The practice of excavating clusters of rooms or niches into the sides of cliffs and mountains to create cave temples originated in India and spread with Buddhism via Central Asia to China.  Buddhist ...

The Sri Yantra graphs the harmonizing of all energy that eventually occurs throughout creation. Sri Yantra means “the most honored yantra.” It is thousands of years old, and is prominent in Far ...

Today, the Western world is increasingly discovering the spiritual and metaphysical teachings of the East. We are witnessing the expanded interest of the new age community in one special musical ...

Have you ever thought that every action and event in your life is recorded in some kind of universal 'library' and there might be an 'archive' of everything that has ever been? According to ancient ...

A Catholic Benedictine monk, David Steindl-Rast, once explored the Tibetan Buddhism claimed that a person of high spiritual development could exit their physical body, vanish in mere days, leaving ...

Guan Yin started out as the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara but has become much-changed in both China and a number of Chinese-influenced countries. In fact, she is so popular in China that she transcends ...

A mantra is a word or a phrase that can be repeated over and over again allowing the vibration of the sound and its meaning to sink into our subconscious. The use of mantras goes back to ancient ...

“Peace begins with a kind gesture and Namaste.”  ― Debasish Mridha Because of its global usage, Namaste has many interpretations. In general, the word tends to be defined as some derivation of, ...

You've chanted Om, hundreds maybe thousands of times, and the symbol is, well, everywhere. But have you ever wondered, what it is about Om, that makes yogi's wholeheartedly chant its glory and live ...

Magic healing water has been found in nature at only a few specific locations though ought the world. These so called “miracle healing” water sources have been discovered in Great Britain, Ukraine, ...

The symbolic meaning behind a skull has evolved over the years and recently it’s morphed into a “cool” emblem tattooed on forearms, splashed across t-shirts, and painted on to printed, decorative ...

Throughout the world one can come across enigmatic standing stones, some of them arranged in a circle or ellipse.  Many suggestions have been made to explain their purpose. Were they built as ...

“Body, speech, and mind are considered the three doors to enlightenment” Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche  The symbolic activities of Body, Speech, and Mind (the Three Mysteries or Three Secrets) are ...

How do you think wearing a ring on certain finger affects the opinions of others? Do you even care? Should you?  The reality is that rings send a message. For thousands of years, people have worn ...

At the Ganges — the holiest of places to be buried as a Hindu — life and death mingle freely on the river banks. The River Ganges has a special place for devout Hindus, who consider it sacred and ...