Mirabai Starr writes creative non-fiction and contemporary translations of sacred literature.She taught Philosophy and World Religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos for 20 years and now teaches and speaks internationally on contemplative practice and inter-spiritual dialog.

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Here’s what Ram Dass said about her: “Ever since I met her when she was a teenager at the Lama Foundation, Mirabai Starr has been absorbed in the teachings of the great mystic saints, especially the women. Like her namesake, the poet-saint Mirabai, she brings to her work an intense love of God and a passion for the Beloved. My Guru said, ‘Love is the best medicine.’ Mirabai will help open up your heart to love.” Source

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In 2016 son John and I went to the CAC’s Conspire 2016 conference in Albuquerque, NM where Mirabai Starr was one of the main presenters. She speaks from the heart about the contemplative path from years of personal experience. See mywebsite for more.

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Mirabai's Reading List (from April 2020 online Ram Dass Legacy Retreat) SOUL FOOD!!! MANGIA!!!

• Mother Wisdom Speaks, by Christine Lore Weber

• The Grapes of my Body, by Rumi (translated by Andrew Harvey)

• Monet Refuses the Operation, by Lisel Mueller

• The Almanac of Last Things, by Linda Pastan

• Good Bones, by Maggie Smith (in “Ten Poems for Difficult Times”)

• Naked Song, Poems of Lalla (trans. Coleman Barks)

• Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu (trans. Stephen Mitchell)

• Absolutely Clear, by Hafiz (rendered by Daniel Ladinsky)

• Saint Teresa of Avila: Passionate Mystic, by Mirabai Starr

• Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce & Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics, by Mirabai Starr

 

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