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Meditation and musings about attachment

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Over winter break, a friend and I attended what can basically be called a meditation camp, and it really made me think about my life and Hinduism differently. The camp is a ten day course in Vipassana meditation, and it’s pretty intense. During the ten days, participants follow a strict schedule from 4:00pm [...]

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The history of the world

Friday, January 23, 2009

As I was reading through some of the lectures of Swami Vivekananda, I came across the following quote:

“Great sages come with special messages for the world, and not for name; but their followers throw their teaching overboard and fight over their names — this is verily the history of the world.” 

Swamiji points out that saints [...]

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Dharmic finance

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

While reading a retrospective article today about the recent Madoff scandal, I came across a fascinating financial firm — Dharma Investments.
Whatever that name makes you think is probably right. Dharma Investments is a firm that considers its primary mission to be “the development of Hindu and Buddhist faith-based investing.”
I’ve heard about Islamic finance, but this [...]

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