HARD QUESTIONIs spiritual enlightenment real?The topic of spiritual enlightenment enchants us like few others. Its mysterious and exotic allure conjures up images of smiling Buddhas...
HARD QUESTIONDoes Vedanta agree with science?First, it must be acknowledged that while both Vedanta and science are interested in eliminating any and all obstacles to knowing the...
HARD QUESTIONDoes life have purpose?Like so many answers Vedanta provides, this one depends on who you’re asking. There’s one answer from the viewpoint of the individual...
HARD QUESTIONWill tech companies ever be able to fully understand, manipulate or control consciousness?It depends on how you define “consciousness.” If you define it as many scientists do—that is, as inert material (tissue and chemicals)...
HARD QUESTIONIs there an afterlife?If we stop to wonder what an afterlife might look like, it starts to look a lot like this one. Any discussion of an afterlife, or whether...
HARD QUESTIONWhat is spiritual truth?A spiritual truth might be thought of as that which is aligned with universal laws and the nature of experience. At the worldly level,...
HARD QUESTIONIs life a dream?Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air; And, like the...
HARD QUESTIONDo objects exist when nobody is looking at them?"We often discussed his notions on objective reality. I recall that during one walk Einstein suddenly stopped, turned to me and asked...
HARD QUESTIONWhat proof does Vedanta show that experience is non-dual?Vedanta defines non-duality as that which is free from subject-object duality. In other words, there is no separation between you as...