The Yoga of Devotion
The Yoga of Devotion For the yogi there are two meaningful truths, closely intertwined with each other, that each serios practitioner must contemplate and take… Read More »The Yoga of Devotion
The Yoga of Devotion For the yogi there are two meaningful truths, closely intertwined with each other, that each serios practitioner must contemplate and take… Read More »The Yoga of Devotion
The Importance of Spiritual Elders The most precious value that the world religions have in common is their accumulated experience of the spiritual journey. Centuries… Read More »The Importance of Spiritual Elders
You Don’t Need to Convert Others If people are determined to convert others into their mold, then they are attempting to reassure themselves by using… Read More »You Don’t Need to Convert Others
Searching for Conclusive Knowledge from a Place of Limited Capacity The living entity has a deep-rooted desire to gain comprehensive knowledge of the world she… Read More »Searching for Conclusive Knowledge from a Place of Limited Capacity
A Consequence of Knowing that We Know Now, if the gulls and the fish [and other animals] do not philosophize, they have no consciousness of… Read More »A Consequence of Knowing that We Know
Realism in a Monastic Community Note: This excerpt, from the chapter titled “Stages of Monastic Life,” has to do with the various stages of insight… Read More »Realism in a Monastic Community
Killing Gasan instructed his students one day: “Those who speak against killing and who desire to spare the lives of all conscious beings are right.… Read More »Killing
Why Do Like-minded People Fight with Each Other? The brahmin Aramandanda approached the Venerable Mahakaccana, exchanged in friendly greetings with him, and asked him: “Why… Read More »Why Do Like-minded People Fight with Each Other?
The Arch Enemy of the Yogi The Yoga of Despair There are some things in life we can never sufficiently prepare for. And in the… Read More »The Arch Enemy of the Yogi
The Mechanism of Projection Of these mechanisms used by the mind to keep the feeling repressed, denial and projection are perhaps the best-known methods, as… Read More »The Mechanism of Projection