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May Satsang Signup – Religious Imagery Podcast
Our May online satsang with Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke) will be on Saturday, May 4th, at 12 noon, EST. Visit this page to register. Also, listen to or watch a recent podcast on “Religious Imagery and the Yogi.”
The Ten Commandments of Yoga
Yama and Niyama are often called the Ten Commandments of Yoga, but they have nothing to do with the ideas of sin and virtue or good and evil as dictated by some cosmic potentate. Rather they are determined by a thoroughly practical, pragmatic basis: that which strengthens and facilitates our yoga practice should be observed and that which weakens or
Humans: Are We Carnivores or Vegetarians by Nature?
How humans are not physically created/evolved to eat meat [We found this useful article and would like to share it with our readers. The author is unknown.] Although some historians and anthropologists say that man is historically omnivorous, our anatomical equipment teeth, jaws, and digestive system favors a fleshless diet. The American Dietetic Association notes that “most of
The Symbolism of Christmas and Its Universal Message | Podcast
For our Christmas offering we share again a podcast from three years ago about Christmas, and about Christ being born in us. This podcast is from an interview of Abbot George Burke by our friend Bianca Vlahos of radio station FIVEaa in Adelaide, Australia. Listen to The Symbolism of Christmas and Its Universal Message if you do not see the player
Open a Treasure Chest of Spiritual Podcasts
To those who are new to OCOY.org, or who have not explored our site, we introduce our Podcast Section, with over 30 timeless audio podcasts by Abbot George Burke on different aspects of practical spirituality: vegetarianism, meditation, reincarnation, the Yoga Life, Monastic Life, and the spiritual masters that Abbot George encountered in his many trips to India. The podcasts are
Reincarnation and Memory: Where Do Our Memories Go?
Q: When reincarnated do we retain our current memories and interests, or what it is that makes us feel “ourselves”? All the memories of our past lives remain in the subconscious mind in the forms of impressions in the mind-substance (chitta) which is a field of magnetic energy. They sort of float around, vibrating individually as samskaras, but those of
What Did Jesus Really Say in the Sermon on the Mount?
In this introduction to A New Look at the Beatitudes, I will be using The New Testament: An Expanded Translation, by Kenneth Wuest since it presents the more philosophical side of Jesus words. To do this, it is extremely literal, sometimes so much so that the English is awkward, but it extracts the full meaning of the Greek wording. The esoteric
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Yogis Who Saw Jesus
The Many Advantages of Vegetarianism
Seeing the One in All
In response to our recent blog posting about the reality of Jesus in the experience of India’s great yogis, we received a most heartening letter from India. I want to share parts of it with you and my reflections on it for I feel it presents the most authentic perspective on these matters.