA? All of this and much more you can find from this podcast.We also explore efficiency, new value propositions, and the role of AI and innovation in BSS. The impact of the war in Ukraine on the IT sector is also examined.  Key points of the podcast:The IT industry in Central and Eastern Europe is facing significant challenges but also unique opportunities, driven by the need for efficiency and the adoption of new technologies like AI.Itera's hybrid model of combining on-site and remote teams has proven effective in delivering complex IT services and maintaining close cultural and operational ties with clients.Future plans for Itera include expanding its market presence in the UK and Germany while continuing to innovate in digital consulting and AI to meet evolving customer demands.  Links:Taras Tovstiak on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/taras-tovstyak-a67a9613/Itera web page: https://www.itera.com/Itera on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/itera-asa/Itera Poland on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/92503199/admin/feed/posts/Talk to AI about this episode - https://gmbw.onpodcastai.com/episodes/Vfdd4HTapak/chat  ****************************  My name is Wiktor Doktór and on daily basis I run Pro Progressio Club https://klub.proprogressio.pl - it's a community of many private companies and public sector organizations that care about the development of business relations in the B2B model. In the Good Morning BSS World podcast, apart from solo episodes, I share interviews with experts and specialists from global BPO/GBS industry.If you want to learn more about me, please visit my social media channels:YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/wiktordoktorHere is also link to the English podcasts Playlist - https://bit.ly/GoodMorningBSSWorldPodcastYTLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/wiktordoktorYou can also write to me. My email address is - wiktor.doktor (@) proprogressio.pl  ****************************  This Podcast is supported by Patrons:Marzena Sawicka https://www.linkedin.com/in/marzena-sawicka-a9644a23/Przemysław Sławiński https://www.linkedin.com/in/przemys%C5%82aw-s%C5%82awi%C5%84ski-155a4426/Damian Ruciński https://www.linkedin.com/in/damian-ruci%C5%84ski/Szymon Kryczka https://www.linkedin.com/in/szymonkryczka/Grzegorz Ludwin https://www.linkedin.com/in/gludwin/Adam Furmańczuk https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-agilino/  If you like my podcasts you can join Patrons of Good Morning BSS World as well. Here are two links to do so:Patronite - https://patronite.pl/wiktordoktor  Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/wiktordoktor Or if you liked this episode and would like to buy me virtual coffee, you can use this link https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wiktordoktor - by doing so you support the growth and distribution of this podcast.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/good-morning-bss-world--4131868/support.

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While reciting and explaining Pabongka Rinpoche's ‘Heart-Spoon', Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses the importance of reflecting on impermanence and death. Neglecting to contemplate these realities deprives our lives of meaning. Even though many of us have encountered Buddhadharma for a long time, we lack an understanding of foundational concepts and fail to achieve realizations in our spiritual practice.Dharma protects us from suffering by preventing the creation of negative thoughts and actions. Rinpoche emphasizes the significance of guru devotion as a safeguard against harmful emotions and obstacles on the path to enlightenment. By contemplating impermanence and death, negative emotions are curtailed, bravery is instilled, and our actions can transform into virtuous ones.Recognizing impermanence and death awakens the need for a path that leads to the cessation of suffering and its causes. Rinpoche describes this contemplation as Buddha's psychology, a means to understand our lives, overcome suffering, and actualize the path to enlightenment. Realizing impermanence and death is a means of freeing ourselves from negative emotions and suffering. Practising Dharma protects us from impure appearances and concepts, cultivates a pure mind, and prepares the mind for the realization of the three kayas and the achievement of merit.Buddhism aims to achieve freedom from suffering in its entirety and emphasizes the need to develop renunciation for the entire scope of samsara. Rinpoche discusses the connection between calm abiding meditation, total renunciation, emptiness, and bodhichitta on the path to liberation and enlightenment.Lama Zopa Rinpoche underscores the uncertainty and impermanence of life and advises against delaying the practice of Dharma. He encourages us to integrate Dharma practice into all aspects of our lives and transform every moment into an opportunity for progress on the path.Rinpoche discusses the three principal paths of renunciation, bodhichitta, and right view, as well as the importance of guru devotion. He explains that the ultimate aim of these teachings is to make life meaningful and benefit oneself and all sentient beings.Lama Zopa Rinpoche also reviews the mantras of the Twenty-one Taras. They each have their own activities for the benefit of sentient beings. Choose whichever Tara suits your needs and chant her mantra accordingly. The Twenty-one Taras are here to help us overcome obstacles and fulfil our wishes.This teaching was given at Institut Vajra Yogini, France as part of a Four Kadampa Deities Retreat from April 18-May 11, 2003. You can see all the teachings from this retreat here: https://fpmt.org/media/streaming/teachings-of-lama-zopa-rinpoche/4-kadam-deities-2003/

