Guidance For A Young Person Wishing To Homeschool

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 First, let your parents browse our homeschooling resource site and also the links on that page under Online Education and MOOCs. Next, see if there is a program in your area…

“Religious War” And Pacifism

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. There may be some question about this term “religious war.” It is an oxymoron. Religious people are pacifistic. They do not wage war. So there are never any religious wars. However, religious people do have the right of self-defense and the duty to…

The Balkans: A Lesson In Political Philosophy

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT The purpose of this essay is twofold: To illuminate the purpose of NATO activity in the Balkans. To encourage its leaders and participants. Ground:  There are two principles that organize a human community:…

Thandava – I

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 challenge facing the leadership is to instill intellectual and spiritual theonomy without recourse to the prop of cultural hegemony. This challenge can be met if the leadership projects a message…

Ramayana

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 Vashista, who one could consider a “great/greatest/realized yogi”, served as the Court Preceptor (Court Priest) for the Solar Dynasty his entire life, preforming all of the day-to-day duties of worship. He…

On The Justification Of War

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 In Honor of Our Fallen Army Special Operations Soldiers and Navy SEALs The notion of a just war is discussed throughout Christian theological history and most theologians assert that there is…

The Solar Dynasty

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 Church And The Vatican

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…

EHV: Education In Human Values

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…

A Programme Of Joint 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…

Paradigm Shift For The Churches

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 am very happy the subject of an ecclesiastical, even ecclesiological, paradigm shift is being discussed in the parish. For what they are worth, I am enclosing my thoughts on the…

Three Depositions On Theological Education

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 Deposition  I: Curriculum For A Theological Education Deposition II: Delusion And The Doctrine Of Original Sin Deposition III: A Festival Composition For The Feast Of The Holy Trinity D e p…

A Breviary Of 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 A   P E N I T E N T I A L   F O R M The Confession Let us acknowledge our condition. Gracious Parent, Mother and Father! Our…

Prayerbook For A Common Faith

Prayerbook for a Common Faith is an effort to supply a need of humanity for a common referent in the area of piety and religious practice.  The assumption of all such efforts is that a commonality does exist and that it is the point or set of points from which and to which effective piety…

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…