Videos tagged "mysticism"

“Blessed are the merciful.” What does it mean to be merciful? Eleimon means to have real compassion, to actually feel and suffer with another person, to be intensely aware of another’s pain, and to feel a yearning for their healing.

Shirdi is a town and falls under the jurisdiction of municipal council located in Rahata Tahasil in Ahmadnagar district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Shirdi is best known as the late 19th century home of the popular guru Shirdi Sai Baba.

"I was always taught that the greatest of religious thinkers (especially when dealing with Christianity) were the mystics. If you weren’t brought up on charges of heresy, then you didn’t have anything interesting and innovative to contribute..."

If we do not have a soul, what goes on to the next life? Musings on the Buddhist concept that humans lack a soul.

Yoga is a completely personal matter. You need not believe in it, and you can even laugh at it and deny its value. But if at the same time you are practicing you will get the same result as a person who has faith and values it.

A remarkable life of Saint John of Kronstadt, the wonderworking saint of imperial russia, written by Archimandrite Constantine Zaitzev.