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A Life Given to God: A Tribute to Amma Marta Debayle Kidd

Born in 1938 into a distinguished Nicaraguan diplomatic family, Amma's life crossed continents, cultures, and social worlds long before it crossed paths with her Guru, Sri Swami Satchidananda. Yet from her earliest years, the inner thread of her spiritual search was...

What Surgery Looked Like in Ancient India: The Scientific Legacy of the Sushruta Samhita

Surgery is usually seen as a modern science. We associate it with machines, sterile gloves and complex equipment. But long before today’s hospitals existed, people were already cutting, stitching and treating serious injuries in organised ways. In ancient India,...

Stephen Ishwara Futral: Don’t Die Wondering

Stephen Ishwara Futral belonged to that rare first generation of Western seekers who encountered Sri Swami Satchidananda not as an established global teacher, but as a living mystery—one whose presence quietly rearranged the inner lives of those who crossed his path....

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Do We See Reality As It Is?

Do We See Reality As It Is?

In this Ted talk, cognitive scientist and author Donald Hoffman is trying to answer a big question: Do we experience the world as it really is ... or as we need it to be? Hoffman studies consciousness, visual perception and evolutionary psychology using mathematical...

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Waking Up Before Sunrise at 105

Waking Up Before Sunrise at 105

“Have a fruit, will you? Help yourself, there’s plenty. Get him a sweet from that shop. Don’t send anyone away without giving them something to eat. Have some water first.” It is nearly impossible to hold a conversation with 105-year-old R. Pappammal while she...

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The Little Altar in an Elevator

The Little Altar in an Elevator

It’s been a whirlwind of losses in the past year: from the several million deaths due to the pandemic and to the many luminaries who have left the earth, including most recently sports legends Hank Aaron and Kobe Bryant; actors Chadwick Boseman, Cloris Leachman; and...

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“The Important Places”

“The Important Places”

This inspiring short film explores the growth of  two men—father and son—through different stages of their lives, and how the thread woven between them, the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, brought them back the most important place of all. Winner of the Most...

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