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medium pillar (not shown) - 2"x6", burns up to 60 hours
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About This Candle The sacred Indian gesture of namasté is a simple act made by bringing together both palms of the hands before the heart, and lightly bowing the head. In the simplest of terms it is accepted as a humble greeting straight from the heart and reciprocated accordingly. Namasté recognizes the equality of all, and pays honor to the sacredness of all. Thanks to DJ Mar, proprietress of Eco-Elements in Seattle, for suggesting the creation of this candle. —Carla Blazek, creator, zena moon |
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Customer Feedback June M. A week or so ago I sent my friend in Florida one of your beautiful namasté candles and she loved it! My other friend's birthday was in January and I sent her a candle and she was thrilled. She said she was going to order for her friends. I feel so good sending these candles, and love the responses that I get.
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Our Recommended Books, Music & Movies for Namasté zena moon sells books, CDs and DVDs in association with Amazon.com. To order, click on the item's title or image, then add it to your Amazon shopping cart. Orders are then filled and shipped by Amazon. Send us your recommendations for this page--we may post them here.
Last updated 4/4/2005
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From Amazon.com: In his debut novel, The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini accomplishes what very few contemporary novelists are able to do. He manages to provide an educational and eye-opening account of a country's political turmoil--in this case, Afghanistan--while also developing characters whose heartbreaking struggles and emotional triumphs resonate with readers long after the last page has been turned over. And he does this on his first try.
The Kite Runner follows the story of Amir, the privileged son of a wealthy businessman in Kabul, and Hassan, the son of Amir's father's servant. As children in the relatively stable Afghanistan of the early 1970s, the boys are inseparable. They spend idyllic days running kites and telling stories of mystical places and powerful warriors until an unspeakable event changes the nature of their relationship forever, and eventually cements their bond in ways neither boy could have ever predicted. Even after Amir and his father flee to America, Amir remains haunted by his cowardly actions and disloyalty. In part, it is these demons and the sometimes impossible quest for forgiveness that bring him back to his war-torn native land after it comes under Taliban rule. ("...I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.")
Some of the plot's turns and twists may be somewhat implausible, but Hosseini has created characters that seem so real that one almost forgets that The Kite Runner is a novel and not a memoir. At a time when Afghanistan has been thrust into the forefront of America's collective consciousness ("people sipping lattes at Starbucks were talking about the battle for Kunduz"), Hosseini offers an honest, sometimes tragic, sometimes funny, but always heartfelt view of a fascinating land. Perhaps the only true flaw in this extraordinary novel is that it ends all too soon.
2. Truth & Beauty : A Friendship
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From Amazon.com: This memoir of Patchett's friendship with
Autobiography of a Face author Lucy
Grealy shares many insights into the nature of devotion. One of the best
instances of this concerns a fable of ants and grasshoppers. When winter came,
the hard-working ant took the fun-loving grasshopper in, each understanding
their roles were immutable. It was a symbiotic relationship. Like the
grasshopper, Grealy, who died of cancer at age 39 in 2002, was an untethered
creature, who liked nothing more than to dance, drink and fling herself into
Patchett's arms like a kitten. Patchett (The
Patron Saint of Liars;
Bel Canto) tells this story
chronologically, in bursts of dialogue, memory and snippets of Grealy's
letters, moving from the unfolding of their deep connection in graduate school
and into the more turbulent waters beyond. Patchett describes her attempts to
be a writer, while Grealy endured a continuous round of operations as a result
of her cancer. Later, when adulthood brought success, but also heartbreak and
drug addiction, the duo continued to be intertwined, even though their link
sometimes seemed to fray. This gorgeously written chronicle unfolds as an
example of how friendships can contain more passion and affection than any in
the romantic realm. And although Patchett unflinchingly describes the
difficulties she and Grealy faced in the years after grad school, she never
loses the feeling she had the first time Grealy sprang into her arms: "[She]
came through the door and it was there, huge and permanent and first."
3. Start Where You Are : A Guide to Compassionate Living
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From Amazon.com: Pema Chodron is a Buddhist nun for regular folks. Having raised a family of her own, she doesn't shy away from persistent troubles and the basic meatiness of life. In fact, in Start Where You Are, Chodron tries to get us to see that the faults and foibles in each of us now are the perfect ingredients for creating a better life. No need to wait for a quieter time or a more settled mind. The trick, Chodron says, is to re-pattern ourselves, to transform bad habits into good by first opening ourselves to the groundlessness of existence. When the cliff dissolves beneath our feet, fear has a way of actually lessening. Fearlessness opens the way to recognizing our pushy egos and that rather than being cursed with original sin, we are blessed with an original soft spot--the squishy feeling inside that we all have, that is the seat of true compassion, and that we all do our best to armor over. Chodron is the kind of teacher who has seen it all and keeps pushing us back into ourselves until there's no one left to wrestle with but a certain recalcitrant image in the mirror.
