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Gita Study Group 2.21.11

Saturday, February 26, 2011

In this week’s Bhagavad Gita study group with Swami Tyagananda, we discussed chapter 6 of the Gita, titled The Yoga of Meditation.  This semester we will be using the Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood translation of the Gita.  Swami told us that this translation is not as literal as the one that we used last [...]

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Digital ahimsa: Hinduism in the world of video games

Friday, March 26, 2010

Over this past week of spring break here at Harvard, I reconnected with an old hobby — playing video games. I purchased a game called Bioshock from the local electronics store, having heard that it is based on Atlas Shrugged, an astounding novel that I enjoyed.
The premise, like many games today, is that you get [...]

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Why?

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

The thread of comments we’ve exchanged on Anish’s most recent post got me thinking:
Why do I value the things I do?
Why do I value selflessness above selfishness? Why do I consider honesty more ethical than lying? Why do I struggle to achieve self-control instead of satisfying my immediate desires? Why do I admire sincerity more [...]

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