I bet, as an app marketer, you are on a constant hunt for new marketing channels, right? What do you know about affiliate marketing? If the answer is "zero", "not that much" or "I know what it is but what is your point" than you've come to the right place - we have Taras to tell us how affiliate marketing works for mobile apps. Today's Topics Include: Taras's background About ClickDealer What is affiliate marketing, the main changes for the last decade What affiliate marketing verticals were impacted by mobile the most Effective strategies to grow app user base and revenue through affiliate marketing KPIs to measure the success of affiliate marketing campaigns Android or iOS? Leaving his smartphone at home, what features would Taras miss most? What features he would like to see added to his smartphone? Links and Resources: Taras Kiseliuk on LinkedIn ClickDealer Business Of Apps - connecting the app industry Quotes from Taras Kiseliuk: " The last one will be, as cliche as it sounds like, would be AIs. AI is now doing all the media buying for us in some sense. In a way, the affiliate marketing is working as it worked before - you have to optimize and find the right spots, but now it's kind of like - hey, just trust the pixel, trust Facebook, trust TikTok, AI and so on and so on." Host Business Of Apps - connecting the app industry since 2012

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Disinformation continues to be a threat to Ukrainian sovereignty and is also targeted at Western democracies and allies of Ukraine. Around the world aggressive information warfare threatens information security and social stability, especially in states which Russia seeks to destabilise or coerce into supporting it. As we saw in the 2016 US elections, it can potentially threaten results of voting, place undue influence on voters' decisions and undermine democratic processes. This is more important than ever, with a slew of elections in 2024 and the advent of exponential AI created fakes. ---------- Taras Zhovtenko has a PhD in National Security and is on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Public Advisory Board. He is a researcher and Analyst in the area of IOPs/PSYOPs, Hybrid Threats, Disinformation, and International Security. ---------- LINKS: https://x.com/TarasZhovtenko https://www.linkedin.com/in/taras-zhovtenko-07246ba0/ ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND: kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemyśl https://kharpp.com/ Save Ukraine https://www.saveukraineua.org/ Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas https://superhumans.com/en/ UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukraine https://unbroken.org.ua/ Come Back Alive https://savelife.in.ua/en/ Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine Ukrainian Freedom News https://www.ukrainianfreedomnews.com/donation/ UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy https://u24.gov.ua/ Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation https://prytulafoundation.org NGO “Herojam Slava” https://heroiamslava.org/ NOR DOG Animal Rescue https://www.nor-dog.org/home/ ---------- PLATFORMS: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube's algorithm. Our material is now being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

FRIENDS AND ENEMIES This week we welcome Taras Kulyk, the founder & CEO of SunnySide Digital (https://x.com/SunnySideAsics). Sunnyside Digital is a Toronto based company is a wholesale distributor of data center and digital mining hardware and infrastructure. As bitcoin mining continues to grow, so does the cost and complexity of the operations. Taras will help break down the process and hopefully give some insight into a different side of bitcoin mining. From a couple of Canucks who like to talk about how Bitcoin will impact Canada. As always, none of the info is financial advice. Website: ⁠www.CanadianBitcoiners.com⁠ Discord: https://discord.com/invite/YgPJVbGCZX⁠ #Bitcoin #bitcoinmining #ASICs A part of the CBP Media Network: ⁠www.twitter.com/CBPMediaNetwork This show is sponsored by: easyDNS - ⁠⁠⁠https://easydns.com/⁠⁠⁠ EasyDNS is the best spot for Anycast DNS, domain name registrations, web and email services. They are fast, reliable and privacy focused. You can even pay for your services with Bitcoin! Apply coupon code 'CBPMEDIA' for 50% off initial purchase Bull Bitcoin - ⁠⁠⁠https://mission.bullbitcoin.com/cbp The CBP recommends Bull Bitcoin for all your BTC needs. There's never been a quicker, simpler, way to acquire Bitcoin. Use the link above for $20 bones, and take advantage of all Bull Bitcoin has to offer. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/canadian-bitcoiners/message

