The Ecology of Thought

Interview with Ramanatha, a Monk of the Vedic Tradition

• 22.07.2026 • 8 min. reading • 15 просм.

• 22.07.2026 • 8 min. reading • 15 просм.

An interview about spiritual practices and service to God. Spiritual endeavor and the monastic path as the only direct path to union with God. How I Became a Monk Please tell us how you became a monk. Is it easy to be one in our time? Are there any difficulties, and how do they manifest themselves? Frankly speaking, in my youth I wanted to become a successful person. A believer in God. When I was about 20, I met several monks who followed Hinduism, and later several who followed Buddhism. They were Ukrainians and Russians. Slavs just like me. During those periods, an inner transformation took place within me. It was as tho

A Google DeepMind researcher has proven that artificial intelligence will never become conscious

• 22.07.2026 • 3 min. reading • 12 просм.

• 22.07.2026 • 3 min. reading • 12 просм.

Google DeepMind lead researcher Alexander Lerchner reached an unequivocal conclusion in his recent scientific paper: artificial intelligence, like any other computer system, will never be able to become conscious. This statement is particularly telling against the backdrop of technology industry leaders actively promoting the idea that artificial general intelligence (general-purpose AI), which could supposedly rival human consciousness, will soon emerge. Recently, large language models have demonstrated such impressive results that the question of whether they might develop some form of consciousness has increasingly aris

Interview with Mahant Swamini Satya Tejasi Giri

• 21.07.2026 • 8 min. reading • 13 просм.

• 21.07.2026 • 8 min. reading • 13 просм.

2012 Interview Mahant Swamini Satya Tejasi Giri has been a member of the sangha since 1997 and a monastic since 1998. She is a member of the Monastic Council, head of the Aruppadai movement of volunteer servants of the Universal Forces of Enlightenment of the Laya Yoga World Community, and chair of the Organizing Committee for Advaita Vedanta Congresses and Forums. The Beginning of the Path V.R.: Please tell us how your spiritual quest began. Satya Tejasi: I think people who choose the monastic path have already had the experience of spiritual seeking in the past. Therefore, it did not begin for me in this lifetime. Our li

Interview with Swami Vishnudevananda Giri Maharaj

• 21.07.2026 • 10 min. reading • 13 просм.

• 21.07.2026 • 10 min. reading • 13 просм.

Question: Is there a recipe for happiness? Swami Vishnudevananda Giri: Vedic Dharma teaches us to seek happiness within. We cannot find our happiness outside because the very source of happiness lies hidden in our consciousness. When we experience fleeting happiness, for example, from wealth, do we not feel it within ourselves? Where do we feel the joy of possessing wealth? We feel it within ourselves, somewhere around the abdomen or the center of the chest, as a sense of spaciousness, power, stability, and new possibilities. How do we experience the joy arising from attachment to a loved one? It is a certain bliss in our

What is the Ecology of Thought section of the World Community of Sanatana Dharma website about?

• 06.03.2026 • 3 min. reading • 19 просм.

• 06.03.2026 • 3 min. reading • 19 просм.

Ecology of Thinking — a section of the World Community of Sanatana Dharma website — is a Vedic-oriented platform dedicated to the culture and ecology of thinking for people of the third millennium, spiritual development, searching, ancient Vedic culture, the power of thought and cultivation of the mind, and various interesting current news for seekers. The goals of this section: The formation of a new way of thinking and worldview, transmission of Vedic meanings and values, the new culture of spiritual people of the third millennium, and research on topics of the sociology of the future and the system of spiritual and othe

Sayings and thoughts

• 06.03.2026 • 4 min. reading • 17 просм.

• 06.03.2026 • 4 min. reading • 17 просм.

Only his thoughts, not external circumstances, make a person miserable or happy. By managing his thoughts, he manages his happiness Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Every thought of ours is the foundation on which we build the evil or good fate of our own life Milford Prentice Fear-based thoughts are always destructive. They always attract bad circumstances into our lives. Preparing "for the worst" will attract this "worst" into life. One must be vigilant about one's thoughts. It is a conscious work: to cut off bad thoughts on the fly! Randy Gage Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material goods, all

Swami Vishnudevananda Giri on spiritual knowledge

• 06.03.2026 • 24 min. reading • 21 просм.

• 06.03.2026 • 24 min. reading • 21 просм.

Interview with Advaita Vedanta Master Swami Vishnudevananda Giri Ji Maharaj about spiritual knowledge, happiness, and the meaning of life. Part one. (January 2014) Swami Vishnudevananda Giri Maharaj is a Mahamandaleshwar of the Juna Akhara Order. He is a spiritual teacher and a realized jnani-master in the lineage of Advaita Vedanta, Shaivism, and Anuttara Tantra. ✦ Philosopher, theologian, writer, and pilgrim-traveler. ✦ He has been preaching Sanatana Dharma, the path of practical Vedanta, and the teachings of Anuttara Tantra for over 25 years. ✦ He has more than 5,000 followers, including monastic disciples and laypeople

Swami Vishnudevananda Giri on happiness and the meaning of life

• 06.03.2026 • 10 min. reading • 39 просм.

• 06.03.2026 • 10 min. reading • 39 просм.

Interview with Advaita Vedanta Master Swami Vishnudevananda Giri Ji Maharaj on happiness and the meaning of life. Part Two (February 2014) Swami Vishnudevananda Giri Maharaj - Mahamandaleshwar of the Juna Akhara Order. Spiritual teacher, realized master-jnani in the lineage of Advaita Vedanta, Shaivism, and Anuttara Tantra. ✦ Philosopher, theologian, writer, pilgrim-traveler. ✦ Has been preaching Sanatana Dharma, the path of practical Vedanta, and the teachings of Anuttara Tantra for over 25 years. ✦ Has more than 5,000 followers, including monastic and lay disciples worldwide. ✦ Ranked among the top three most influential