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Back to SearchThe Brothers Grimm's "The Knapsack, the Hat, and the Horn" Summary and Discussion
Episode 423
Three brothers, tired of poverty, go out into the world. In the forest, they come to a hill of silver and the first brother decides to load his pock…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Attention is Your Light onto the World and How You See It (Clip)
Episode 422
Attention is your light, and that can build if you can keep your attention on it. It can grow, and we can see it more truly. Instead of increasing …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Von Schonwerth’s “Anna Mayala:” Forbidden Love and Time Forever Lost
Episode 421
The beautiful Veri and Anna Mayala were in love, but she was poor, and her many suitors were grievous to them. But finally, they were to be married,…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Is the King of the Golden Mountain Ruling in the Land of the Dead? (Clip)
Episode 420
About the Merchant’s son’s character: Early in life he showed faith in his father, himself, the world… How did he change? When he goes back home he …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Grimm's “The Three Little Birds” Summary and Discussion
Episode 419
Back in the time of small kings, one was riding forth with his retinue from the castle to go hunting. Three sisters who were watching their cows saw…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
Bearskin Walks the Earth, a Living Hell (Clip)
Episode 418
The character of Bearskin: courage, but then he learns perseverance with his seven years of living Hell. He must live truly wretchedly; he cannot ev…
8 months ago
Rousseau, Happiness & Modernity
Episode 417
JJ Rousseau wrote in “Emile” that his principle aim in teaching his student is to feel the beautiful of all sorts to fix his tastes on it and prevent…
8 months ago
The Brothers Grimm’s “The King of the Golden Mountain”
Episode 416
A wealthy merchant loses his ships, and a dwarf appears to him with an offer: sacrifice the first thing that touches you when you come home, and I wi…
8 months, 1 week ago
Various Strands of Buddhism and the Meaning Crisis (Clip)
Episode 415
Ian talks about various strands of Buddhism, including Tibet and its philosopher rule, and Zen’s founder’s saying a lot of words about the problems w…
8 months, 1 week ago
The Brothers Grimm's "Bearskin"
Episode 414
A soldier returns from the wars, and now that his parents have died, he seeks shelter with his brothers. But they reject him, and he wanders, pennil…
8 months, 1 week ago