Here’s a little story from Plato’s most famous book, The Republic. Socrates is talking to a young follower of his named Glaucon, and is telling him this fable to illustrate what it’s like to be a philosopher — a lover of wisdom: Most people, including ourselves, live in a world of relative ignorance. We are even […]
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What is Advaita philosophy?
Advaita is the clearest and most systematic expression we have found of the common philosophy that lies at the heart of many of the world’s great religions and philosophies. Meaning ‘one without a second’, it is a universal philosophy of great breadth. Its most central tenet is that everyone and everything are in essence the […]
More about meditation
What type of meditation is practised? Meditation is both universal and very old. In various forms it has been practised for thousands of years. This mantra-based method of meditation originates in a centuries-old tradition. It is suitable for people of any age or background. In the early 1960s contact was made with one of the […]