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Absolutely Mystical

May 31st, 2009 | by Harmonist staff

Claims of Absolute Truth marginalize other ideas and alienate us from others who don’t share our world view. Absolutes make us blind to alternative ways of understanding.


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Few and Far Between

May 29th, 2009 | by Harmonist staff

Just as a spiritual tradition\'s original culture is not essential to it in all respects, neither is it necessary to replace that culture entirely when the tradition is transplanted into \"foreign\" soil. Changes will be inevitable, but our task is to enact them in an appropriate manner that facilitates embracing the spiritual essence


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Does Consciousness Matter?

May 25th, 2009 | by Harmonist staff

Let us remember that our knowledge of the world begins not with matter but with perceptions/consciousness. I know for sure that my pain exists, my “green” exists, and my “sweet” exists. I do not need any proof of their existence, because these events are a part of me; everything else is a theory


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Sakhyam’s Razor: A reply to Dhanurdhara Swami

May 24th, 2009 | by Harmonist staff

As one of the editors of the booklet O My Friend! I was asked by my Gurudeva, Swami B. V. Tripurari, to respond to the points raised by Dhanurdhara Swami in his recent book review. I was happy to have the opportunity to take part in what has been an all-to-rare instance of brahminical philosophical discussion


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Dawkins Does Religion

May 16th, 2009 | by Harmonist staff

I doubt it was his intention, but in 100 years time Richard Dawkins could be hailed as a prime architect of 21st-century religion


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What’s a Girl To Do?

May 6th, 2009 | by Harmonist staff

Spiritual interest, according to Plato, has to be as intense as the infatuation of an adolescent boy for a young girl. But it is not only with the intensity of Plato’s adolescent infatuation that one must seek, but with all the humility at one’s command


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Vaishnavism and Homosexuality

April 26th, 2009 | by Harmonist staff

While Abrahamic faiths have been forced to abandon ancient codes and beliefs in order to accommodate gays in modernity, Vaishnavas need only abandon imported misconceptions and refer back to their ancient past



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