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Preventing Armageddon in the 21st Century
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Political Therapy - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2024
Some conflicts – whether between spouses, labor and management, or nations – seem to escalate out of control. They follow a malignant course toward outcomes that nobody wants. People who are caught up in such conflict usually find ample justification for blaming the other party.
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The Spiraling Absurdity of Germany’s Pro-Israel Fanaticism
Michael Sappir | +972 Magazine - TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Mar 2024
21 Mar 2024 – As repression of Palestine solidarity penetrates every sector of life, the state’s liberal self-image is fast becoming a tragic story Germans can only tell themselves.
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Buddhism and Its Vedic Connections
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Mar 2024
Many people may know about Buddhism, but few seem to understand its connections with Vedic Culture and how many aspects of it have origins in the Vedic philosophy. It was several hundred years before the time of Lord Buddha that his birth was predicted in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, a major Vedic scripture.
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Seeing the Divinity in Everyone
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Mar 2024
In essence, we are all consciousness in material forms. Consciousness cannot be destroyed. It is the essence of God in each of us. We are all spiritual beings, reflections of the Divine. We are not our beliefs, our cultures, or our minds and bodies. We are all divine souls on a wondrous journey through Truth. We have all manifested from God, the Supreme Truth, and we are all evolving back to God.
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Can Vedic Dharma Bring Peace to the World?
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Feb 2024
The spiritual principles in the Vedic tradition teaches us to embrace all human beings and all living entities of all species. It sets aside false pride, and the sense of superiority. This is our spiritual quality as the outcome of a noble life that knows no distinction of rich and poor, or the high and low. This is our ideal culture.
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Nuclear Industry Takes Control of NASA
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Feb 2024
30 Jan 2024 – There has long been an attempt by the nuclear industry to move into space due to the profits of linking atomic age with space race. The Pentagon has developed nuclear devices to power military satellites and accidents happened. Then NASA put deadly plutonium-238 on interplanetary space missions.
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The Barbaric Conduct of the Israeli State Must Be Stopped
Richard Falk, Chandra Muzaffar, Joseph Camilleri | SHAPE – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jan 2024
14 Jan 2024 – The genocidal violence unleashed by Israel in Occupied Palestine has produced unspeakable tragedy and suffering for the Palestinian people. Such barbaric behaviour places the State of Israel outside the bounds of a civilized world. Israel has become a pariah state and must be treated as such by the international community.
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The Myth of Israel’s ‘Democracy’
Ilan Pappé | The Chris Hedges Report – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jan 2024
5 Jan 2024 – Israeli historian Ilan Pappé on Israel’s end game in Gaza and the future of the Israeli apartheid state.
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Iran Threatens to Shut Strait of Gibraltar as Tensions Ramp Up
Jörg Luyken | The Telegraph - TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Dec 2023
23 Dec 2023 – Iran has threatened to close the Strait of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean Sea unless Israel stops bombing Gaza. Tehran issues warning on the day tanker is struck by drone in Arabian Sea.
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World Peace Is a Possibility
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Dec 2023
Being on Earth is like being on a plane. We are all transients sharing a temporary flight. We may not have the best seats but will be landing somewhere else, so why quarrel? Those who have the best seats–fancy houses, wealth, prestige–will also have to give them up when the flight is over, at death.
→ read full articleSpiritual Enlightenment: What It Is
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Nov 2023
There are many explanations of what is enlightenment; many are unclear or misleading. I offer something that is more apparent and direct. Enlightenment is a goal of yoga and meditation, and we should know something of what we are trying to attain.
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Why Israel Wants to Erase Context and History in the War on Gaza
Ilan Pappé | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Nov 2023
5 Nov 2023 – The dehistoricisation of what is happening helps Israel pursue genocidal policies in Gaza.
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Israel Deports Thousands of Palestinian Workers Back to Gaza’s War Zone
The Associated Press AP - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Nov 2023
3 Nov 2023 – Israel today deported as many as 10,000 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip back to the besieged territory. “They had valid permits to be in Israel and work there,” said Miriam Marmur, public advocacy director at Gisha.
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Karma of the Nation
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Oct 2023
We must remember that karma is actually a law of physics. Newton’s third law of motion states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. On the universal scale it is also a natural law, only it is called the law of karma. Individuals acquire karma as a result of their good or bad activities.
