During my life I have passed through different stages of spiritual understanding. In my earliest days when I first attended the Hare Krishna temple in Toronto, I arrived with the idea of a dichotomy between spiritual and material life. Temple … Continue reading
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Sunday, June 25, 2006 7:48:32 AM Years ago, as a teenager, when I started to attend the Hare Krishna temple in Toronto I never told my friends or my parents. I was embarrassed to let them know that I was … Continue reading
A few years ago I recall watching the democratic political convention on television. Speaker after speaker, men and women, came to the podium. I noticed that most of the female speakers had the aspect of men. They wore pant suits, … Continue reading
Of all my daughters the most discerning, critical and even cynical is Radhika. Earlier she had asked if I believed in God. In the same vain she recently asked how a person dies. She knows that I have the unenviable … Continue reading
“Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth, and every other good thing which men have, comes from virtue”** People think that I am a theologian and this is true, but what I also am is an anthropologist, an … Continue reading
There is a Hindu story of creation that goes as follows: At the beginning of time Maha Vishnu laid down on the causal ocean and fell into a deep mystic slumber in order to dream of all things. As he breathed, … Continue reading
“Duties are not performed for duty’s sake, but because their neglect would make the man uncomfortable. A man performs but one duty—the duty of contenting his spirit, the duty of making himself agreeable to himself.”* Monday, January 30, 2006 11:51:15 … Continue reading
“Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.”* Saturday, January 28, 2006 10:08:31 PM I consider myself most fortunate because throughout my life I have always felt that I … Continue reading
“Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church, but they were truly religious men because of their faith in the orderliness of the universe.”** Wednesday, January 4, 2006 11:13:05 PM Tyco Brahe was an astrologer, Copernicus was an astrologer, … Continue reading
“All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man’s life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.”* Tuesday, January 3, 2006 1:10:46 AM … Continue reading