Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT The sense of distinction is different in each of the stages of yoga. In karma yoga (thamasic, no vedantha), it is vivid and necessarily so. In bhakthi yoga (rajasic, qualified vedantha), it is…
RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, On the matter of a moral baseline, I keep having the following thought, which is a general and important observation on the process of knowing in general: The objective reality is always there and does not depend…
RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. The existence of codes in both OT and NT has been an assumption or a knowledge for as long back as I am aware of exegetical scholarship. Knowing what the codes are, however, is another matter. General characteristics are known, but details of the actual…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT On the subject of India and USA, I want to mention a little history that I find enlightening and cheering. The summary is that USA is, as Swami said, member of…
The famous statement of Christian Ethics is Augustine’s. Every end has a means to it. If the end is Being God (a redundancy), the means is Loving God (a tautology). The dance has to be made and with the delicious participation of the “opposite number” or counterpart … the “inseparable other.” It is the nature…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Before Swami hauled me in, I had risen rapidly (age 23) to the verge of very great prominence in both academic, governmental and industrial circles. I was a classic “fair haired boy.”…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Homeschooling is a great boon. Our RishiKul page is also called The Homeschooling Homepage and was the first such on the WWW, in 1994. It was guru dakshina (gift to the teacher) from…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT When we see that everything is attached to the Ground, we do not ask for evidence because we see it. We are adwaitins, non-dualists. When we see that some things are attached to…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT There is some lack of understanding about the Vatican position on the papacy and the pope. The pope IS Christ. He is God, pure and simple. It is important to understand…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT EHV: Education in Human Values and Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning represent the central focus of Swami’s Mission: Education. Education is the distinguishing mark of humanity. Sadhana or piety…
Guidance And Request For The Bishops Memorandum For The Bishops November 12, 1996 Exegesis of St. John in the desert focuses, usually, on a diet of bugs washed down with a dollop of honey. “Phew !” one thinks, and rightly, “Who would want to eat that?” Well, apart from an assassin or a survivalist, no…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Looking Into the Abyss Decades of entrenched simony have left ECUSA and other Christian judicatories weak to the point of forcing consolidation of officer corps (clergy rosters) in order to have…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT O God, our Father, Thou Searcher of Human hearts, help us to draw near to Thee in sincerity and truth. May our religion be filled with gladness and may our worship…
RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, This Programme of Joint Worship was first used at Geneva, Switzerland, in September, 1928, at the Preliminary Conference to make arrangements for the Universal Religious Peace Conference. It consists of passages selected from the Sacred Scriptures of the living…
RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, God is the sun, soil and water. Creation is the root. Spirit is the trunk. Intellect is the branches. Mind is the sap. Body is the leaf. Life is the fruit. Death is the seed. Truth is…
Thanks for your note. Your impression of Vivekananda fighting pitched battles in this part of the world for Hinduism and against suppression, etc., is hyperbole and leads people astray. There is a tendency of people who come to the United States and other liberal countries from areas of the world where people do not get…
