Memory
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Did you ever go to a party and meet someone, then a moment later forget their name? Well, that’s like my whole life. I have
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The Great Trinity
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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
Value
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On Maha Shivaratri, “The Great Night of Shiva,” yogis stay awake all night chanting in order to invoke and evoke divine compassion. We have honored
Ram Upanishad (Excerpted from an upcoming book)
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Ram (rhymes with “mom”) is a classic mantra. Mantra means that which nurtures the mind. Mind, in this context, is the activity of the individual
“No One, Someone, Everyone”
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The king called the yogi to his court and asked for a blessing. The yogi said, “What have I to do with blessings? I teach
Arise, Awake, Walk the Authentic Path
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It was easy to be friends with Jack and Kathy. Just married, they had recently moved to Vermont, along with their two playful dogs. They
Rest in Peace
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The guru was giving a discourse before a group of attentive students. Suddenly, the assembly was interrupted by a woman rushing to the feet of
Authority
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The first of the great yoga masters to publicly travel to the West was Swami Vivekananda, who came to America in 1893 at the invitation
Ishtadeva
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In yoga practice, an aspirant may worship a form of God as a means of making accessible the One, formless Absolute. This chosen form of
In Praise of Goddess Kali
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The Goddess Kali recently answered my prayers. I had become increasingly aware of a knot of tension, of selfishness, of impurity in my consciousness and
