Anicca: The Buddhist Concept of Impermanence As promised, in this post, I’m going to begin an explanation of five key Buddhist philosophies. So grab your prayer wheels and meditation cushions…Here we go! Dukkha, or Suffering/Dissatisfaction Aside from reincarnation, probably the most well-known Buddhist philosophy is that dissatisfaction or suffering is…
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Buddha 400 to 500 years before the birth of Jesus, a sage of an entirely different tradition was born in the foothills of the Himalayans, in what is now called Nepal. Called the Buddha (or the awakened one) by his followers, he grew up as the pampered son of a…
The Burning Bush of Exodus This post is a guest post kindly submitted by a friend of mine, and it’s my belief you’ll find it interesting. If you have any questions for him, I’ll add links to his website, and you can contact him directly. I’m sure he’d love to…
In my first post on Taoism, I mentioned that the Tao Te Ching is the central text within Taoism. What many don’t realize is that the book is not only a compilation of philosophical wisdom about the Tao but was intended as a guide-book for government leaders. According to Taoism,…
Taoism is said to be one of the more cryptic spiritualties—but this reputation is really only due to one of its central texts: The Tao te Ching. Legend has it that an archivist for the Chinese government, Lao Tzu, decided to abandon city life and live out the remainder of…
Non-dualism has become an increasingly popular spiritual idea in the West, but long before it bumped up against our shores it has been known in India as Advaita Vedanta. A Single Consciousness So, just what is Advaita Vedanta, or non-dualism? Essentially, it’s the belief that all souls exist within a…
In this blog post, I’m going to discuss some possible theological ramifications of quantum physics’ wave particle duality. I’ll admit that these ideas may seem bizarre, yet they’re being circulated by some first-rate physicists, so deserve our consideration. It’s also helpful to remember that the strange is only strange until…
Is Energy God? Energy constitutes matter, constitutes our thoughts, constitutes virtually everything within the universe, and has been an active player since the universe’s creation. Could energy, therefore, be considered “God”? It’s certainly a question that merits investigation. But to better understand energy, we first have to take a fleeting…
It’s been suggested by some scholars that God chose the Hebrews as his special people due to their contentiousness. Although I can think of a few other reasons, the idea does have merit, for their propensity to challenge and argue surfaces repeatedly throughout the Old/Hebrew Bible. Moreover, neither Christianity nor…
Islam pivots around one central figure. If asked, most non-Muslims would guess it to be Muhammad. Most Muslims, on the other hand, would promptly identify it as God—for everything and everyone comes second. Still…. Muhammad is pretty close on His heels. At least, for a mortal. After every utterance of…