Interfaith Marriages: What Young Dharmists Should Know

Interfaith Marriages:
What Young Dharmists Should Know
By Dr. Dilip Amin, Ph. D.
            
            Introduction by Stephen Knapp. I want to thank Dr. Dilip Amin for putting this thoughtful information together. Interfaith marriages are becoming an increasingly important topic among Dharmic parents. Personally, when it comes to interfaith marriages, I have seen only a few of them [...]

Why Be Vegetarian

Why Be Vegetarian
By Stephen Knapp
 
      On the spiritual path, there are several reasons why a person is recommended to be vegetarian. One primary reason is that we need to see the spiritual nature within all living beings, and that includes the animals and other creatures as well. Universal brotherhood means nonviolence to both humans and [...]

When Religions Create Divisions and How to Avoid it

When Religions Create
 Divisions
And How to Avoid It
By Stephen Knapp
Religion is supposed to bring us closer to God, which should certainly uplift us and show us that we are all spiritual beings. In that way we are united. This understanding could give us a central focus for general intentions of goodwill and cooperation. However, this is [...]

Vegetarianism: Supported in the Bible

Vegetarianism: Supported in the Bible
The Bible has many quotations against meat-eating as can be seen from the following: “But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it.” (Genesis 9.4-5) [...]

Vedic Culture: The Last Bastion of Deep Spiritual Truth

Vedic Culture: The Last Bastion of Deep Spiritual Truth
By Stephen Knapp
 
Why would Vedic culture be called the last bastion of deep spiritual truth? It does not take much to understand, at least after a little investigation, that the Vedic process of spiritual advancement promotes individual freedom of thought, complete liberty of inquiry, and the privilege [...]

Vedic Culture is the Parent of Humanity

Vedic Culture is the Parent
 of Humanity
By Stephen Knapp
The title of this page may seem like a bold statement, but there is some very interesting evidence to consider. As we established in the chapter on the creation of the material world, when the Supreme Being created the universe He also provided the Vedic knowledge and terminology [...]

Religious Unity: Why There Could be a One World Religion

Religious Unity:
Why There Could Be a One
 World Religion
By Stephen Knapp
Is religious unity a dream that can never be fulfilled? Can it never be a reality? I feel that it can be.
If we are mature enough to see the purpose of each religion or spiritual path, we will recognize that there is very little difference between [...]

Organized Religion and the Dangers Within

Organized Religion
by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur
Sri Krishna manifests His eternal birth, the pure cognitive essence of the serving soul who is located above all mundane limitations. King Kamsa [the demon king who wanted to kill Lord Krishna] is the typical empiricist, ever on the lookout for the appearance of the truth for the purpose of [...]

Jesus Taught Bhakti-Yoga

JESUS TAUGHT BHAKTI-YOGA
By Stephen Knapp
 
Another aspect of understanding the Vedic teachings in Christianity is to simply look at what is written regarding the teachings of Jesus. By studying the teachings that are ascribed to Jesus, we can easily recognize that the essence of what Jesus taught was an elementary level of the Vedic process of [...]

Jesus Predicted in the Vedic Literature?

Jesus Predicted in the Vedic Literature?
By Stephen Knapp
 
            Every once in a while someone writes in to ask me what I know about Jesus being mentioned in the Vedic literature, specifically the Bhavishya Purana. So I’ve decided to make the information that I know available to everyone.
            Dr. Vedavyas, a research scholar with a doctorate [...]