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How to develop confidence

Monday, January 25, 2010

Today, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Center in Boston, Swami Tyagananda delivered a lecture on “Living from Moment to Moment.” He discussed human perception of time — how sad past events haunt us and uncertain future events frighten us, leaving little room to focus on the present. Regarding the past, he remarked that a memory which [...]

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Inspiration for a tough time

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Finals start tomorrow — and as such, I figured that it would be appropriate to share a few of Swami Vivekananda’s quotes and poems that inspire me to continue working, even when I feel like I have no more strength.

“Arise! Awake! And stop not til the goal is reached!”

“If you think about disaster, you will [...]

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Question of the Week: Is Hinduism a religion?

Monday, May 4, 2009

At one of our weekly discussions a while back, we touched on the idea that Hinduism may not be a religion. We seem to lack a specific set of instructions, a central text, and a central teacher figure that seem to ground most other religions — if this is the case, can we really call [...]

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