August 31st, 2009 | by Harmonist staff
The relationship between proteins and DNA is somewhat like the chicken and the egg: which came first? While some have posited that it was RNA—not DNA, nor proteins—that appeared first, the topic remains a shadowy area in the evolutionary process
August 30th, 2009 | by Harmonist staff
Noted scientists and authors Deno Kazanis and Bernard Haisch explore the dark side.
August 29th, 2009 | by Harmonist staff
Bestselling author Richard Tarnas questions modernity\'s approach to the universe, considering it to be an exploitative and controlling endeavor. Instead he proposes a second method, an act of \"love and intelligence combined.\"
August 17th, 2009 | by Harmonist staff
There is a major distinction between the \'lawyer\' and the \'philosopher.\' The lawyer participates in an argument: takes a side and fights for it. A philosopher, however, should attempt to undermine the debate itself
August 15th, 2009 | by Harmonist staff
Some Westerners want to save Buddhism from backward, superstition-ridden Buddhists, who (they believe) have contaminated Buddhist philosophy with rituals, altars, bowing, incense, etc. Are such practitioners extracting the essence or imposing their assumptions
August 14th, 2009 | by Harmonist staff
Deep realization lies within the ability to adapt the spiritual reality to diverse material circumstances, making it accessible to one and all. Such is the glory of Srila Prabhupada
August 3rd, 2009 | by Harmonist staff
The visceral reaction against anyone questioning our God-given right to bathe in bacon has been enough to scare many in the environmental movement away from the issue, but meat consumption is a major player in our environmental predicament.
July 24th, 2009 | by Harmonist staff
Although there is truth in Vedanta\'s emphasis on renunciation—which most adherents understand theoretically—in reality most people need companionship in order to be situated well enough to pursue spiritual life in a progressive way
July 22nd, 2009 | by Harmonist staff
There is no denying that kirtan has \"arrived\" in the West. How can Gaudiya Vaishnavas become more involved in a scene that centers around a practice so essential to the tradition
July 21st, 2009 | by Harmonist staff
A former U. S. President speaks out against abuse and discrimination wrongly backed by scripture
July 5th, 2009 | by Harmonist staff
One of the most common questions asked to me is this: \"Why don\'t you eat garlic and onions?\" Here\'s my answer:
June 15th, 2009 | by Harmonist staff
I eventually began to sense that I must become the change I wait for so helplessly. It is far too easy to sit on the sidelines of spiritual life and point out the defects of others, but becoming an example to the contrary is another matter entirely.
