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What’s in a Guru?

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

In Bhakti Yoga, Swami Vivekananda discusses how at times we may require help from “outside” for us to grow.
“But this, the shaping of our own destinies, does not preclude our receiving help from outside; nay, in the vast majority of cases such help is absolutely necessary. When it comes, the higher powers and possibilities of [...]

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A matter of convenience

Saturday, January 17, 2009

I was recently talking to my roommates, who are both practicing Christians, about the similarities and differences between Hinduism and Christianity.  As a student in Vidyapith, and as a student of Vedanta, I had always heard about Christianity’s similarities to Hinduism — how Christ can be thought of as an ideal karma yogi; how both [...]

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