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What Is Life on the Astral Plane Like?
The following reflections address common questions about the astral planes from the deeper perspective of yogic knowledge.
Can Eggs Be Eaten on a Vegetarian Diet?
Q: I am a student preparing for my civil service examinations next year. Eating meat has greatly decreased my concentration level. Every year for at least a month I eat only vegetarian food before I make a pilgrimage to the Sabarimala Temple. I can feel the difference in my intellectual level during that time. Now I would like become a
Atoning for Our Sins: The Problem with the Western View
Q: You write in a Q&A section that Jesus did no such thing as pay for our sins. If that is the case, why does he say in Mark 10:45 that he came to give his life as a ransom for many? Or even more to the point, in Matthew 26:28 he says “This is my blood of the covenant,
Sanatana Dharma: a Ploy or the Truth?
To an Indian Methodist bishop who wanted to visit us because: “Here in India I am deeply concerned about reaching Hindus with the Christian gospel, in a way acceptable to them in the language and form they understand. After a lot of research and browsing I have found your way of understanding and presentation of the Christian faith may be
Why You Should Find the Right Kind of Satsang or Spiritual Association
In reply to a sadhaka living in an area where there were no others of her practice or philosophy. She asked which meditation groups I would recommend to a person looking for some spiritual association. The problem with meditation groups is that they are often for propaganda and keeping people followers of whatever philosophy or guru they have. And frankly,
Cremation, Organ Donation and Reincarnation
Q: Can you be reincarnated if you donate organs or get cremated? Or does the physical body not come into it at all–is it just our soul and spiritual self? Human beings are made of many layers. When we die we leave both the physical body and an energy body behind–which is why the hair and fingernails of dead people
Sanatana Dharma, Vedanta, and the Bible : Essential Differences
Q: Although I don’t have a problem understanding all the concepts of Vedanta, the minute I reflect upon the Christian Bible it seems to all confuse me. I find the teachings so different, although they must be the same. It is the Bible that is confused because it (the New Testament) has been edited to conform to the theology of
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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.