Forum: The East

A very interesting piece from the Dao De Jing. This is taken from the translation with commentary by Roger T. Ames and David L. Hall, the...

There are a few spiritual paths that I "follow; alchemy, gnosticism, anarchy... and sufism. Today I discovered an interesting "fact". Sufism, or...

This is a spin-off thread from: (non)Mineral (non)Metal (non)Magnet. Did 2 pages of this thread just get deleted? Heres what I can copy paste...

You know when you hum a song in your head without thinking about it? And then even when you notice, you keep doing it. After some time of this you...

This is a spin-off thread from (non)Mineral, (non)Metal, (non)Magnet. The idea was based on your statement that you would be able to assume...

Some quotes from legendary guru Neem Karoli Baba: Hare Krishna. :) :cool:

Here is a beautiful sung version here with poetry on top). Who is Lord of Parvati? She is the wife of Shiva and a goddess of love. In other...

Surprised we don't have a dedicated thread on this topic, so let's get it going. Some people channel surf... watching TV skipping from one TV show...

As it is well known it is forbidden to portray Allah (God) in Islam. But IMO they portray "him" all the fucking time: LOL

I personally think Muhammad was tripping (by substance or will) in the Hira cave. When Muhammad met the angel Gabriel, it told him to recite this...

I have been reading this book on waidan alchemy and have found it very interesting. Contains the translated text of the 'Scripture of the Nine...

This is a Phoenix-thread from the old site created by simonv. When I mentioned chinese alchemy I really meant the kind of fusion of taoism and...

It is very difficult to classify the I - Ching as it is part of the Tao which cannot be known, and thus it is posted here. I have used and learned...

Article: CT scan reveals that statue of the Buddha is actually a mummy :cool:

This is a Phoenix-thread from the old site. maybe this can be interesting http://www.meru.org/Sufi/rnddance.html

I like Islam, more than Christianity... lesser of two evils (in my book)... and more beautiful for sure... for example Islamic art is as close to...

As I said on my introduction, my spiritual path is first of all meditation and hinduism. I started meditating at 17, and 4 years ago I met an Indian...

"I, the Buddha Messiah, destined to free all the souls from samsara and destroy the material world. I'm the combined incarnation of Shiva and Vishnu....