Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Buddhists vs Muslims

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The documentary I watched on the wars between Muslims and Buddhists saddens me because singular acts of rape and violence control two sets o...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Final Perceptions

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Have you ever assumed something about an individual before even meeting them? What about exchange awkward looks with a homeless man when you...

The Guru

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The guru reading was interesting to me, but what I didn't like was the reading on Osho. It wasn't the reading itself, it was him in ...
Monday, April 28, 2014

Free Post

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Koran by Heart

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*As this is like my fourth write of this blog, please bear with me as I attempt to remember everything I originally wrote! During Tuesda...
Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Mahabharata-Arjuna's Revelation

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"Furthermore, I see evil portents, and I can see no good in killing my own kinsmen."- Mahabharata Arjuna appeared to ...
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Koran By Heart

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During the documentary Koran By Heart,  I was touched by all the children who bravely recited the Koran in front of many high ranking religi...

ruling according to religion.

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I personally feel the Indian government will never really orchestrate religious equality. There may always be a lean towards Hinduism being ...
Thursday, April 17, 2014

Diversity

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"Though Muslim scholars are unanimous on the structure and the categorization of the basic principles....they differ widely in their i...

Arab Spring

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" The goal of the ideology of the 'end of ideologies" is to convince us that reality is what we are told it is, that these are...

Lost in Translation

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It's fascinating to see how the lack of knowledge, or even misunderstood knowledge, can lead to many different misunderstandings. In th...
Wednesday, April 16, 2014

woman is a nation

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I don't understand how the men of Islam can say that woman is a nation, but do not treat them as such. I guess they do want to protect t...
Wednesday, April 9, 2014

The Sensual dimension of scripture

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Scripture can be read in silent study, performed through the arts, or chanted. But which ever way one choose to partake in scripture , the s...
Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Hearing vs. Reading

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                                I feel like referring to scripture as just writing or “sacred or religious writings or ...
Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Stay focused

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In Clarifying the Natural State by Namgyal , on page 18 the excerpt goes as follows: "In a relaxed way, direct your attention at it ...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Tantric Fustration

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"Consider instead the discourses surrounding the so-called "five meats" and "five ambrosias" as they appear in the ...
Thursday, March 27, 2014

The virtues of truth

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This might remind one of psalm 1:11: "The mouth that lies shall kill the soul" There is a thin line between deception, lies, and ...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

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I think it is interesting how the reading explains how negative mental states are experienced as pleasurable when universalized. I thought a...

The Art of Religion of Art

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When searching for the definition of feeling, I came across about 20 different responses. They referred to the sensation of touch, the exa...
Thursday, March 20, 2014

Vimalakirti's Teachings

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"The body is inert, like the earth; selfless, like water, lifeless, like fire; impersonal, like the wind; and nonsubstantial like space...

Different but Same

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"Great Sage, in all these multitudes gathered here, Who look upon your countenance with hearts sincere in faith, Each being beholds ...
Wednesday, March 19, 2014

I am my brothers keeper

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I think it is interesting that when asked about his sickness, Vimalakirti says "my sickness comes from ignorance and the thirst for exi...

Questioning Ramayanas

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 Love is an emotion that is beautiful to experience, yet the pain of love can peirce the hardest of hearts. Born of compassion with longing ...