With news of Dove World Outreach’s “Islam is of the Devil” campaign and “International Burn a Quran Day”, we are called to inquire, “What makes something ‘of the Devil?’”
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Never in the annals of health and nutrition history has there been a food so maligned, lied about, and conspired against as raw milk. Once revered the world over as the most perfect of all foods, now most people only consume a shadow of the real thing.
It has been over three and a half centuries since Descartes asked if minds and bodies are distinct and concluded that they indeed were. Although it remains a topic of debate, his hypothesis lives on. What then to speak of the soul’s role in this interaction?
The final lesson of verse two in our Siksastakam classroom speaks of the humility that arises in the practitioner in the course of identifying their shortcomings along the path.
Chastity means our adherence to the truth, the truth that we have come to realize. It is of infinite character, yet there is a gradation of understanding and thus room for progress and chastity relative to one’s stage of progress.
In this section Brahma concludes the present lesson of this Upanisad by urging everyone to chant the Gopala mantra. The repetition of the words nityam abhyaset is meant to emphasize that one must make this practice a daily function to achieve the desired result.
The interaction of Eastern spirituality and Western science has expanded methods of stress reduction, treatment of chronic disease, psychotherapy and other areas. But that is only part of the story.
Who will protect Vrindavan from the onslaught business schemes, pollution, and general environmental apathy?
A brief and informal discussion of the four Vaishnava sampradayas, spoken by Srila Sridhara Deva Goswami.
When I first saw a Youtube video of the Mayapuris dancing shirtless on stage, for a second I thought I was accidentally streaming the Backstreet Boys.
