Are We “Cow Counters” or “Partners in the Holy Life”?
Buddha lets us know quite clearly that the Holy Life is what matters, and that is a matter of living–that is, doing.
Meditation as Training for Living
Meditation is not an end in itself, but rather the means to an end–to the daily living out of the illumined consciousness produced by meditation. We go into meditation so we can come out of meditation more conscious and better equipped to live our life.
Psychological Yoga in the Bhagavad Gita
Buddhi yoga is psychologicals yoga, and is performed as an expression of divinity for the revelation of divinity, all other benefits, individual and communal being secondary–even insignificant.
A Selection from “The Catechism of Enlightenment”
We have added Swami Nirmalananda’s Commentary on some of Shankara’s works, which we have called “The Catechism of Enlightenment.” Read this uselful introduction.
The Great Secret in Spiritual Life
Is one who “fails” in or “abandons” spiritual life “lost” and hopeless? Find out what Krishna says in this explanation of the Bhagavad Gita.
Words Are Not Wisdom – Teachings from Buddha and Others
“Even if he is fond of quoting appropriate texts, the thoughtless man who does not put them into practice himself is like a cowherd counting other people’s cows, not a partner in the Holy Life” (Buddha, from the Dhammapada 19).