The Case of Argentina v. Rudnev: Pretrial Detention as a Coercive Measure

Once, a man planted a small tree. He watered it every day, shielded it from the wind, and placed a stake next to it. Then another man said to him: “Why are you...

The History of the Spiritual Quest in the Soviet Union When I was very young, I was eager to understand the most important things: why people live, what there is...

One day, a wise old man saw a man standing in the middle of a ruined garden. Broken branches lay scattered everywhere. The flowers had been trampled. The ground...

Stones with Which to Build the Path Once, an old sage saw two travelers. Both were carrying heavy sacks full of stones on their shoulders. “What...

An Old Parable About Power I remember an old parable that I've known since my earliest childhood. When a young king had just ascended the throne, he wanted to become...

I remember an old joke. Abraham is reading the newspaper. His neighbor comes up to him and says: “Abraham, your house is on fire!” And he, without looking up...

The Parable of the Caged Bird One day, a wise old man saw a man carrying a bird in a cage. The bird was alive, but it wasn't singing. "Why is it...

The Parable of the Ember One day, as I sat by the fire with my students, I heard a question. One of them, whose heart was wounded by loneliness and old grudges,...

They have locked me away in the darkness, far from everything. But my conviction and my hope remain intact. They thought that by silencing and isolating me, they could separate us....

TIMELINE OF ASHRAM SHAMBHALA When I published my previous investigation into the case of Konstantin Rudnev—a Russian spiritual teacher who is now...—in “The European Times”