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#Ethics #Santosha #Sutras

Practicing Contentment in a Consumerist World

In recent years, having flung myself headlong from the consumption bus to see what would happen, I’ve picked up some neat life hacks along the way. 

You don’t have to build a house from mud or raise chickens to be more of a creator. Here’s some very simple methods I’ve distilled that anyone can apply to practice clean living and contentment.

By Kristen Krash
#Healing #Practice

Sevā: The Heart of Spiritual Citizenship

In Indian traditions, the spirit of sevā (Sanskrit, “selfless service”) often centers around bhakti-yogis for whom this practice is the sole aim of life.

By Marcy Braverman Goldstein
#Philosophy #Traditions

Reflections on an African Diasporic Spiritual Citizenship

My formulation of spiritual citizenship grew out of what I learned over two decades in Trinidad working with dynamic religious communities informed by ancestral and contemporary West African faith practices….

By Fadeke Castor
a white rose among black roses
#Practice #Traditions

Beginning the Journey: Tao Te Ching

How did you begin your search for peace? I began mine with political activism in the sixties. My college friends…

By Diane Dreher

The Yogas of the Bhagavad-Gītā

It is important to note the societal context in which these teachings on yoga took place. Time and circumstance played a significant role in the first six chapters of Kṛṣṇa’s exposition on yoga.

By Jay Jagannath Das

What is Queer Theory?

To ask the question “what is queer theory?” is a gesture that can easily invite frustration, for by asking it…

By Jacob Kyle

From Faculty & Friends: Andrew Harvey

How would you explain the term “queer dharma”? I think queer dharma is best expressed as the edgy, radical application…

By Andrew Harvey

Queer Utopia: Building a Freer Future from the Inside Out

I didn’t like rule-breakers when I was a teenager. The bad kids, the alternative kids, the shouty kids — I kept…

By Adam Zmith
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