Secret, Underground Libraries of Monks Hundreds of “censored” books adorned the shelves of the Mt. Continue Reading →
Her stigmata crashed into my karma I was 27 years old, and what I remember is that everyone in my monastic community, except my younger Indian monk-friend, Kabir, believed that saints could get stigmata–manifest the wounds of Christ crucified on their bodies. Continue Reading →
Dark Nights of Meditative Souls “I never saw, heard, nor felt anything in my 28 years of practicing meditation. Continue Reading →
Souls, Selves, and Afterlife Contradictions More powerful than beliefs in Gods, our notions of the afterlife shape our self-consciousness. Continue Reading →
The Buddha Pill: Can Meditation Change You? Can practice of contemplative techniques bring lasting personal change? Continue Reading →