This week we are reviewing The Gentlemen! (No.. not Wally and Steve.. the movie) This film includes an array of crazy plots and schemes, a Mary Jane empire, and a cast of heavy hitters delivering top tier performances. Is this a must watch? Is it possible to pick a favorite character or scene? We also discuss some of our phobias.. Star Wars (to Taras dismay).. and the Black Mirror series (that Walter NEEDS to watch) - how the "phuck" did we stumble upon all these topics?? You'll have to listen to find out! Check us out on our website here at: www.thedecisionreel.com Our Socials: Facebook: www.facebook.com/thedecisionreel Instagram: www.instagram.com/thedecisionreel Twitter: www.twitter.com/thedecisionreel Check out our Merch here: https://the-decision-reel-merch-store.creator-spring.com

Taras Byk's special mission is the breakup of the Russian Federation, a project that doesn't seem so far-fetched after the Prigozhin mutiny, and Putin's endless aggression that is exhausting Russia's military and economic reserves. Taras is a civil society activist and political strategist, who believes that Ukraine's Maidan Revolution, in which he participated, saved not only Ukraine but also Europe. Today we will be discussing the threat from a resurgent Russia, and the history of imperial expansion that sits behind it. Can Ukraine's stand for freedom and struggle against renewed Russification of its peoples hold the line in Europe between freedom and authoritarianism, between the rule of law and unimaginable barbarism. Can Ukraine's experience even help revitalise the idea of democracy and help us to become more resilience in the face of creeping nepotism, corruption, oligarchy, and aggressive autocrats? ---------- Taras Byk is a manager at Wooden Horse Strategies, LLC, a governmental-relations, and strategic communications firm based in Kyiv. ---------- LINKS: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taras-byk-09bb305/ ---------- ARTICLES: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/is-putins-russia-heading-for-collapse-like-its-czarist-and-soviet-predecessors/ https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/podcasts/6527f6aaefe26/2023/10/26/7425908/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QScdSVMz83A&t=2s ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND: Save Ukraine https://www.saveukraineua.org/ Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas https://superhumans.com/en/ UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukraine https://unbroken.org.ua/ Come Back Alive https://savelife.in.ua/en/ Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy https://u24.gov.ua/ Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation https://prytulafoundation.org NGO “Herojam Slava” https://heroiamslava.org/ kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemyśl https://kharpp.com/ NOR DOG Animal Rescue https://www.nor-dog.org/home/ ---------- PLATFORMS: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube's algorithm. Our material is now being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Taras Kulyk, CEO of Sunnyside Digital, one of the largest hardware distributors in North America, joins The Mining Pod to discuss the post-Bitcoin halving mining market, including ASIC prices, infrastructure, global shipping and M&A in the mining industry.Follow along on your favorite podcast player of choice by clicking here.Taras Kulyk of Sunnyside Digital discusses Bitcoin mining markets post-halving, covering ASIC demand & supply, logistics challenges, fleet refresh strategies, and the maturing broker market. He also touches on M&A activity among public mining companies and the need for comprehensive mining services.Chapter Markers:00:00:00 Start00:02:18 Taras Kulyk intro00:04:45 ASIC market update00:07:53 ASIC buyer hesitation00:10:29 S21 vs T21 performance00:12:46 Where are older ASIC migrating to?00:14:39 Electrical infrastructure procurement00:15:57 Supply chain00:17:03 GPS jamming00:18:11 West vs East coast shipping00:19:32 Intl vs domestic shipments00:20:34 Procurement advice for new miners00:23:14 ASIC market maturing?00:24:49 Institutional ASIC buyers00:26:23 M&A for big miners00:30:27 Servicing miners00:31:01 Why miners aren't staffing up?00:32:54 Big miner predictions00:33:42 Wrap upPublished twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday!

Taras Kulyk, CEO of Sunnyside Digital, one of the largest hardware distributors in North America, joins The Mining Pod to discuss the post-Bitcoin halving mining market, including ASIC prices, infrastructure, global shipping and M&A in the mining industry. Chapter Markers: 00:00:00 Start 00:02:18 Taras Kulyk intro 00:04:45 ASIC market update 00:07:53 ASIC buyer hesitation 00:10:29 S21 vs T21 performance 00:12:46 Where are older ASIC migrating to? 00:14:39 Electrical infrastructure procurement 00:15:57 Supply chain 00:17:03 GPS jamming 00:18:11 West vs East coast shipping 00:19:32 Intl vs domestic shipments 00:20:34 Procurement advice for new miners 00:23:14 ASIC market maturing? 00:24:49 Institutional ASIC buyers 00:26:23 M&A for big miners 00:30:27 Servicing miners 00:31:01 Why miners aren't staffing up? 00:32:54 Big miner predictions 00:33:42 Wrap up Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish 

