
Seana Quinn Writer
Seana Quinn is a contributing editor at Global Oneness Project. From time to time, she travels with the Global Oneness Project team capturing the people we meet and places we go through her travel stories.
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A Day in Tashi Jong with Dancing Monks and Hillside Deities
In a small stone courtyard fronting the Khampagar monastery, monks in flowing maroon robes rehearsed for the annual Snow Lion dances while His Holiness the …
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India's Water Wars
The Narmada Valley Sardar Sarovar Big Dam Project is the largest of 30 planned large dams on the Narmada River and it has inspired twenty-two years and three …
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Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
On the outskirts of Tashi Jong, three hours north of Dharamsala, sits the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery where Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo lives and teaches a community of …
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Learning How to Give
Standing in the alleyway outside Goonj, an NGO working to provide clothing and basic resources to some of India’s impoverished millions, I am reminded of …
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Meeting the Karmapa
The Black Hat Lama and the Future of Tibet
We ascended the monastery steps leading to his private meeting quarters at a snail’s pace, waiting patiently as …
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Monks and Nuns
Dharamsala and the surrounding hill stations are home to many Tibetan monks and nuns, some whom are reincarnated exiled lamas who made the difficult crossing from …
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Walking with Jayeshbai
In Ahmedabad, Jayesh Patel, founder of Manav Sadhna, takes us on a walk through the slums next to the Gandhi Ashram, home to approximately 120,000 people.
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When the Iron Eagle Flies and Horses Run on Wheels
After almost a week in Delhi we made the journey north to Dharamsala, also known as “Little Lhasa” because it is home to the Tibetan government in exile. …
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A Global Vision for the Holy Land
"I made myself pools from which to water the forest of growing trees." —Ecclesiastes 2.6
BETHLEHEM, West Bank - We sit beside the ruins of King Solomon's Pools, …
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A Palestinian Peacemaker Living on the Mount of Olives
We were received as family members into the home of Ibrahim Ahmad Abu El-Hawa, and this we were told, is not unique. "I speak Hebrew, Arabic, Russian and …
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Reflections on Israel
"Did you love Israel?"
I turned and faced my questioner - a beaming, proud Israeli woman just ahead of me in the customs line at London Heathrow Airport.
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The Sheikh and the Rabbi: A Jerusalem Fable
Both devoted to God, the Rabbi and the Sheikh have more in common than the nightly news might imply.
During our trip to Jerusalem, we interviewed Rabbi Menachem …