1. Namaste
Original Release Date: 2003
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From Amazon.com: This may be the most hauntingly beautiful music I've ever experienced. While the tracks contain enough eastern mysticism to satisfy the kind of listener who might be intrigued by the CD title, there is something more here than temple bells. From Rasa's hypnotic "Prabhupada Padma" to the eerily sublime "Calling Wisdom" and the oddly touching "The End of Suffering," the music satisfies something elemental in the soul.
Original Release Date: 2000
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From Amazon.com: Magical Healing Mantras by Namaste is a rich tapestry of 25 talented musicians from around the world, playing guitars, flutes, sitars and exotic instruments. I love the eclectic instrument mix, as well as the male and female vocal harmonies. I first heard it at a New Age bookstore, where its captivating music soothed and relaxed me to a near meditative state. Yet this CD's livelier than typical meditation music. Bottom line: Beautiful, relaxing, interesting--a CD worth having.
3. The Essence
Original Release Date: 1998
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From Amazon.com: This top-selling New Age/World beat CD is smooth, silky, calming and peaceful. Featuring Deva Premal's transcendant voice, ambient grooves, keyboard and hand percussion, The Essence invokes the heart healing power of ancient chants and mantras. The Gayatri Mantra, the oldest known to mankind, is the centerpiece of this truly meditative CD. Ideal for yoga, healing work, meditation and dancing. "This is the music of Earth Angels, listen with your third ear!" --Gabrielle Roth
1. Lost in Translation (Full Screen Edition)
(2003) ~ DVD
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From Amazon.com: Like a good dream, Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation envelops you with an aura of fantastic light, moody sound, head-turning love, and a feeling of déjà vu, even though you've probably never been to this neon-fused version of Tokyo. Certainly Bob Harris has not. The 50ish actor has signed on for big money shooting whiskey ads instead of doing something good for his career or his long-distance family. Jetlagged, helplessly lost with his Japanese-speaking director, and out of sync with the metropolis, Harris (Bill Murray, never better) befriends the married but lovelorn 25-year-old Charlotte (played with heaps of poise by 18-year-old Scarlett Johansson). Even before her photographer husband all but abandons her, she is adrift like Harris but in a total entrapment of youth. How Charlotte and Bob discover they're soul mates will be cherished for years to come. Written and directed by Coppola (The Virgin Suicides), the film is far more atmospheric than plot-driven: we whiz through Tokyo parties, karaoke bars, and odd nightlife, always ending up in the impossibly posh hotel where the two are staying. The wisps of bittersweet loneliness of Bill and Charlotte are handled smartly and romantically, but unlike modern studio films, this isn't a May-November fling film. Surely and steadily, the film ends on a much-talked-about grace note, which may burn some, yet awards film lovers who "always had Paris" with another cinematic destination of the heart.
2. Gandhi
(1982) ~ DVD
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From Amazon.com: Sir Richard Attenborough's 1982 multiple-Oscar winner (including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Ben Kingsley) is an engrossing, reverential look at the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi, who introduced the doctrine of nonviolent resistance to the colonized people of India and who ultimately gained the nation its independence. Kingsley is magnificent as Gandhi as he changes over the course of the three-hour film from an insignificant lawyer to an international leader and symbol. Strong on history (the historic division between India and Pakistan, still a huge problem today, can be seen in its formative stages here) as well as character and ideas, this is a fine film.
(1998) ~ DVD
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From Amazon.com: Vanessa Redgrave glows from within as the heroine of this superb adaptation of Virginia Woolf's novel. As Clarissa Dalloway prepares to host a sumptuous party, her mind wanders back to a summer in her youth, when she was courted by an eager young man--a young man whose much older self will come to the very party she's preparing. Mrs. Dalloway moves fluidly between the past and the present, exploring the shifts in perspective and understanding with an unsentimental but graceful eye. What's most stunning is the remarkable interplay between the younger and older actors, who truly seem to be different versions of the same character (the young Clarissa is played by Natasha McElhone). Beautifully directed by Marleen Gorris (Antonia's Line), the movie also features Rupert Graves as a shell-shocked soldier who crosses Clarissa's path. | |||||||||
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