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Dandapani’s Blog
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Can Women be Monks?
It is a question I get asked quite often and the answer, at least in the Hindu religion, is Yes! And if you want to be pedantic then they would more appropriately be called nuns. In Hinduism men and women can attain the same heights of spiritual awakening. It is taught that God is equally present in all. Women tend to naturally gravitate towards the householder path hence you see more men as mona...
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Mar 27, 2011 A Spiritual Adventure in Northwestern India
Join one of our grandest spiritual adventures yet as we celebrate the Festival of Lights with thousands at the Golden Temple, ride camels into the Great Thar Desert, be enchanted at the famed Pushkar Camel Fair and immerse ourselves in the culturally rich and colorful land of nor
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Mar 15, 2011 2 MINUTES READ
Awareness Riding on Technology
Last week an entrepreneur from Australia that had attended one of my workshops there, shared with me an article titled "Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction" that had appeared in the New York Times. Coincidentally enough, my meditation class in New York City last week (pic b
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Mar 13, 2011 2 MINUTES READ
Press for a Photo at the Kumbha Mela
The Kumbha Mela is, needless to say, a photographers paradise. For those of us who have never been to a Kumbha Mela or never will, it is these men and women that do their best to bring this experience to our doorstep by photographing this exhilarating festival, if it is even poss
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Mar 10, 2011 1 MINUTE READ
Kumbha Mela's Ascetics
In February of 2010 I was fortunate enough to be present at the Kumbha Mela festival that was taking place in Haridwar, North India. Thousands of Hindu ascetics (a person who leads an austerely simple life, especially one who abstains from the normal pleasures of life or denies h
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Mar 8, 2011 Our latest Spiritual Adventure
Stay tuned for the announcement of Vedic Odyssey's latest spiritual adventure to take place in October-November 2011.
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Mar 7, 2011 2 MINUTES READ
Leading a Spiritual Life in the World
On Sunday, 20th February I conducted a workshop in San Diego titled "How to Live a Spiritual Life in the World". It is something I hear a lot of people tell me that they would like to do but are not quote sure where to get started. This inspired me to put together this workshop t
