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  The Ramayana - Rama The...

  Valmiki Muni

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  "What Rama says once he carries out; there is no looking back.” Rama to Kaikeyi “Only the timid and the weak leave things to destiny but the strong never bank on destiny or luck.” Lakshmana to Rama  
   
  The epic poem, by Maharishi Valmiki Muni, narrates the life of Lord Rama, a legendary prince of Ayodhya city in the kingdom of Kosala. The epic follows his fourteen-year exile to the forest urged by his father King Dasharatha, on the request of Rama's stepmother Kaikeyi. He traveled across forests in the Indian subcontinent with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana. Rama endured the kidnapping of Sita by Ravana – the demon king of Lanka, which resulted in a great war; and Rama's eventual return to Ayodhya to be crowned king amidst jubilation and celebration. The Ramayana is one of the ancient epics in world literature consisting of nearly 24,000 verses. It is considered to be the Adi-kavya (first poem) depicting the duties of relationships, portraying ideal characters like the ideal father, ideal servant, ideal brother, ideal husband and ideal king. The Ramayana was an important influence on later Sanskrit poetry and Vedic life and culture. There are many versions of Ramayana in Indian languages, besides Buddhist, Sikh, and Jain adaptations. There are also Cambodian (Reamker), Indonesian, Filipino, Thai (Ramakien), Lao, Burmese and Malay versions of the iconic tale.

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  Anxiety Finding Calm - A Guided...

  Zorica Gojkovic PhD

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  Anxious? Rattled? Scattered? This guided meditation will help you: 
  - Calm down and relax deeply 
  - Enter a state of divine love and peace 
  - Connect with your divine self to receive guidance and support 
  - Become aware of the source of your anxiety 
  - Identify actions you can take to lift the anxiety 
  - Discover your deepest heart's desire and begin to make it a reality 
  - Get clear on the one thing most important to do today and inspire you to do it 
  Each time you listen your focus may be different; you will gain more clarity, understanding, begin to feel more solid in your life, experience more peace and well-being. 
  The sweet voice of Joette Emerton will guide you along with beautiful music. 
  The guided meditation is about 35 minutes. 15 minutes of just music follow. If you can, continue to listen as a way to stabilize the energies. 
  Headphones are recommended. 
  An MP3 of How to Make Best Use of Guided Meditations Created by Zorica Gojkovic, Ph.D.

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  Aokigahara: The Truth Behind...

  Tara A. Devlin

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  What really lies in the forest’s depths? 
  Aokigahara is a mystery. Born out of an explosion, its roots twist and turn, the dense trees seeming to swallow anything that enters it whole. In recent years it has gained renown as a “suicide forest,” but it wasn’t always this way. 
  Aokigahara: The Truth Behind Japan’s Suicide Forest is fully researched from Japanese sources and looks at the history of the Sea of Trees, how it came to be, and why it became known worldwide as a popular suicide spot. It looks at why people choose the forest, the procedures the police follow when a body is discovered, and how the government is trying to turn its current image on its head. 
  Delve into the truth behind many of the forests terrifying legends, and discover why Aokigahara isn't just a “suicide forest,” but an important part of Japan’s spiritual and cultural history. 
  Get ready to enter the Sea of Trees and uncover the real truth hiding in its dark depths.

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  The Migrant Rain Falls in...

  Vinh Nguyen

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  An unconventional memoir of conjuring the uncertain past and a long-lost homeland, and a vital document of one family's journey through world history. 
   
   
   
  With the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, the U.S. war in Vietnam ended, but the refugee crisis was only beginning. Among the millions of people who fled Vietnam by boat were Vinh Nguyen, along with his mother and siblings, and his father, who left separately and then mysteriously vanished. 
   
   
   
  Decades later, Nguyen goes looking for the story of his father. What he discovers is a sea of questions drifting above sunken truths. To come to terms with the past, Nguyen must piece together the debris of history with family stories that have been scattered across generations and continents, kept for decades in broken hearts and guarded silences. 
   
   
   
  The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse takes listeners on a poignant tour of disappeared refugee camps, abandoned family homes, and the lives that could have been. As the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War approaches, this powerful memoir is timelier and more important than ever, illuminating the stories, real and imagined, that become buried in the rubble of war.

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  Critias - The Lost Story of...

  Plato, Tim Zengerink

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  What if the lost world of Atlantis was more than just a legend—what if it was a prophecy? 
  In Critias, Plato recounts the rise and fall of Atlantis—an empire of incredible wealth and power that crumbled due to its own moral failure. Though only a fragment remains, its impact is enduring. 
  What you'll discover inside: 
  •	The Myth of Atlantis – One of the earliest and most powerful visions of a lost civilization. 
  •	A Moral and Political Allegory – A deep reflection on the perils of corruption and unchecked ambition. 
  •	Philosophical and Historical Significance – An essential part of Plato’s political thought and a foundational myth of Western culture. 
  •	A Timeless Warning – Relevant to any age facing questions of leadership, balance, and societal decay. 
  •	Critias is more than a myth—it’s a haunting vision of what we stand to lose when wisdom is cast aside for power. 
  Start listening today and unlock the secrets of Atlantis.

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  Old U(VA) and I 1961 The - 1965

  Frank Briggs

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  The Old U(VA) and I: 1961-1965 
  By: Frank Briggs 
  The decade of the 1960s saw sweeping changes at UVA as old barriers fell and students of new backgrounds came. Litigation that lasted from the late 1940s through the end of the 1960s eliminated historic barriers to African American and women students. No detailed UVA-specific narrative has existed until former graduates from two ends of the decade, Joel Gardner, BA 1970, Rebel Yell to Revolution, in 2018 and now Frank Briggs, BA 1965, recognized that the University had changed in the most profound ways and used their own experiences to document what happened. This book will attract anyone who lived through that heady period. It will appeal also to others, to women and men who grew up later, and who may have wondered why and how the good old days ended and America stepped beyond them. Some might say grew up. 
  —John T. Casteen III, President Emeritus, University of Virginia, 1990–2010 
  Frank Briggs’s memoir is a highly entertaining trip in time to an era in UVA history that predated the social upheavals of the late 1960s. We accompany the author through his four years in a cloistered culture of tradition that had not changed over many decades. In a series of revealing and amusing anecdotes, we relive the road trips, party weekends, and collegiate shenanigans that dominated the student experience during that period. This is a must read for every Wahoo who lived through that era or anyone who has an interest in the social history of college life prior to the cultural revolution that swept across the country after Briggs’s graduation. 
  —Joel B. Gardner, Author, From Rebel Yell to Revolution: My Four Years at UVA, 1966–1970

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