The word "dharma" does not refer to a particular sectarian faith, but to the very function of the soul. The shastras teach us that it is the inherent nature of everyone to render service. When that service is directed ultimately towards ourselves, in a selfish manner, it becomes the source of our own bondage in the material world. When that ( Read more... )

Every week as a part of spiritual practice and for others that are interested in these topics the SSRF hosts free phone conference study groups to clarify any doubts or questions and for discussion on various topics on spirituality. Tomorrow's SSRF phone study group looks to be an interesting one :)

Topics covered tomorrow include:

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Had a lovely time catching up with Stacey yesterday and remember that one of the questions she asked had been about spiritual practice. The thought came to share SSRF's guidance on some of the basic principles and aspects of spiritual practice for those that may be interested :) Hope it helps give a more well rounded understanding :)

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A Langara journalist student wrote a short article for their school's newspaper on the most recent workshop on the spiritual research conducted on ancestors :)
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An article by Rajal, a very nice seeker from Toronto :)

Science has failed to predict calamities which have never been experienced before. Saints, on the other hand, have predicted such things.On the evening of August 20, 2009, the Canadian city of Vaughan (just north of Toronto) got hit by a series of tornadoes. The tornadoes were completely ( Read more... )

The ultimate quest of the entire world is peace. Only in peace do we have joy. Not by acquiring things, not by doing things, not by earning or learning, but by dedication. Your entire life must be a sacrifice. Think for the sake of others. To such a person, peace is guaranteed ( Read more... )

The fourth workshop in the series will be held in the coming weeks :)
Please do pass on the invitation to anyone else you may know that may be interested.


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Just got back from meeting with Chelsea who's with Global Agents for Change and that's what we were going to talk about initially. So we met up at the Starbucks near Commercial Station, and of course, I always get some butterflies about meetings and such, but knew that it was all good ( Read more... )

my wishlist keeps growing :P

Mia Kirshner's new book sounds interesting...

This book on the tar sands in Alberta just came out and after reading the preface it sounds promising. It kills me knowing that one of the world's most destructive projects is right here in Canada ( Read more... )

FridayWas super glad to hand in my last mid term essay on Friday, signifying the end to the temporary lock down I made myself take in order to do well on my tests and such. I think it worked cause I'm pretty sure I did well. I got my Anthro mid term back on Friday and got 48/50 :D most of which were part marks taken off certain questions ( Read more... )