Prem Prakash

A Pandemic of Healing

Life in a material world is difficult. It’s not easy having a body and all this entails. There’s so much to navigate here; from food to clothing to shelter, from relationships to work, from trying to keep your kids from killing one another (kidding) to trying to keep others from killing one another (not kidding).

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Don’t Mind

   There once was a teenage boy who was quite the rapscallion. He was in trouble at school, with the local authorities, and seemingly immune from social niceties. He came from a good family, and his parents tried everything to get him on the straight and narrow. They had him speak with his school principal,

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The Great Trinity

The contemporary Zen Master, John Daido Lori, has said that for an aspirant to progress on the spiritual path he or she will need Great Faith, Great Doubt, and Great Determination. I capitalize these qualities in an effort to represent the magnitude of the spiritual undertaking. We are not referring to faith, doubt, or determination

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Some Suggestions

No one is happy all the time. It’s impossible. Earth school can be tough. Cut yourself some slack, and avoid the stress and frustration of laboring for an unrealistic goal that is unattainable. What is possible, however, is to be happy a considerable amount of your life. Here are some suggestions. I hope you find

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Sadhana

I suppose this is as good a place as any for a public confession. My disclosure is that for too many years I misunderstood the goal of yoga practice and paraded my accomplishments in sadhana as having some value. I could sit in the lotus pose until my knees went numb, I could go without

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Bad Habits

Two yogis had the habit of sneaking to the back of the ashram to smoke cigarettes. They started to feel lousy about it, so they decided they would speak to the guru. Later, they got together to compare their conversations. The first yogi announced, “Bad news. The guru has instructed me to stop smoking.” The

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