Resolutions for 2009

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For most of us, New Year resolutions are a joke and something we play with as we pass out of the old year and into a new one. Most people say “I plan on losing weight” or “I plan […]

Balancing Material and Spiritual Life

Since college, I always had a natural interest in the mystical and hidden, or occult, aspects of life. I was never satisfied with some of the superficial answers that religions gave me when it came to understanding our existence. I was asked to simply accept a bunch of stories and myths and not question them. […]

The Yoga Of Buddha

The Buddha, who was also known as Siddhartha, was a great self-realized soul who discovered that the middle-way is the best path to follow. He had the opportunity to become a king of his clan and family, however he chose to pursue enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings, due to the incredible amount […]

One Universal Self

Since college (1988), I have studied with many religious and new-age groups to better understand my existence. The overwhelming truth of “us and them” has prevailed in all experiences, with the exception of Vedanta Philosophy, which clearly asserts the truth of the Hindu Upanishads, or more specifically, the Mandukya Upanishad, which says that “All this […]

Thank You, India

India is a most benevolent country for opening its arms to receive His Holiness the Dalai Lama and allow him to establish a Tibetan Buddhist Center in Dharmasala, India after the Chinese military invaded Tibet.
This is most consistent with the Spirit of Hinduism, which is the Spirit of Inclusion. It is Hinduism, especially Vedanta Philosophy, […]

“All This is OM”

One of the greatest teachings of the ancient Hindu Upanishads is that of the Mandukya Upanishad, which summarizes our existence nicely into this one statement: “All this is OM”. Well, one might ask, what is OM? How is it possible to say that all of existence is a single sound? Well, that is the theme […]