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Dream
Dictionary Corpse:
Meaning Of Dreams About Corpse
Corpse To dream of a corpse is fatal to happiness, as this dream indicates sorrowful tidings of the absent, and gloomy busine...
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Twenty-four
Dreams Symbol: Christian Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Twenty-four
Twenty-four: Perfection in government; priesthood; consecration; maturity. (Rev. 4:4-10; Josh. 4:2-9; 1 Chron. 24:3-5; 25:1-12; 1 King...
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Seven
Dreams Symbol: Christian Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Seven
Seven: Completion; finished work; perfection; rest; perfection in the Spirit. (Gen. 2:1-3; Lev. 14:7; 16:14, 19; Matt. 18:21-22; Jude ...
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Three Third
Dreams Symbol: Christian Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Three Third
Three Third: Complete; perfection; witness; divine fullness; solid attributes; Godhead; conform; resurrection power over sin; divine f...
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Cauliflower Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary -
Cauliflower
Cauliflower Dream Symbols: Seeing or eating cauliflower in your dream, symbolizes spiritual nourishment, purity and perfection. Altern...
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Perfection, Perfectibility:
Spiritual - Theosophy
Dictionary On
Perfection, Perfectibility
Perfection, Perfectibility Absolute perfection is applicable, not to infinity, but to the Absolute of a universe, and theosophy teache...
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Paramita:
Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Paramita
Paramita: Refers to the six practices, the perfection of which ferries one beyond the sea of suffering and mortality to Nirvana. &nb...
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Seven:
Spiritual - Theosophy
Dictionary On
Seven
Seven The fundamental number of manifestation, frequently found in the different cosmogonies as well as in many religious dogmas and o...
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Sanskrit:
Spiritual - Theosophy
Dictionary On
Sanskrit
Sanskrit [from Sanskrit sanskrita or samskrita] The ancient sacred language of the Aryans, originally the sacred or secret lang...
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Yoga: Yoga Dictionary
A Yoga Dictionary from Abhyasa to Yukti.
From "Kundalini Yoga" by Sri
Swami Sivananda
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Kundalini:
Kundalini Dictionary
Kundalini Dictionary
Dictionary over terms related
to kundalini and kundalini awakening. Please note that words in grey like
" Kund...
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Gold:
Spiritual - Theosophy
Dictionary On
Gold
Gold The king of metal, symbol of perfection, durability, and purity; of the real sun, the great masculine principle, the Father, the ...
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Siddha Yoga
Dictionary: Dictionary Of Siddha Yoga Terminology
A dictionary Of Siddha Yoga
Terminology. From Abhanga to Yogini.
Please note that all words in grey,
like "enlightenment&quo...
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Yogi:
Siddha Yoga
Dictionary On Yogi
Yogi:
1) One who practices yoga. 2) One who has attained perfection through yogic practices.
(See also: Yogi ,...
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Sanskrit Dictionary:
Dictionary Of Commonly Used Sanskrit Terms (p-s)
A dictionary Of Commonly Used Sanskrit
terms. From Pada to Svastikasana.
Please note that all words in grey,
like "yoga"...
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Karma: Indian Hindu Dictionary Ii On Karma
Karma Karma of a person means the sum of that individual person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding...
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Parami, Paramita:
Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Parami, Paramita
parami, paramita (paaramii, paaramitaa): Perfection of the character. A group of ten qualities developed over many lifetimes by a bodh...
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Dasyam:
Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Dasyam
Dasyam - one of the angas of sadhana-bhakti; to render service with the pure egoism of being a servant of Krsna. Only when one renders...
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Parashakti:
Hindu -
Hinduism Dictionary On Parashakti
Parashakti: (Sanskrit) "Supreme power; primal energy." God Siva's second perfection, which is impersonal, immanent, ...
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Venus:
Spiritual Dictionary On Venus
Venus: Venus is the goddess of beauty, and is the ruler of Taurus and Libra. She makes everyone feel comfortable. She has a positive o...
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Patanjali:
Hindu -
Hinduism Dictionary On Patanjali
Patanjali: (Sanskrit) "Possessed of reverence." A Saivite Natha siddha (ca 200 bce) who codified the ancient yoga ph...
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Kaya: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary I On Kaya
Kaya - Sampat - Perfection of body.
(See also: Kaya ,Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)
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Sanskrit:
Hindu -
Hinduism Dictionary On Sanskrit
Sanskrit (Sanskrita): (Sanskrit) "Well-made; refined, perfected." The classical sacerdotal language of ancient India...
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Theosophy:
Spiritual - Theosophy
Dictionary On
Theosophy
Theosophy [from Greek theosophia from theos god, divinity + sophia wisdom] Divine wisdom, the knowledge of things divine; often...
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Advent:
Theosophy Dictionary On Advent
Advent (from Latin ad to, toward + venio to come) Arrival; in Christianity a period of some four weeks preceding Christmas. &nb...
