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August Satsang Signup – Plus New Video on Rudrakshas
Sign up for the August online Satsang with Swami Nirmalananda (Abbot George Burke) which will be on Saturday, August 4th, at 12 Noon, EST. Also, watch a new video about Rudrasksha Beads for the Yogi.
10 Sagely Sayings of Swami Sivananda
One of the greatest master yogis of the 20th century was Swami Sivananda Saraswati, founder of Sivanandashram in Rishikesh in northern India, on the banks of the Ganga in the foothills of the Himalayas. His many writings have inspired thousands through the decades since his passing in 1963. The following quotes are taken from his book Kingly Science, Kingly Secret,
Meditation as Training for Living
Meditation is not an end in itself, but rather the means to an end–to the daily living out of the illumined consciousness produced by meditation. We go into meditation so we can come out of meditation more conscious and better equipped to live our life. Effective meditation The change will not be instant, but after a reasonable time we should
Psychological Yoga in the Bhagavad Gita
“Now learn this buddhi yoga, declared to you in the Sankhya philosophy. By the yoga of the buddhi [or: by uniting the buddhi in yoga], you shall rid [free] yourself of the bondage of karma” (Bhagavad Gita 2:39). Sankhya Since Sankhya is the philosophical basis of the Bhagavad Gita, we will be talking about it quite a bit. For now,
Improved Social Media at OCOY.org
We continue to endeavor to make OCOY.org and the Light of the Spirit Blog friendly to social media users, that is, those who use sites such as FaceBook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, StumbleUpon, and the like. For some time we have included the ShareThis plugin where before and after each page and post you can click on icons of your favorite
Are We “Cow Counters” or “Partners in the Holy Life”?
“Even if he is fond of quoting appropriate texts, the thoughtless man who does not put them into practice himself is like a cowherd counting other people’s cows, not a partner in the Holy Life” (Dhammapada 19). Most religion is worthless cow-counting–obsession with the glories, powers, and even divinity of one or more superior beings, whether called avatars, buddhas, bodhisattwas,
Kali and the Virgin Mary: Two Questions
Q: Why are animals sacrificed at Kali temples in India? What is the purpose? Is it against the principle of vegetarianism? The killing of animals is always an offense again Life Itself. But in perverted religion throughout the world animal sacrifice is found. Only a misunderstanding of Kali could “justify” such a terrible practice. Holy Mother Sarada Devi absolutely forbade
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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.