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Tag: Reality

The Bhagavada Gita, Renunciation and Self-Realization

The Bhagavada Gita, Renunciation and Self-Realization

Posted on October 21, 2013October 21, 2013 by Santa Poudel
The Vedic scriptures (Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas etc.) greatly admire renunciation as an important means of attaining divine bliss. They commend it as a tool that eventuates Self-Realization. This ter... Read More
Religion, Reality, and Responsibility

Religion, Reality, and Responsibility

Posted on October 5, 2011October 5, 2011 by Andy Cook
Candles glimmer on the table and challah passes from hand to hand, the loaf dwindles and smiles grow, as the year of 5771 fades away and the new year brightens in our midst. I look back on a year that... Read More
By Faith, I Am Formed

By Faith, I Am Formed

Posted on November 15, 2010November 15, 2010 by Karen Leslie Hernandez
My formation?  How did I get here?  Let me tell you… My formation is informed by my Catholic upbringing.  Unfortunately, the church I grew up in taught one basic ideology—you sin, you go to hel... Read More

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