Hawaii’s Renaissance Man makes the world a better place
By BY CINDY SCHUMACHER - | Dec 24, 2020
Aloha ‘Aina (love of the land) has been a theme for Uncle George Kahumoku Jr. his entire life.
KAHAKULOA –George Kahumoku Jr., known all over the islands as Uncle George, is a multi-Grammy and Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning Hawaiian slack key guitar master, songwriter, touring performer, teacher, artist, storyteller, author and entrepreneur. He is originally from South Kona Kealia on the Big Island and headed Kealia Farms, where he raised coffee, ti leaf, avocados, macadamia nuts, guava, mangoes, alfalfa hay, Hawaiian herbs, teas, cattle and pigs.
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Maui filmmaker Tom Vendetti is pictured with the Dalai Lama, who is the subject of a documentary by Vendetti that will air on PBS on Dec. 26. â Photo courtesy Vendetti Productions LLC
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was asked in a new Rolling Stone magazine interview about any advice he could offer about coping with coronavirus anxiety.
“This pandemic is very serious,” he said. “We’re just so afraid. That’s not useful.”
And then, quoting the 8th century Indian sage Shantideva, he continued, “If the problem can be overcome, then no need to worry; make effort to overcome. If no way to overcome the problem, there’s no use to much worry.”