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Vedic philosophy, read closely
Is Yoga Demonic? An Honest Answer
A Christian woman wrote that yoga is the devil's work. To answer her, one must know what yoga is — and what Christianity is.
What Happens to a Banana When You Offer It to God
The strangest doctrine of Vedānta — matter turning into spirit — explained through the most ordinary act in India.
Religion Is Only for Those Who Know They Will Die
An argument with an atheist, a boy who questioned Death, and the one thing no technology has ever answered.
Understand Why God Comes Here — and You Will Never Be Born Again
The father in the parable waited for the prodigal son. The Vedas describe a Father who doesn't wait.
What I Hear in the Lord's Prayer After Twenty Years of Sanskrit (Part 2)
The strange word behind «daily bread», the debts nobody can collect, and who exactly does the tempting.
What I Hear in the Lord's Prayer After Twenty Years of Sanskrit (Part 1)
Our Father, the hallowed name, the kingdom that has to be asked for — line by line, through Vedānta.
The Four Floors of Happiness
Consciousness has floors, and each floor has its own idea of what happiness is. Most religion lives on the second one.
Can Goodness Be Measured?
A reader proposed auditing faith by its public results. The tradition has already answered — verse by verse.
Faith Is an Appetite, Not an Opinion
Every tradition calls faith the first step. Almost nobody says what it is made of, or where it comes from.
Krishna Tells Arjuna to Destroy His Future
Read one way, the Bhagavad-gītā is God talking a man into a war. Read another, it is the clearest thing ever written about where happiness is not.