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Egg:
Spiritual - Theosophy
Dictionary On
Egg
Egg One of the most comprehensive symbols, equally suggestive in a spiritual, physiological, and cosmological sense. Among other thing...
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Symbol:
Mysticism
Magick Dictionary
On
Symbol
SYMBOL A symbol, whose meaning is unconscious or indirect, must not be confused with a sign, which is obviously a resemblance or consc...
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Siddhi:
Hindu -
Hinduism Dictionary On Siddhi
siddhi: (Sanskrit) "Power, accomplishment; perfection." Extraordinary powers of the soul, developed through consiste...
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Gayatri Or Savitri:
Theosophy
Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Gayatri Or Savitri
A
Theosophical definition of Gayatri or Savitri :
Gayatri - Savitri (Sanskrit) A verse of the Rig-Veda (iii.62.10) which from...
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Astrology:
Theosophy
Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Astrology
A
Theosophical definition of Astrology :
Astrology The astrology of the ancients was indeed a great and noble science. It is ...
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New Age
Spirituality: The Roots Of The New Age Movement Ð Part I
The New Age movement
is hardly novel! Its philosophy is rooted in ancient traditions, often based on
mystical experiences, each within a ...
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Advaita Siddhanta:
Hindu -
Hinduism Dictionary On Advaita Siddhanta
Advaita Siddhanta: (Sanskrit) "Nondual perfect conclusions." Saivite philosophy codified in the Agamas which has at its core...
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Jainism: Jain Traditions
Liberation of women and gender equality is not the bedrock of Jainism. It grants a woman as much dignity, freedom of thought and opportun...
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Kundalini Yoga: Preface To Kundalini Yoga By Sri Swami Sivananda
O Divine Mother Kundalini, the Divine Cosmic Energy that is hidden in men! Thou art Kali, Durga, Adisakti, Rajarajeswari, Tripurasundari,...
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Reincarnation: Reincarnation Is Quite True - I
Man can hardly attain perfection in one life. He has to develop his heart, intellect and hand. He has to mould his character in a perfect...
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Buddhism: Buddhist Scriptures
Buddhism: Buddhist Scriptures
The Buddhist canon of scripture is known in Sanskrit as the Tripitaka and in Pali as the Tipitaka. These t...
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Tantra Yoga: The Left Hand Path Of
Love - Tantra
The mysterious
Tradition
of Tantra
This article attempts
to outline, in an extremely general way, some basic ideas of the Tantric
tradit...
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Body Mind And Spirit: Body, Mind, Spirit - Strike A Balance
Ancient Indian sages have said that human beings are composed of both matter and spirit. Our physical body, mind and intellect are the...
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Love And Happiness: A Bouquet Of Thoughts For Weekend Cheer
A flower, a thing of beauty, brings joy - but not forever. Soon, it withers and dies. Its transience helps us to understand the value ...
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Spiritual Dance: Dance In Spiritual Indian Art
Art is a collaboration between God and man, raising him to the exclusive band of creators and taking him deeply within and around his han...
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Spiritual Growth: Make Friends With Your Self
When Jesus said: - The kingdom of God is within - what
He meant was that heaven itself would be a disappointment to restless, worldly
peo...
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Venus Transit: Multifaith Prayers And Poems, And A List Of Goddess Names
A beautiful assembly of poems and prayers on the theme of LOVE and TRANSCENDENCE.
“We will read them during the transit tomorrow...
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Mind,
Body, Spirit: Strike A Balance
Health
is a key factor in the human evolutionary process. Health is not just physical
fitness or absence of disease. In ancient India, th...
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Kundalini Maha Yoga: Shaktipat
Initiation - Awakening The Kundalini
Shaktipat Initiation - Awakening the Kundalini
Kundalini can be awakened by attaining perfection of certain hatha
yoga postures called a...
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Hindu Ethics: Benefits Of The Practice Of Ethics
Morality is the
gateway to religion. He who leads a moral or virtuous life attains freedom,
perfection or Moksha.
Practice of
et...
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Zarathushtra: Good Thoughts, Words, Deeds
And More
Since
our current thoughts, words and deeds are far from reaching that state of
perfection, we need to adopt the path shown by Prophet Za...
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Yoga Schools: The Different Schools Of Yoga
The different yoga schools simply adhere to different applications of inner discipline, all of which ultimately lead to the liberation of...
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Brahmacharya: Importance Of Brahmacharya -
Yoga And Sex
Brahmacharya
is the vow of celibacy in thought, word and deed, by which one attains
Self-realisation or reaches Brahman. It means c...
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Personal Growth: On Love, Separation, And
Sacrifice
Love is the primary, fundamental building
block that everything is made of, and love is self-aware; it recognizes itself
in everything, a...
