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Sign Up for the August Online Satsang • New 40 Virtues Talks
The August online satsang with Swami Nirmalananda Giri will be held on Saturday, August 2nd, at 12 Noon, EST. Sign up using the form or the link in this article.
99 Cent Sale of “The Dhammapada for Awakening” Kindle Ebook
Do you love reading great ebooks on your Kindle or Ipad? Then for a limited time you can add Abbot George Burke’s highly reviewed The Dhammapada for Awakening: A Commentary on Buddha’s Practical Wisdom to your digital Kindle ebook reader at a bargain price. Normally available at $2.99, it is now available for only 99¢ at Amazon.com today and through Sunday,
Winning the Prize of Life
A Commentary on the Gospel of Thomas Jesus said, Blessed is the man who has suffered and found life. (Gospel of Thomas 58) Considering how consistently esoteric the viewpoint of the Gospel of Thomas is, I feel we can be assured that this is not an extension of the “suffering purifies and ennobles” cliché and the virtual obsession of conservative
Seven Ways to Purify the Mind, Part 2
Sutras 36 through 39 of Book One of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Sutra 1:36. Also (through) serene [vishoka] or luminous [jyotishmati] (states experienced within). Vishoka means “blissful; serene; free of grief, suffering or sorrow.” Jyotishmati means “effulgence; full of light.” Inner experience of a higher level usually consists of these two kinds–sometimes both together. Naturally the mind will become steady
7 Ways to Purify the Mind, Part 1
Sutras 33 through 35 of Book One of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Sutra 1:33. The mind becomes clarified by cultivating attitudes of friendliness [maitri], compassion [karuna], gladness [mudita] and indifference [upekshanam] respectively towards happiness [sukha], misery [dukha], virtue [punya] and vice [apunya]. Maitri is friendliness; friendship; love. Karuna is mercy; compassion; kindness. Mudita is complacency; joy; happiness, and implies optimism
The Simple Yoga Method of Removing Mental Pain and Depression
Sutras 31 and 32 of Book One of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Sutra 1:31. (Mental) pain [dukha], despair [daurmanasya], nervousness [angamejayatva] and hard breathing [shvasa-prashvasa] are the symptoms of a distracted condition of mind [vikshepa-sahabhuvah]. Dukha is pain; suffering; misery; sorrow; grief; unhappiness; stress; that which is unsatisfactory. Daurmanasya is despair, depression etc., caused by mental sickness; feeling of
See Our New Book on Reincarnation at Amazon.com
In our ongoing effort to provide the content of OCOY.org in printed form, this week we launched Abbot George Burke’s May a Christian Believe in Reincarnation? in paperback and Kindle format at Amazon.com. A quick synopsis of the book is found on the back cover: “May a Christian believe in reincarnation? The answer may surprise you. Reincarnation–also known as the transmigration
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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.