Category Archives: Contemporary Musings

Not Smart

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Vajragoni

Affection arises in the one who has made (intimate) contact;
as a consequence of affection this suffering originates.
Considering the danger which comes from affection,
one should live alone, like the horn of a rhinoceros. read more

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Death Be Not Final

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Vajragoni

Came across this. Food for contemplation. Imagine one’s “consciousness” being transported to “the Cloud” for all eternity? What’s to become of rebirth? read more

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Children of Light and Darkness

Posted on September 3, 2017 by Vajragoni

Our present age can be likened to one of the final chapters of the Kali Yuga, or an age when the spirit of darkness reigns free and unhindered. The children of this dark realm are born into what is described in the Lankavatarian Book of the Dead as inhabitants of the Karmadhatu: read more

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Queer Dimensions in Contemplative Methodologies

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Vajragoni

This is a companion piece to our most recent blog on Contemplative Pedagogy. It portrays an accurate account of what constitutes today’s academic atmosphere in purported “higher-education.” The vanguard to such a reality consists in a reformulation of sexual identity, one that not only occurs at the college branch, but also under all levels of educational institutions, even within the tender and formative years of kindergarten. Alternative communities would insist that these are Survival Strategies but what they amount to more often than not is a direct incursion into normative social mores, the end result is an endless mix-up of what embodies sexual identification, relabeling it all as LGBTQAI+: read more

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Contemplative Pedagogy?

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Vajragoni

This blog will address a contemporary expose on “Contemplative Pedagogy” written by Peter Kaufman of the sociology department @ Suny New Paltz, USA. Professor Kaufman asserts that there is a need to synthesize Contemplation with a critical pedagogy, one that is devoted and directed towards radical social transformation. While he maintains that contemplation is an “inner-directed practice of helping students find balance and wholeness in their lives”, it also needs to be linked with a Critical pedagogy, one that is “generally viewed as a form of education that is outer-directed and attempts to foster radical social change.” We will argue that placing Contemplation in such a context holds it hostage to the radical agenda of socialized-propaganda whose mission is not to foster authentic-Contemplative awareness and development, but rather to create a churning-sea of mindless-monads who are at the beck and call of leftist-leaning agendas. read more

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