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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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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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Why Pray?: Part II

Thursday, March 25, 2010

The ever-burning question about prayer in college. Why should we pray? Around a year ago, I had written a similar post asking the same question. Today, I wish to revisit that question, with a more mature and experienced mind so that I can attempt to better answer it.
One idea that comes to mind regarding prayer [...]

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