In all depictions of Buddha’s life, trees play a significant role. In Theravada Buddhism, they are not just a part of nature, but symbolically linked to the stages of the “Awakened One’s” destiny. Some of these trees were considered sacred in Hinduism before Buddha’s arrival, while others became sacred because of Buddha. This also reveals … Read more
The Blue Cave, Biševo For those of you with a hint of an explorer’s spirit within yourselves and a desire to see, discover, and understand, prepare yourselves as we descend into the world of darkness… Here, in eternal darkness, the life of stone endures, a life measured in centuries and millennia. Crystals grow here and … Read more
Folklore is full of stories about the miraculous creatures of nature. Grandmothers used to tell their grandchildren beautiful stories in which the main characters were fairies, dwarves, mermaids, angels, and in which their characteristics, actions, and ways and forms of their appearances were described. Stories about these miraculous beings exist in numerous cultures from the … Read more
A map of California showing the distribution of Indian territories. The Yana tribe lived in the northern part. It was the first encounter with Ishi, the last Yahi Indian. The Yahi, or Southern Yana Indians, were a subgroup of the Yana Indians who lived in the northern part of California as hunters and warriors. When … Read more
