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Aug 2015
52m 33s

Rabbi Rami Shapiro

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This week we talk to Rabbi Rami Shapiro about perennial wisdom

Rabbi Rami Shapiro is an award-winning author, poet, essayist, and educator whose poems have been anthologized in over a dozen volumes, and whose prayers are used in prayer books around the world. Rami received rabbinical ordination from the Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion and holds both Ph.d. and D.D. degrees. He has created a synagogue, worked as a management consultant for Fortune 500 companies, and got initiated into the Ramakrishna Order of Vedanta.
In addition to writing over 30 books, Rami writes a regular column for Spirituality and Health magazine called “Roadside Assistance for the Spiritual Traveler” He also host his own podcast Essential Conversations with Rabbi Rama.

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In This Interview Rabbi Rami and I Discuss...

The One You Feed parable.
How the good wolf can teach the bad wolf
Why Rabbi Rami is a Jew
How wisdom comes out of dialogue
The importance of thinking critically & paradoxically
The four components of perennial wisdom
The idea of spiritual maturity
The role of Believing in Something vs. Experiencing Something

 
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