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Krishna Das on Chanting Divine Names (#138)

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Layering traditional kirtan with instantly accessible melodies and modern instrumentation, Krishna Das has been called yoga’s “rock star.”

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In the Service of Truth

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What is Pramāṇa?

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What is Mālā?

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Light and Sound

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Energy medicine is in some ways very basic to all experience and yet it is something that is quite difficult to speak about.

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Advaita Vedānta – Recognizing Nonduality through the Upaniṣads

The Upaniṣads, the ancient oral texts within the corpus of the Vedas, are the world’s earliest extant discussions of nonduality. They develop an integrative vision that reveals the hidden connections tying individuals to the world.

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Reincarnation & Karma: An Escape from Samsara or an Embrace of the World as Divine?

Lucidly expressed in the Bhagavad-Gita and especially in Tantra, we see instructions on why we should not escape the endless woes of samsara, but rather embrace this dualistic world of ecstasy and heartbreak openheartedly and with deep spiritual intention.

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Sanskrit Chanting: Theory & Practice

In this seminar, I will give an introduction to both of these methods, with examples, and we will chant together to put theory into practice. This seminar is both for those who have studied some Sanskrit and those who are brand new to it. My hope is to inspire everyone to deepen their Sanskrit studies!

Who Am I? And Why Does it Matter?

Whether a person takes this question seriously or not, the quest for personal identity is an ongoing theme in modern industrial culture. We are bombarded with messages to “find yourself” and offered consumer objects designed to further define and determine what makes us uniquely separate individuals. Ironically, this consumer messaging in turn shapes us into remarkably similar capitalist actors, united by a mutual participation in a culturally reinforced zero-sum game of competition and one-upmanship.
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Embracing the Divine Feminine, Darkness and All

How do we define the feminine, especially the divine kind? And who gets to define the divine feminine?

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Is the Hindu Goddess a Feminist?

The question of the Hindu goddess’s feminism is embedded within the larger question of the instrumentality of religion in the post-colonial nation and thus moves far afield of a de-contextualised if more focused consideration of an answer.

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The Light of Hellenism

Ιn Ancient Hellenic language, ‘El’ stands for the Light of Being—or spiritual Light.

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Celebrating the Diversity of Perspectives

Two of the most basic philosophical questions are, “What is true?” and “How do we know what is true?”

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On McMindfulness & Frozen Yoga

An emerging need to manage the stress and dissatisfaction of busy lives by looking inward for peace and stillness has motivated many to participate in the yoga revolution, which has become a multibilliondollar industry in America.

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