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Approaches to Prayer

Thursday, February 24, 2011

From our weekly discussions, it seems that even among those who believe in God, our approaches to God/religion vary. For the most part, I’ve noticed two main ways of thinking of God/religion. Of course,  many of us probably mix both approaches together in our practice of religion. Also, please correct me if you’ve noticed other views, or if [...]

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Misinterpreting Freedom

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Recently, I was discussing Hinduism and the ideas of freedom and maya with one of my close friends. When I explained to her that for me, the goal of Hinduism — and of my life — is to become free and to understand that there is more to reality than just this physical world, she [...]

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Worshiping God as Mother

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Since we recently celebrated Navratri, the idea of worshiping God in the form of Mother has increasingly been on my mind. A close family friend recently sent me an email about a service she had attended in the New York Ramakrishna Vedanta Center, where the topic of the lecture was “Worship of God as Mother.” [...]

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