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Ego:
Dealing With Negative Ego Neighbors And People
The
focus of this article is how to effectively deal with people and neighbors who
are dominated by the negative ego.
To
begin, i...
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Hindu Ethics: Ethics In Hindu Darma
The mark of Dharma
is Achara or good conduct. Achara is the mark of
the good. From Achara is Dharma born. Dharma enhances life. Man att...
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Yoga Postures: What
Is Proper Exercise - 12 Basic Yoga Postures
Although there are many
Asanas (8,400,000 according to the scriptures) the practice of the 12 basic
yoga postures brings out the essence ...
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Gods In Hinduism: Multiple Paths To The Supreme One
Earth, water, fire, wind, sky, the astral bodies, dawn, night, thunderstorms and lightning are all worshipped and deified in Hinduism....
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Vastu Shastra: Size, Shape,
Orientation And Location In Vastu
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Importance Of Emotions In Relation With God: Your Creator Can Be Your Best Friend
Two men went into a mango garden. One man started counting the mango trees and the number of fruit each bore and approximate value of ...
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Mudras And Bandhas:
Kundalini Yoga - Mudras And Bandhas
Mudras and Bandhas are certain postures of
the body by which Kundalini is successfully awakened. In Gheranda Samhita, the
description of ...
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Yoga: Hints On Yoga
Brahmacharya is very very essential Even
in dreams you must be free from lustful thoughts. It requires long practice and
careful watch ov...
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Dhyana Yoga: Dhyana-yoga Of Bhagavad-gita
Dhyana-yoga of Bhagavad-Gita
In this chapter the
Lord explains that the process of the eightfold yoga system (astanga-yoga) is a
means ...
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Hindu
Mythology: Hinduism Mythology And Symbols
There are great
truths behind the ancient mythology of Hinduism. You cannot ignore a thing
simply because it has a garb of mythology. Do ...
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Harmonic Concordance, November 8th 2003, The Real 2012?
There is a lot of talk about the importance of 2012 as the ending of the Mayan Calendar but some say that November 8th 2003 is the correc...
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Hindu Yoga: The Four Paths Of Hindu Yoga
The four main
spiritual paths for God-realisation are Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga and
Jnana Yoga. Karma Yoga is suitable for a man...
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Dharma In
Hinduism: The Four Asramas In Hindu Dharma
There are four Asramas or stages in life, viz., Brahmacharya
or the period of studentship, Grihastha or the stage of the householder,
Van...
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Essence Of Meditation: What I Really Want
What I really want is for people who have waited well to know that their wait was worth it, I want those who have been righteous and g...
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Peace On Earth: Let's Build A Temple To Tolerance
In the name of God we ask you, the blood-thirsty actors in the tragedy of India, to have done with it. You have had your day. And have...
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Sri Aurobindo: Integral Yoga From Sri Arubindo's Synthesis Of Yoga
Sri Aurobindo, a scholar of India's spiritual-philosophical tradition, developed an original philosophy, which contained an evolutionary ...
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Hindu Worship: Worship In Hinduism For Different
Hindu Gods
Religious
observances, traditional worship and Vratas have, at times, more than one
significance. Apart from being the adoration of the D...
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Hinduism: Hinduism
Lexicon On B
Hinduism Lexicon on B
From backbiting to buddhi
chitta.
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Power Of Thought: Effect Of Thought On Circumstances
A
man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or
allowed to run wild. Whether cultivated or neglected, i...
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Kabbala: Mystical Dimension Of
Jewish Thought
Kabbala: Mystical Dimension Of
Jewish Thought
The word Kabbala originally meant
Ôreception' and related to the oral Jewish tradition han...
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Yoga: Hindu Philosophy - The Yoga
The word Yoga
comes from the root Yuj
which means to join.
Yoga is restraint of the activities of the mind, and is the union of the
indiv...
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Yoga:
Serve, Love, Meditate, Realize - The Inner Teachings Of Yoga
The word "yoga" often brings to mind a classroom of students
attired in exercise clothing attempting to stretch their bod...
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Pranayama: Kundalini Pranayama
In this Pranayama, the Bhavana is more important than the ratio between Puraka, Kumbhaka and Rechaka.
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Gita
Jayanti: Hindu Traditions - Gita Jayanti
Gita
Jayanti
THE
GITA Jayanti, or the birthday of the Bhagavad Gita, is celebrated throughout
India by all the admirers and lovers of th...
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Advaita Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Advaita Vedanta - Salient Features Of Advaitism
Samkhya
Nyaya
Vaisheshika
Yoga
Purva Mimamsa
Advaita Vedanta
Vishishtadvaita
Dvaita
Carvaka
Jain
Buddhist
Logic
Advaita Vedanta - Thre...
