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The Non-Essentials of Religion: God, Books and Prophets
Season 8 Episode 105
After making a few comments about calendars and the power of new beginnings, we make a few points from Swami Vivekananda’s very radical lecture in Sa…
1 year, 1 month ago
The 2 Most Important Things In Spiritual Life & 7 Ways To Get Them
Season 8 Episode 104
What are the most important things in spiritual life?
In Patañjali's Yoga Sutra, we find:
अभ्यासवैराग्याअभ्यां तन्निरोध:
abhyāsa-vairāgya-ābhyāṁ tan-ni…
1 year, 1 month ago
What Did Rama, Krishna, Buddha, Jesus and Ramakrishna All Have In Common?
Season 8 Episode 104
While every person and every place is invariably God according to our Non-Dual View, certain places and certain people are particularly strong manife…
1 year, 1 month ago
Why You Need To Realize God Now! | The Urgency of Spiritual Life
Season 8 Episode 103
As we come to the end of another Gregorian calendar year, and as our body-mind rapidly comes yet another step closer to death and disintegration, we…
1 year, 1 month ago
What Did Vivekananda & Buddha Value Most?
Season 8 Episode 102
There are of course innumerable similarities between the life and message of the Buddha and Swami Vivekananda: in a future lecture, I hope to sketch …
1 year, 1 month ago
What Is The Goal of Spiritual Practice?
Season 8 Episode 101
Before we start walking a path, we should have some idea at least about why we are walking it and about where it leads. In the Buddha's eight-fold sy…
1 year, 2 months ago
Tantrik Techniques for Overcoming Addiction
Season 8 Episode 100
Giving in to our desires (which is to say: following them into externalized action) can sometimes be just as repressive as avoiding them altogether. …
1 year, 2 months ago
How To Become A Bhairavi, A Tantrik Adept
Season 8 Episode 99
On this auspicious Mrgaśīrsha Pūrnimā (full moon) to which is ascribed Bhairavi Jayanti, Annapurna Jayanti and also Dattatreya Jayanti, we decide to …
1 year, 2 months ago
Kālī = The Lady of Guadalupe
Season 8 Episode 98
Today we are celebrating the feast day for a very important Marian apparition that occurred on the site of a former Tonantzin temple: The Lady of Gua…
1 year, 2 months ago
Mary of Magdala & The Feminine Approach to Spirituality
Season 8 Episode 97
Some time ago, we gave a talk on Mary of Magdalena, who I argued was the śakti (power) of Christ in the same way that Rādhā is for Krishna, Sīta is f…
1 year, 2 months ago