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Putting Buddhism Back in Buddhist Meditation

August 14th, 2023 | by Harmonist staff

A new generation of Buddhist centers and teachers are emphasizing that meditation is more than just a way to relax, recharge, or feel centered in oneself

Shaligrams and Climate Change

August 7th, 2023 | by Harmonist staff

Climate change, faster glacial melting, and gravel mining in the Kali Gandaki are changing the course of the river, which means fewer Shaligrams are appearing each year

To garden is to unseat oneself as the center of primary importance, and to instead turn one’s life into various forms of service that will strengthen and maintain the many memberships that make up the garden

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The Gita, the Bomb, and the Dharma of Oppenheimer

July 17th, 2023 | by Harmonist staff

How did the atomic physicist’s fascination with the Gita influence his feelings about the making of the bomb?

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Embodied Worship

July 13th, 2023 | by Harmonist staff

Meet the Ramnamis, a small community in central India whose elders are boldly tattooed in Lord Ram’s name

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Krishna Enjoys Fulfilling His Devotees’ Desires

July 10th, 2023 | by Harmonist staff

The simple acts of offering a lamp, incense, and flowers opened my heart to something incredible and factual. Love is never a one way affair

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Why Universities Should Be More Like Monasteries

June 1st, 2023 | by Harmonist staff

Colleges should offer a radically low-tech first-year program for students who want to apply: a secular monastery within the modern university, with a curated set of courses that ban glowing rectangles of any kind from the classroom

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The Coltranes and American Hinduism

February 27th, 2023 | by Harmonist staff

For all the accolades and tributes the pair have received in making their mark in music and popular culture, and becoming outsized in their role as Black history makers, the Coltranes had an arguably equal impact in reimagining American Hinduism

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The Role of Faith in Science

January 23rd, 2023 | by Harmonist staff

Planck sees religion and science following a similar pattern: many different outward manifestations which, under analysis, point to a single absolute truth