Forgive us our trespasses – Swami Prabhavananda “And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.” A Hindu or a Buddhist would read the “debts” in this passage as the debts of Karma. The word Karma stands for a mental or physical act and its consequences. Any thought we think, any action we perform has […]
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God is a Friend of All Beings – Jnananan
God is a Friend of All Beings – Jnanananda Bharati He attains peace who knows Me as the friend of all beings, as the enjoyer of all sacrifices and penances, and as the Overlord of the entire universe. (Bhagavad Gita V:29) If our conception of God is a terrible entity of whom we have to […]
Necessity of Relationships – Eknath Easw
Necessity of Relationships – Eknath Easwaran To keep the ego from becoming inflated, it is essential to have active personal relationships. Without other people to related to, we end up brooding more and more on ourselves, until finally we live in a world of one. Unfortunately, this is the tenor of our times. I […]
Momentum through Meditation – Eknath Ea
Momentum through Meditation – Eknath Easwaran All the great traditions of mystics agree that to take to the spiritual life, it is not necessary to withdraw from society. We do not have to leave our family and community and retire to Mount Athos, or try to discover the harmony of nature in the jungles of […]