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Vedanta Schools: The Advaita Philosophy Of Sri Sankara
The teachings of
Sankara can be summed up in half a verse: Brahman
(the Absolute) is alone real; this world is unreal; and the Jiva or th...
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Love And Happiness: Make The Most Of Your Life
We have our ups and downs, successes and failures, elations and disappointments. Nothing is certain but change. Winners turn losers an...
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Love And Happiness: Secret Of Success: Team Spirit
Success can be external or internal. Externally, it is the measure of a job well done and the accompanying recognition from society. I...
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Mandala: Mandala As Symbol Of The Universe
Mandala, which literally means circle, largely
associated with religions and cults of India and Tibet, was also used as a
potent symbol b...
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Siddha: Encyclopedia Ii - Siddha - Tamil Nadu Tradition Of Siddhahood
In South India, a Siddha reffers to a being who has achieved physical as well as spiritual perfection or enlightenment. The ultimate demo...
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Love And Happiness: The Path Of True Love Is Never Smooth
A regular at religious discourses, I've often found followers of one guru or faith criticising other gurus, teachers and devotees, bec...
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Yoga: Yoga Of Right Conduct
Ethics as a Means to Yoga.
From "Easy Steps to
Yoga" by Sri Swami Sivananda.
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Borg: Encyclopedia Ii - Borg - Origin Of The Borg
Over thousands of centuries, the Borg have encountered and assimilated thousands of species. However, little information regarding the tr...
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Buddhism: Relevance
Of Buddhism In The New Century
Relevance of Buddhism In the New Century
In the 20th century great changes took place as a result
of experiments and developments in a b...
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Dharma:
Definition
Of Dharma
What
is Dharma? Dharma is so called, because it holds; Dharma alone holds the people, etc. The
word Dharma is
derived from the root Dhr -...
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Spiritual Enlightenment: Journey Of Enlightenment
Kiara got enlightened finally! This is his letter from him less than two weeks after the process. Read it and you will get an almost firs...
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Rebirth: A Poem On Rebirth
A poem on rebirth.
The death and dying and the life after death has always fascinated man. This is an excerpt from the book What Beco...
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Gustave Courbet: Encyclopedia Ii - Gustave Courbet - Realism
Best known as an innovator in Realism (and credited with coining the term), and a landscape and seascape painter, his scenes are not roma...
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Arguments For The Existence Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - Arguments For The Existence Of God - Arguments For The Necessity Of God
These arguments can be classified under two headings. First are the strictly logical or metaphysical arguments; these arguments seek to p...
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Self-realisation: Cosmic Vision Alone Reveals The Truth
True realisation takes place on knowing and seeing God in His transcendental form. It is a metaphysical experience within the human bo...
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Rabindranath Tagore: Spiritual Insight In Tagore's Works
One of Rabindranath Tagore's most memorable poems begins with the line: The world is insane with violence, every day there emerges a n...
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Karma: The Law Of Karma
Karma means not
only action, but also the result of an action. The consequence of an action is
really not a separate thing. It is a part ...
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Work As A Spiritual Practice: Spiritual Character Part I: Defining Your Spiritual Context
In our 1st article on spiritual character ("The Power of Spiritual Character"), we shared with you the following equation th...
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Soul’s Journey After Death: Karma And Reincarnation - I
Death is the separation of the soul from the body. All the sorrow of man comes from the body. The sage has no fear of death, because he i...
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Johann Gottfried Herder: Encyclopedia Ii - Johann Gottfried Herder - Works And Ideas
In 1772 Herder published Concerning the Origin of Speech and went further in this promotion of language than his earlier injunction to "s...
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Ramzan: Ramzan Diary From Fatehpur Sikri
I wasn't sure what woke me up - the mellifluous call of the muezzin to prayer or the peacocks' "peeuing", calling out franti...
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Chakras And Kundalini: The Gradational Ascent Of The Mind
The Chakras are centres of Shakti as vital force. In other words, these are centres of Pranashakti manifested by Pranavayu in the living ...
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Metaphysical Principles: Attachment And Non-attachment
In the West, there is a widespread fear of losing the ego or personality. Through meditation we find that we can expand the ego, not l...
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Rabindranath Tagore: Creative Philosophy Inspired By The Sun - About Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore lived up to his name. Rabi means the Sun and like the Sun's rays the myriad-minded "Great Sentinel" - as...
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Peace Of Mind: The Solution For Eternal Peace
The computer era has popularised the term "solution". All metros now display advertisements and posters that offer a variety...
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The Guru Principle: Total Surrender To The Guru Principle
The Guru Gita says: ''If Shiva is angry with you, the guru will take care of you, but if the guru is cross with you, even Shiva will n...
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Airbrush: Encyclopedia Ii - Airbrush - Airbrushing For Photo Retouching
Airbrushing has long been used to alter photographs in the pre-digital era. In skilled hands it can be used to help hide signs that an im...
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