Forward … But To College?

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. I think not. It’s a waste of time. College/university endangers the children we have just spent time, money and energy shielding from danger. And I am certain it isn’t going to give them any advantage in the job market. Why? Just as elementary…

On The Burial

There are two kinds of miracles: those which affect or alter the physical realm and those which do not. Miracles of the first kind always occur through the agency of an aspect of a human personality. This can be various: a hand, a word, a touch, some spittle, a breath, etc. The resurrection of Jesus…

Two Deaths

There are two deaths. The first is the death of the ego. The second is the death of the body. Of these, the first is momentous and the second trivial. When people are afraid of death, they are really afraid of the first death, not the second. The first death is frightening and unusual. The…

The Monsters

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 I wanted to say how very happy I am to see word of the SEAD (Scholarly Engagement in Anglican Doctrine) discussions in The Episcopal Voice. It…

Apostolic Authority

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 It is all right to talk about Matthew writing this and Mark that so long as you have their autographs as the literature bearing their names. But you don’t know that…

Blood And Ritual : Experience And Station

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 are two kinds of authority: the authority of station and the authority of experience. The authority of experience can exist without the authority of station. The authority of station cannot…

Memorandum II: The Sai Era

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Memorandum I is here. To: Whom It May Concern From: The Rev. David R.  Graham Date: October 4.  1994 Feasts of Sts. Francis of Assisi and Glenn Gould Subject: Jesus In India Within five…

Blood Sweat And Tears

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 The Catholic Churches (Roman, Greek, Anglican) are right about one very crucial matter, which is that the Christian religion is made by Christians (the churches), not by the Christ. The Christian…

A Little Of This, A Little Of That

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. The sacrament is merely a reminder for believers. It has no soteriological efficacy on its own, as part of its own nature. If it did, this world would have been perfect ‘er now. Claims respecting a soteriological efficacy…

Over The Khyber: Research Findings At Adwaitha Hermitage

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 The Jewish Homeland is Kashmir.  In the Bible, when heaven is mentioned, Kashmir is meant.  This is invariable. The issue is suzerainty: to whom does one belong?  One belongs either to…

On Population And Dharma

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT The ordinary wisdom in many circles is that humanity suffers from overcrowding of living spaces. The view is widespread. The so-called condition of overcrowding is employed to explain many social and…

Taxonomy

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Patristic Christianity is two thirds of a religion, and not more. Dualism and Qualified Non-Dualism are grasped and promoted by Patristic Christianity but Non-Dualism is not. In effect, we have from…

Illusion

One point: knowledge of the spiritual and the true is also illusion, just as much as knowledge of matter is. This is a subtle point, but true. All knowing is illusion, but some knowing leads to seeing and some to unseeing, some to truth and some to falsehood, some to spirituality and some to carnality.…

Ratio and Integer

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT ‘Irrational numbers’ is a post-Cartesian concept. Euclid/Geometry — which is Theology — does not have the concept of irrationality. Rather, the concept is ‘proportion’ or ‘relationship’ or ‘ratio.’ This is important to grasp.…

Hieros Nomos

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 Roman scholars routinely refer to Jerome as ‘the irascible Jerome’ because the adjective is a pun on the name.  The two words share a common Greek root, hieros, which means Fire,…