Author Archives: Art

About Art

I am a member of the Ramakrishna Vedanta movement. I blog about my spiritual life and the many complexities of spiritual practice, fatherhood, and owning some of the silliest dogs imaginable.

Cry to God

Posted on August 1, 2012

In Sri Ramakrishna, the Great Master, the English translation of Swami Saradananda’s definitive biography of Sri Ramakrishna, the author relates an incident between Narendra — the future Swami Vivekananda — and Sri Ramakrishna during a time of desperation and impoverishment … Continue reading →

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Forgiveness as Spiritual Practice

Posted on March 21, 2012

“Larry?” said the voice. I gaped at the phone in confusion. I knew that voice, didn’t I? But he didn’t recognize mine, thought I was my brother. “Who is this?” I said, dreading the answer. “It’s Henry.” I wanted to … Continue reading →

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