Below is a list of articles with the most recent ones listed first. |
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Tithing - The magic number of increase by Understanding Hinduism |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
How can you practise the other kind of giving constructively, so as to avoid giving destructively? The ancients believed that the number ‘ten’ was the magic number of increase, and they invoked this magic number by regularly giving one-tenth of all channels of income to their religious l... |
Published: Tuesday 26 May, 2009 |
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There is No Failure in Spiritual Life by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
When I say there is no failure in spiritual life, I mean that no one who is sincere in the genuinely trying to serve God will fail. I don't mean ordinary religious life in which one engages in occasional acts of faith or piety, but in authentic activities of surrender and devotion to God. |
Published: Tuesday 26 May, 2009 |
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The Vedic Description of the Soul by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
Who am I? What am I? Am I the body, mind or something more? These are the age old questions that every philosopher throughout the ages has tried to grasp and understand. After all, how will you know what to do in life if you do not even know who or what you are? However, the ancient Vedic literature... |
Published: Tuesday 26 May, 2009 |
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THE SOUNDLESS SUSURRATION OF THE KINDLY HEART by Dr. Robert Svoboda |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
A picture, they say, is worth a thousand words, except in the case of Shiva Nataraja, the "Lord of Dance," whose form is beyond any price that human speech can pay. By expressing through His image the point where the manifest and the unmanifest intersect, Nataraja blazes forth as the divine symbol o... |
Published: Tuesday 26 May, 2009 |
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The Significance of Deities and Deity Worship by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
Deities play an important part in most temples of Krishna and other Divinities. But what is the significance of Deities and Deity worship? One thing to understand is that all the images or Deities in the Vedic pantheon, as found in the temples, are made according to explicit details and instructions... |
Published: Tuesday 26 May, 2009 |
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The role of Bhakti Bhava and Prema Bhava in dance |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
The combination of Nritta [pure dance], Abhinaya [pure expression] and Nritya [expressional dancing] when portrayed in a spirit of total ecstasy, rising above the physical realm and parameters of the body shall lead the dancer close to the limitless domain of the COSMIC SELF. |
Published: Tuesday 26 May, 2009 |
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The Purpose of Life by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
So, with compassion, the Supreme Lord also creates the material manifestation in a way that can give the living beings a chance to work out their material desires and understand their real spiritual position. By following the proper instructions that the Supreme provides, the living being can be del... |
Published: Tuesday 26 May, 2009 |
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The Prosperity Secret of the Ages - Gifts by Understanding Hinduism |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
By making gifts one acquires all kinds of enjoyable articles. By making gifts one simply increases one’s wealth. By making gifts one acquires great fame in consequence of one’s high achievements. |
Published: Tuesday 26 May, 2009 |
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The Primacy of Shakti by Dr. David Frawley |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
The ultimate goal of human life is liberation or moksha, the realization of the Pure Self or Brahman beyond all time, space and karma . In that alone is complete and lasting peace and freedom. This is made clear in many great spiritual teachings since the Vedas. |
Published: Tuesday 26 May, 2009 |
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The Power of Synchronicities & Omens by Vaughn Paul Manley |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
Many cultures around the world, both ancient and modern, have believed in signs and omens as a source of valuable information about life. To the native Hawaiians, a rainbow (anuenue) or an owl (pueo) appearing at just the right moment may help them make an important decision. Other cultures in the E... |
Published: Tuesday 26 May, 2009 |
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