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The Religion of Ignorance
What Jesus said to his disciples about those who propagate ignorance, from the Gospel of Thomas Jesus said, The pharisees and the scribes have taken the keys of knowledge [gnosis] and hidden them. They themselves have not entered, nor have they allowed to enter those who wish to. You, however, be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves.
Trailanga Swami: Remarkable Incidents from His Life
Q: Do you have anything further to add to Trailanga Swami’s story that may not have been written by Master Yogananda in his autobiography? Yes, I do. First, three things that Yogacharya Oliver Black told to me when I spent all day with him in the fall of 1968. Yoganandaji had himself told these things to Mr. Black. Trailanga Swami
We’re Back Online, Faster and Better, and Other News
Frequent visitors to OCOY.org may have noticed that for the last week our site has been down and unavailable. This was due to our web hosts accidentally deleting the site from their servers. This was the excuse we needed for moving to a better hosting company. We are now back online, and working to make the site load faster for
Bigotry About Yoga
To a friend who sent a long quotation from an Indian who had made a fortune running and eventually selling a string of hatha yoga centers. After selling them, she began notifying people of the “demonic evil” of yoga in any form, and raving on and on in the style of ignorant, fundamentalist “Christian” bigots about yoga and dharma. You
Four Kinds of Men Who Seek God: Which Are You?
“Among benevolent men, four kinds worship Me: the distressed, those who desire wealth, those who desire knowledge, and the man of wisdom” (Bhagavad Gita 7:16). Now a great deal of people think they are religious, but Krishna is presenting us with four broad categories of those who can be said to genuinely be seeking God. All others are only seeking
Aquarian Gospel Commentary Now Finished and Available Online
We are happy to announce that the full text of the Aquarian Gospel for Awakening is now complete and available at OCOY.org. It is an exhaustive commentary on The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ, by Levi Dowling. The commentary is 196 web pages! Below is an excerpt from the Commentary. The full text is available as a download in our
Everyday Wisdom from Buddha: Part 2 of Bianca Vlahos’ Interview with Abbot George
In part 2 of the recent interview with Abbot George about Buddha’s everyday wisdom as recorded in the Dhammapada, Bianca Vlahos of radio station PBA-FM in Adelaide, South Australia, inquired further about how to lead an effective and uplifting life in the world applying the principles which Buddha advocated. The catalyst of this interview was when Bianca read a copy of Abbot
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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.