Buddha and Vedanta

All that we are is the result of what we have thought;

It is founded on our thoughts,

It is made up of our thoughts.

If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought,

Happiness follows him,

Like a shadow that never leaves him.

- Buddha : The Dhammapada

The Buddha and Vedanta 

An Example of Religious Harmony

Lecture by Dr. Jeffrey Long

What the Buddha Taught
Lecture by Swami Tyagananda

The Arts of Yoga 

L.A. Review of Books by A. L. Bardach

Healing Vibration

Between the Santa Barbara Vedanta Society Temple and their bookstore 

is a massive twelfth-century bell, cast in Japan, which had 

once been rigged to a Chinese military ship.

Santa Barbara's Sacred Vedanta Temple Space 
LA YOGA MAGAZINE

As is well known, sound has great power over matter. By using sound it is possible to cause geometric patterns to form on sand and also cause objects to be shattered. How much more powerful, then, must be the impact of this force on the vibrating living substance of our sensitive human bodies. Scientists know that sound vibration is processed in the same area of the brain that deals with feelings and emotions, thus proving music's therapeutic potential. Used by clinicians to alleviate pain, boost immunity and lower pulse rates in hospitals, harmonic sounds can revitalize and strengthen the body and soul. Today modern society has become increasingly convinced of the therapeutic benefits of food prepared with love and positive thought vibrations. Let us make use of mantras, prasad, holy sites, relics of saints and soothing musical tones to calibrate and heal, through resonate power, the remotest reaches of the human psyche.  

The Mystery of Human Vibrations

Lecture by Swami Vedarupananda

Swami Swahananda

1921 - 2012

A Life Dedicated to God Realization

The real does not die, the unreal never lived.
Once you know that death happens to the body and not to you, you just watch your body falling off like a discarded garment. The real you is timeless and beyond birth and death. The body will survive as long as it is needed. It is not important that it should live long.
- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Great Minds Think Alike

Did you know... Swami Vivekananda had life changing 

influence on many of the worlds great minds.

What Did J.D. Salinger, Leo Tolstoy, Nikola Tesla 
and Sarah Bernhardt Have in Common?

Read link from the Wall Street Journal MAGAZINE, 
March 29, 2012 by A. L. Bardach

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303404704577305581227233656.html?mod=googlenews_wsj