Monthly Archives: August 19, 2023

Zhuangzi’s Useless Tree

One of the world’s great philosophers meditates on the value of being useless with a parable about an old, ugly tree. 

Phags-Pa

Did you know that in the 13th Century a Chinese emperor and a Tibetan monk tried to get rid of Chinese characters and create a universal script, one writing system to write every language in the world. Today’s podcast is about that writing system, Phags-Pa.