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Crossing the Threshold: Our New Name
Ariel Dochstader Miller Ariel Dochstader Miller

Crossing the Threshold: Our New Name

Our school has a new name: “Appamada.” I did a lot of research about this Pali term, which is the ancient language the Buddha taught in. We are not a Buddhist program, but I am deeply inspired by ancient words in languages like Pali and Sanskrit that have whole spiritual meanings. This is something I heard Joseph Campbell speak about, how these ancient languages have words with deep and complex meanings that we don’t have words for in English.

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