Dr Taras Kuzio is a British academic and Professor of Political Science at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, and an expert on politics, crime and security in Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia. Taras Kuzio is of Ukrainian descent and received a BA in economics from the University of Sussex, an MA in Soviet studies from the University of London and holds a doctorate in political science from the University of Birmingham; he was a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University. His most recent book is Russian Nationalism and the Russian-Ukrainian War (2022), which was published prior to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. This follows two other books on Russia-Ukraine relations. In total, he is the author and editor of sixteen books. He is an associate research fellow at the UK Henry Jackson Society thinktank and has contributed to the Atlantic Council, Foreign Affairs, Kyiv Post, New Eastern Europe, and E-International Relations. ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- ARTICLE: https://henryjacksonsociety.org/publications/russia-and-the-anti-western-axis-must-be-militarily-defeated-shifting-the-western-consensus-toward-ending-russias-military-threat-to-ukraine-and-the-west/ ---------- LINKS: https://henryjacksonsociety.org/staff/dr-taras-kuzio/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taras_Kuzio https://twitter.com/TarasKuzio https://www.linkedin.com/in/taras-kuzio-3811583a/ https://archive.transatlanticrelations.org/fellows/taras-kuzio/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Taras-Kuzio/s?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3ATaras+Kuzio ---------- Please like and subscribe to see more great speakers and content on the Silicon Curtain channel, and check you are still subscribed to the channel, as many YouTubers covering the war in Ukraine have reporting losing subscribers, in a way that is unexplained, perhaps as part of some algorithmic change or process; I'd hate for you to miss out on some of the great greats we have lined up. Please also consider becoming a patron to support the work of the channel, or ‘Buy me a Coffee'. ----------

Taras Schewtschenko (geb. am 9.3.1814) begründet die moderne ukrainische Literatur. Russische Herrscher werden bei ihm zu Witzfiguren: Kritik, für die er einen hohen Preis zahlt. Von Irene Dänzer-Vanotti.

