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Trevor Leggett at the BBC 1969 © Trevor Leggett Trust

Trevor Leggett

By Buddhism Now on 21 October 2009 • ( 4 )

Trevor Leggett (1914-2000) lived for a considerable time in Japan. He was the first foreigner to obtain the Sixth Dan (senior teachers degree) in judo from Kodokan and has written several well-known books on the subject. He has also written… Read More ›

Buddhism as music — Vedanta as architecture.

By Buddhism Now on 17 October 2009 • ( 0 )

Buddhism can be looked at in terms of music, whereas the Vedanta of the Upanishads could correspond to architecture. As an example, take the familiar opening chords in Rachmaninov’s popular Second Piano Concerto.