Sanskrit

[close] A place to come together, explore yogic literature, and discuss what these teachings mean to us living and practicing in the West today. Hosted by Ellen Stansell PhD, RYT a specialist in Indian philosophy and a registered yoga teacher. Currently, this group is reading the Shiva Sutras. We are not accepting new members at this time in order to keep the group size small to allow for a more personal level of discussion. If you would like to notified of Ellen's next reading group, please email her at ebstansell@gmail.com to get on her mailing list. Ellen will never sell your email address or spam you! Namaste.

[close] This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underreported issues of our era. All you need is an enquiring mind and a desire to gain or share “underground knowledge”. This is also a place to discuss the controversial topics explored in The Underground Knowledge Series (non-fiction books) by James Morcan & Lance Morcan as well as the Underground Knowledge podcast show.

[close] A place to discuss all the unique aspects of Deaf culture as highlighted in the thriller Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes) by Lance & James Morcan. This group can also be an intersection of sorts where Deaf and hearing people can engage and learn from each other.

[close] Join the weekly meet by registering at https://forms.gle/pu8RjTEYXtHApF9Z8 Welcome to Kasmira the most beautiful place on earth and its 5500 year old people and their culture From 2500 BC up to early fourteenth century Kashmir is acknowledged to have been the Lighthouse of Asia with China, Korea, Japan, India, Tibet, Nepal, Indonesia, Cambodia, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan drawing their inspiration from it. With Central Asia emerging as the epicenter of the New Great Game an appreciation of this civilization is critical in terms of what answers its emphasis on Knowledge, Consciousness, Non Violence, Meritocracy and living a full life across all thirteen dimensions of human existence has to offer contemporary issues. The nova of Kashmir is not limited to Central Asia but extends globally. Today we see it in the Forty Four million Americans who follow Patanjali the father of Yoga; in Panini the formulator of Sanskrit Grammar which made Kashmir the crest jewel of the Indic civilization; in aesthetics the pioneer of which was the peerless AbhinavaguptapAdA; in its scholars which Kashmir sent more to China, Greece, Java than the rest of India combined. This group will especially focus on those creative activities which are by the dharmic civilization, of the dharmic civilization and for the dharmic civilization.