Host Michael Taft speaks with meditation teacher Chandra Easton about her new book Embodying Tara: 21 Manifestations to Awaken Your Innate Wisdom, the background of Green Tara, why there are 21 different manifestations, the inspirations for the book. Chandra's lifelong relationship with Green Tara, and we take an especially deep dive into manifestation number thirteen, the so-callled "Demolition Tara."Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton has taught meditation and yoga since 2001. She has had the good fortune to study with many Tibetan and Western Buddhist teachers such as H.H. Dalai Lama, H.H. Karmapa, Lama Tsultrim Allione, B. Alan Wallace, and Jennifer Welwood. She is currently the Assistant Spiritual Director & Head Teacher at the Tara Mandala Retreat Center. Chandra has published several books, including her new book Embodying Tara: 21 Manifestations to Awaken Your Innate Wisdom. http://www.chandraeaston.com/You can support the creation of future episodes of this podcast by contributing through Patreon.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Nina Rao and Chandra Easton join Raghu to talk about embodying the goddess Tara through chanting.Interested in seeing Nina and Chandra? Here are two upcoming events on the East Coast: Tibet House, NYC, May 11 and Kripalu, MA, May 12-17Raghu, Nina, and Chandra spend this episode discussing:Chandra's Buddhist upbringingThe deity Tara and the sacred feminineNina and Chandra's collaboration with chanting and mantrasAn acapella chant offered from NinaTara for harmonyTantra and spirituality for the peopleThe 21 praises to TaraDurga, Saraswati, and other feminine deities we can invoke through mantrasThe eighth Tara as a fierce and invincible embodimentThe mara of doubtAbout Nina Rao:Nina Rao is a devotional singer. She tours with Krishna Das, playing cymbals, singing, and acting as his business manager. Nina has two of her own albums, “Antarayaami – Knower of All Hearts” and “Anubhav”. Nina regularly leads kirtan, workshops, and retreats in her hometown of Brooklyn, New York and beyond. Together with Chandra and Genevieve Walker, Nina operates the 21 Taras Collective. You can keep up with Nina on her website or find her on Instagram @nina_rao and on Facebook @NinaRaoChant.About Chandra Easton:Chandra Easton is a teacher, scholar, practitioner, and translator of Tibetan Buddhism. She has taught Buddhism and Hatha Yoga since 2001. In 2015, she was given the title of Vajra Teacher, Dorje Lopön, for Tara Mandala Retreat Center by Lama Tsultrim Allione and H. E. Gochen Sang Ngag Rinpoche. Seeking to bring forth the voice of the empowered feminine in Buddhism, Lopön Chandra regularly leads retreats and classes on Tara for various organizations, develops programs and curricula for Tara Mandala, and teaches nationally and internationally. She has also co-written melodies and recorded music for the twenty-one-Taras mantras found in her new book, Embodying Tara: Twenty-One Manifestations to Awaken Your Innate Wisdom. You can find Chandra on Instagram & Facebook @loponchandra.“The main purpose of doing this aspect of the 21 Tara's practice through chanting and more of a kirtan style is to uplift people, just like kirtan does. To bring joy, open people's heart to the blessings of these Taras and to Devi and to the universal way. And also to help them remember the mantra, because some of them are pretty long they can be a little challenging to remember.” – Chandra EastonSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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In this episode, Lama Tsultrim is joined by Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton to discuss Easton's new book, Embodying Tara: Twenty-One Manifestations to Awaken Your Innate Wisdom. During this intimate and far-reaching discussion, the Tara Mandala teachers discuss the innate, expansive power of the twenty-one Taras, their experience channeling their wisdom, and how they look to each of the Taras for comfort during difficult times.BIO: Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton is a Dharma teacher, author, and translator of Tibetan Buddhist texts. She serves on Tara Mandala's Prajna (Teacher) Council, Executive Committee, and Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Council. She develops programs and curricula for Tara Mandala, as well as teaches nationally and internationally. She is the author of Embodying Tara: Twenty-One Manifestations to Awaken Your Innate Wisdom (2023).BIO: Lama Tsultrim Allione is the bestselling author of Women of Wisdom (1984), Feeding Your Demons (2008), and Wisdom Rising - Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine (2018). Over 55 years of practice as a monastic and a laywoman, Lama Tsultrim has fully embraced the arc of Buddhism coming to the West as well as fully embracing her experience as a woman emerging from a patriarchal structure into a — of empowerment and agency. She founded the first Western Buddhist center dedicated to the Sacred Feminine in the Buddhist tradition, and leads several long term practice paths including, Magyu, the mother lineage. She emphasizes the need for emotional development to accompany spiritual practice, leading a vibrant international community with over forty groups around the world.

Hi friends! This is a special episode sharing the latest in a new series I've been creating with Andrew Moss, my friend and colleague, about his journey traveling around the whole world in a sailboat!  In this episode our favorite ocean sailor brings us a conversation that feels perfect for reflecting, looking out into the future, and seeing what's possible in our own lives. Join us! Deets: Find Where in the World is Andrew Moss? in your favorite podcatcher and in: YouTube: https://bit.ly/45qHRjN Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3M8lpVL Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3FtTHiB Today Andrew answers quite a few great questions from members of the Climb Aboard Andrew's Adventure Facebook group - thank you Karin, Angele, Taras, Ashley and Ian! Jump in to the group for a front row seat to Andrew's adventure! He also describes the awesome – in the greatest sense of the word – experience of being in nature and the wildlife that he's encountering… And takes us deep into what he's really working on right now in his own growth during this circumnavigation of the globe. (Oh yeah - plus Andrew gives us the scoop on the boat's current game of Assassin!) It's a conversation to truly savor. So grab a favorite beverage or take us out on your favorite walk.. And give over to the enjoyment of hearing about this most recent leg of Andrew Moss's experience competing in the Clipper Round the World Race! A Front Row Seat: ~ Tons of fun race-related links at Andrew's website, http://coachandrewmoss.com ~ Join Andrew's 'Climb Aboard My Adventure' Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/andrewsailingadventure Donate if You're Inspired: ~ Help Andrew cover some of the expenses of his year at sea - and away from his beloved coaching practice, https://www.gofundme.com/f/xqqbkk-help-andrew-fulfill-his-dream ~ Contribute to Andrew's boat's UNICEF fundraiser here, https://www.justgiving.com/team/teamcr03 ~ PS There's a really cool picture of Skipper Mike on the fundraising page! Next Up: Stay tuned for the next episode, the first of 2024! Happy new year!! Safe and joyful travels Andrew, and everyone, until then :)