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The Unholy Trinity of Yoga: Raga, Dwesha, and Moha
In his teachings Buddha frequently listed the Unholy Trinity: Raga, Dwesha, and Moha. In yoga philosophy also these are detailed at length. Find out more here about why.
15 Illuminating Sayings of Sri Brahma Chaitanya (Gondawali Baba)
Born in a family of Brahmin farmers in 1844, Sri Brahma Chaitanya (Gondawali Baba) showed his spiritual stature almost from birth, at the age of six stealing off to meditate alone in solitude in the middle of the night. His formal education ended quickly, after advising his classmates that their teacher’s knowledge was poor and that the singing of God’s
7 Ways to Deal with Those Who Say You Are a Godless Heathen
Q: What do you say to some pious individual who uses his or her “religion” like a weapon? If I am a believer in Sanatana Dharma, how do I defend myself against wing-nuts who have convinced themselves that I am going straight to hell? The relentlessness of the judgment is quite unbelievable, pretty psychotic and irrational, in my opinion. It
Unhappy Pleasure Seeking and the Antidote
The conclusion of When Rites Go Wrong “To those attached to enjoyment and power, whose thought is stolen away by this kind of talk, resolute insight in meditation is not granted” (Bhagavad Gita 2:44). Prabhavananda: “Those whose discrimination is stolen away by such talk grow deeply attached to pleasure and power. And so they are unable to develop that concentration
When Rites Go Wrong
“Addicted to many specific rites aimed at the goal of enjoyment and power.” Bhagavad Gita 2:40 Lord Krishna in the Gita is not speaking only of the people outside India. Throughout the subcontinent right now millions are streaming in and out of temples, paying money for rituals and blessings that are intended to give them whatever they might want, and
Wisdom as Explained by Jesus in the Aquarian Gospel
The Aquarian Gospel is full of deep wisdom which one might pass over because of its brevity. Below is a commentary on a short paragraph full of insight which is well worth dwelling on. “Again Lamaas asked, Of wisdom what have you to say? And Jesus said, It is the consciousness that man is aught; that God and man are
Cultivation and Attention in Spiritual Life
Attention cannot be produced immediately, it requires constant and vigilant cultivation, meditation being the prime implement of such cultivation. For “those who pay attention will not die, while the careless are as good as dead already.” [see the previous Dhammapada post] Keeping this perspective in mind daily, there is hope for our ascent to life and immortality. “So having clearly
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Yogis Who Saw Jesus
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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.