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Internationally respected, life coach and teacher, Lama Gurudas Sunyatananda (Dr. F. Gianmichael Salvato, O.C., M.Sc.) is a Buddhist and Franciscan contemplative, and author of the popular book, "The Dharma of Compassion - One Monk's Reflections on the Teachings

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Relationships & Family > Friendship Advice Reasons why you should love others more than yourself: 1 of 20
We live in what appears to be a hostile, angry, violent society. Wars are being fought over control of oil, control of religion, control of race, and a lust for world domination. Women are being physically abused in far-away places like Darfur, and in our own neighbourhoods. And in so many homes, deep-seated anger and resent... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Atheism & Agnosticism Why human beings don't need a religion: 1 of 19
On Gods and Illusions There are days when I long for the time when I can teach the dharma in a more traditional setting, and return to the more traditional monastic rhythm, which was my life for almost two of the nearly three decades I have been a monk. And then there are days like today, when I am reminded that the opportun... More..
Politics, News & Issues > War in Iraq Predicting the end of the war in the Middle East: 1 of 19
Upon accepting the Nobel Prize for Peace, on December 10, 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. told the audience in Oslo, Norway: "Civilisation and violence are antithetical concepts Negroes of the United States, following the people of India, have demonstrated that nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral for... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues The relevance of Christ in today's culture: 1 of 15
Image, Likeness and Emptiness For generations, religious teachers have quoted their scriptures to claim that Rabbi Jesus, the Nazarene, claimed to be God. Most often, the passage, "He that has seen me has seen the Father," found in John 14:9, is used to justify both the errant belief that Jesus believed in a personal God, an... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Bible Study Devotional reflections: 3 of 37
HOLISTIC PRAYER On Sunday, we reflected on the scriptural account in which Jesus taught His disciples how to pray, and revealed to them the steps to manifesting their potential. (Luke 11:1-13) The account begins with Jesus teaching the disciples the principle prayer used by most Christian religions in common worship, which h... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Catholicism Biography: Mother Teresa: 1 of 11
Mission Sunday a day the Church sets aside for each of us to consider the ways in which Christ calls us to serve His people. It is especially an important day of recollection for those who have responded to the call to religious life, to discern ways in which our living out of that call may need conversion and reparation. An... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Buddhism Zen and mind: 1 of 10
We often judge as too simplistic the idea that if we "change our thinking, we change our world," yet this simple and fundamental truth is the foundation of most philosophies and spiritual paths. Although it sometimes becomes obscured beneath layers of religious narrative, superstition and mythos, it can even be found at the ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Is the Bible the word of God: 5 of 42
If I had to identify one of the greatest misfortunes of the Christian tradition, and had to choose one thing I would eliminate from the Christian experience, it would be the bible. I think that one of the most profound injustices done to the Living Faith occurred at the Ecumenical Council of Trent, when an arbitrary collecti... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Spiritual Life The Universal Consciousness: 1 of 8
Toward a Consciousness of Healing In a world in which so many people still cling to superstitious beliefs in a personal divinity that is somehow separate and distinct from them where folks are willing to misinterpret useful metaphors, such as the notion of a "Blessed Trinity", and imagine that such things literally exist whe... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Should we believe the concept of the Trinity: 5 of 38
Trinity as a metaphor of Divine Love The early followers of the Way survived and thrived quite well without being bogged-down with the baggage of dogma and doctrine. The earliest followers of Christ the Apostles, the Seventy-Two and their flocks existed without starting a "religion" or forming a "church". They understood tha... More..