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From Book One of The Mahābhārata and for fathers everywhere. “A son, the wise say, is the man himself born from himself; therefore a man will look upon the mother of his son as his own mother. The son born from his wife is as a man’s face in
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After reading and wondering about India my whole life, I'm finally going. I will be there for about 6 weeks. My main destination is Varanasi and the many small villages between there and Delhi. Though I've tried to learn a bit of the impenetrable Hindi language
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Codex Sinaiticus is one of the most important books in the world. Handwritten well over 1600 years ago, the manuscript contains the Christian Bible in Greek, including the oldest complete copy of the New Testament. Its heavily corrected text is of outstanding importance for the history of the Bible and
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Religions are predicated on some profound or miraculous event that requires blind faith to believe in. From an objective point of view, these events are usually quite incredible and sometimes sound plain silly. Did you know that… * Christians believe that Jesus was born to a virgin mother and that the
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I haven’t really written much in the past few months – other than posting stuff on politics from other sites. I’ve been reflecting on the past. I remember someone once telling me that as you get older you get the most vivid flashback memories of your life. That is
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It's fascinating to see how divisive the interpretation of a single line of the Bible can be. People ask, "How should a line be translated? What was the original intent?" as if there is some secret decoder key. The exact intent is important only when you
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Not that I am trying to establish any spiritual or epistemological ancestry in my view of the world … but here is another hero/friend of mine at the Shiva Temple in Thanjavur. You may not know that from 1974 to 1985 Dr. Sheldrake worked at the International Crops Research Institute
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Carl Sagan, a name synonymous with the enigmatic beauty of the cosmos, has always been a beacon of inspiration for many, myself included. His profound insights into science, philosophy, and the intricate dance of religion have left indelible marks on countless curious minds. My journey into the heart of Hinduism,
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Here is an episode from the popular Dutch series, Myths of Mankind. When the British ruled India, experienced colonial administrators would advise newcomers to read one book if they wanted to grasp the essence of the place: the Mahabharata. The longest known poem in any language, this 90,000-verse Sanskrit
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I few weeks ago I discussed my views on the Gospel of Judas and how the final cannon was decided. I found an excellent audio clip from a lecture on the Canonization of the New Testament by Bart Ehrman (a New Testament scholar) that may help clear up exactly how
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This week in Washington D.C., National Geographic released the The Gospel of Judas to the public. It has been translated from the original Coptic. This is an exciting time for Biblical archeologists and a troubling time for the orthodoxy because of the contents for the new gospel. From the
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Did you know that the first Noble Truth of the Buddha is that life is suffering? He said that life is suffering because we crave stuff. We crave food. We crave big houses. We crave cool cell phones. The key to eliminating suffering is to stop craving stuff – to stop