November 2009
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The grand illusion of maya
In the great epic Mahabharata, when Duryodhana enters the hall of illusion (maya sabha), he loses his way, becomes confused and envious. Seeing his predicament when Draupadi, laughs at him, he becomes uncontrollably angry, feeling insulted, and vows to take revenge against the Pandava clan for their audacity to display their power and wealth to belittle him in the presence of women. It is in the...
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Calming the eye of the storm?
In the story of the calming the storm in the Bible as mentioned in Mark 4:35-41, in which the wind and the seas obey Jesus to return to a still calm, could this actually refer to Jesus saying we must bring peace into our stormy minds by calming the sea of thoughts that arise?
And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
And he was in the...