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Dandapani’s Blog

Welcome! Sharing my reflections on the spiritual path.
Join me on a profound journey of self-discovery and spiritual growth.

Jun 14, 2017

How do you view atheists?

How should someone on a spiritual path view an atheist? This talk shares a joyful outlook on atheism. “An atheist and an ex-monk walk into a bar…” and they have a great time. Atheists are people too. We don’t have to convert them and we don’t have to convince them of a God. Instead, we should be grateful for the good people in our lives, no matter their beliefs. Talk duration: 1 min 39 secs If t...

Jun 13, 2017
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Meditation is a Scart

Meditation is a Scart. Scart is a word I coined to refer to something that is a science and an art, hence ScArt. Meditation is a combination of science and art. A science, because it requires a systematic goal-orientated approach based on a solid understanding of the process. And
Jun 5, 2017
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Hindu View of Reincarnation

In the Hindu belief, a soul lives in the physical body and when the physical body dies, the soul continues functioning in the astral plane before reincarnating. When a soul reincarnates, it goes through another physical life and keeps evolving, and another life and keeps evolving
Jun 1, 2017
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Preparation for Meditation

Your preparation for meditation is as important as your meditation practice, if not more so. The better you prepare, the better your meditation will be. Look at it this way, if someone very important was coming to your home for dinner you would prepare for this, would you not? Yo
Jan 31, 2017
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Can we choose our next birth?

Most people do not have mastery over their own energy and are perpetually creating through thoughts, words and actions some future that is beyond their control. More mature souls are conscious of what they are thinking, speaking and doing and put themselves on a clear path to cre
Jan 30, 2017
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2016 in Review

Well, this is coming embarrassingly late. Every year in the first couple of weeks of January I do a review of the previous year. Needless to say I'm late with my "2016 in Review" but better late than never. I'm so grateful for all the opportunities I had last year, for the people
Dec 27, 2016
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Part 2 - Post Election Talks in NYC

Part 2 - Unedited live recording of my post-election talks held every Thursday night in New York City in December 2016. If the player does not show below please click on this link to listen to Part 2 of the post-election talk. Talk duration: 45 mins 16 secs After this elec