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Spiritual Journey

Ajahn Siripanyo: The Monk Who Gave Up A $5 Billion Legacy

26 Nov 2024

Robin Sharma’s fictional tale of The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari has a real-life counterpart in Ven Ajahn Siripanyo. The only son of Malaysian billionaire Ananda Krishnan, Siripanyo chose a life of spiritual dedication over inheriting a $5 billion fortune. From Fortune to Faith Ananda Krishnan, Malaysia’s third-richest man, built...

The most precious object

05 Nov 2024

Just as he entered the first Indian kingdom, Alexander had a strange encounter. He met a ragged sage and noticed something round and shiny in the latter’s hand. Alexander asked what it was. The sage replied that it's a secret that can’t be revealed but has to be lived. Alexander...

The relationship between spirituality and religion: Examining how these two concepts intersect and diverge

07 Oct 2024

Do we confuse kindergarten with university? Of course not. But we often mix up religion and spirituality. That’s why we see people who are 60, 70, even 80 years old, still in the Kindergarten of Religion. They don't graduate to the University of Spirituality. Just as a child goes to...

How To Make Friends With Life

27 Jul 2024

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit’ - Kahlil Gibran Friendship is often seen as the most holy of relationships. A true friendship has a purity of intention and if we can make life our friend, then we will develop a trust, an intimacy,...