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The Double Bind of Modern Consciousness
October 26th, 2010 | by Harmonist staff
An excerpt from Richard Tarnas\' award-winning Passion of the Western Mind explores the contradictory existential state of modern consciousness
Se Sanga Na Paiya Kande
October 19th, 2010 | by Harmonist staff
Being unable to obtain the association of Gauranga Mahaprabhu accompanied by his associates, Narottama dasa simply weeps.
Did You See It?
October 10th, 2010 | by Harmonist staff
Prabhupada turned to me a third time and said, “Did you see it?” This time I replied, “Yes, I saw it.” And I thought, “I\'m seeing you, and this is Vrindavana. Wherever you are, that is Vrindavana.\"
What Kind of Faith?
September 30th, 2010 | by Harmonist staff
We are to recognize our flock and then we shall associate with them. Then, dedicated action will begin by that association. “You will be the teacher and I shall be the student.\" But what kind of faith will we cultivate
A Thief Requires No Invitation
September 1st, 2010 | by Harmonist staff
We may have erected high walls on all sides to protect ourselves so that Krishna consciousness may not enter, but Krishna is a thief, and a thief requires no invitation. No preparation is necessary for his welcome
The Guru: Remove, Reform, or Re-Establish?
August 10th, 2010 | by Harmonist staff
With seemingly endless examples of less-than-ideal guru-disciple relationships, how should the principle of guru be conceived and how should one go about incorporating that relationship into their spiritual life
Whose World?
June 20th, 2010 | by Harmonist staff
Modernity cannot reveal to humanity where we stand in what has been called existential space, in the hierarchy of universal existence. It therefore cannot provide \"orientation,\" for to orient our lives means to know where we come from, where we are to go, and most of all who we are
Brahma Gayatri and Sacred Threads
June 13th, 2010 | by Harmonist staff
Prabhupada Bhaktisiddhanta incorporated the Brahma Gayatri and sacred threads into Gaudiya practice in order to make an impression on the society in which those practices were significant. Now, in a different time and in different societies, are these practices still useful
Science, Spirituality, and the Templeton Foundation
May 17th, 2010 | by Harmonist staff
Many people don\'t realize that science basically involves assumptions and faith. But nothing is absolutely proved. Godel showed logically that to prove something, there must be an overall set of assumptions, but that we can never prove that the assumptions are even self-consistent
A Reaction to Sam Harris’ Scientific Morality
May 7th, 2010 | by Harmonist staff
There is an old saying, going back to David Hume, that you can’t derive ought from is. And Hume was right! You can’t derive ought from is. Yet people insist on trying
Jurgen Habermas’ Thoughts on Reason and Faith
April 29th, 2010 | by Harmonist staff
\"Among the modern societies, only those that are able to introduce into the secular domain the essential contents of their religious traditions which point beyond the merely human realm will also be able to rescue the substance of the human.\"
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