→ read full articleStruggles for a Just Multipolar World: Obstacles and Opportunities
Prof. Joseph A. Camilleri | SHAPE - TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Oct 2023
Richard Falk, Chandra Muzaffar and I, in an attempt to constructively react to a changing international landscape, invite you to a conversation with four leading thinkers from China, Iran, Russia and the United States on Sunday, 29 Oct 2023. Please see flyer enclosed for full details.
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US Military to Move a Carrier Strike Group in Support of Israel
Tara Copp | AP - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Oct 2023
8 Oct 2023 – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said today the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group will sail to the Eastern Mediterranean to assist Israel. The Navy’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, its 5,000 sailors, deck of warplanes, cruisers and destroyers represent a show of force ready to respond to anything.
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Wish You the Best (Music Video of the Week)
Lewis Capaldi – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Sep 2023
Lyrics Below – Please click on Watch on YouTube and enjoy the video.
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Judge Rules 9/11 Defendant Unfit for Trial after CIA Torture Made Him Psychotic
AP | The Guardian - TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Sep 2023
22 Sep 2023 – A military judge at Guantánamo Bay has ruled a 9/11 defendant incompetent to stand trial after a military medical panel found that the man’s sustained abuse in CIA custody years earlier had rendered him lastingly psychotic.
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Japan Releases Nuclear Wastewater into the Pacific. How Worried Should We Be?
Lesley M.M. Blume | National Geographic - TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Aug 2023
24 Aug 2023 – The plan to gradually discharge more than a million tons of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has started–deeply dividing nations and scientists.
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The Purpose of Defending Dharma
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Aug 2023
It is to our advantage to work for the benefit of others and provide the means for them to learn and participate in the Vedic traditions. This is Dharma, our Dharma, and Dharma will protect those who help protect it. That is one reason that it is sanatana, or that which exists eternally.
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How People Are Fighting the World’s Reliance on the War Economy
April M. Short | Independent Media Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Aug 2023
17 Aug 2023 – Many people are already investing themselves in the local peace economy as they divest from the economy of war.
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Who Is the Real Threat in the Pacific
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Aug 2023
Take a look.
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Economics According to the Dharmic Way
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jul 2023
This is a simple explanation of how we should view economics according to the principles of Vedic Dharma.
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Latin America again Refuses to Fall in Line with the Collective West
Nick Corbishley | Naked Capital - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jul 2023
21 Jul 2023 – Another attempt by the Collective West to isolate Russia from the rest of the world — or the “Jungle,” as the EU’s chief “diplomat” Josep Borrell calls it — fails spectacularly.
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NATO Fails to Reduce Nuclear Risks at Vilnius Summit
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Nobel Peace Laureate - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jul 2023
12 Jul 2023 – The leaders of NATO countries, meeting in Vilnius at a time of unprecedented nuclear risk, took no action to reduce nuclear dangers and, on the contrary, issued a communique continuing to support the use of nuclear weapons. The alliance pointed to the risks posed by Russia’s nuclear weapons while hailing its own nuclear deterrent and nuclear sharing arrangements. It also criticised the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
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Science Activism Is Surging – Which Marks a Culture Shift among Scientists
Scott Frickel and Fernando Tormos-Aponte | The Conversation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jul 2023
6 Jul 2023 – India: Hundreds of scientists protested government restriction of access to Western science theories, including Darwin’s. Mexico: Scientists participated in a research strike to protest a law that would threaten basic research. Norway: Three scientists were arrested for protesting the nation’s slow-moving climate policy.
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IAEA Endorses Japan’s Release of Treated Water from Fukushima Plant
Eric Johnston | The Japan Times – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jul 2023
4 Jul 2023 – The International Atomic Energy Agency gave an essential endorsement today of a controversial plan by Japan to release treated water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the Pacific, paving the way for it to be released this summer.
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Conditions for Guantanamo Detainees Are Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading, UN Investigator Says
Edith M. Lederer | AP - TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jul 2023
26 Jun 2023 – The first U.N. independent investigator to visit the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay said today the 30 men held there are subject “to ongoing cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment under international law.”
→ read full articleThe Prison of Religion and the Freedom in Vedic Culture
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Jul 2023
The reason I call it “The Prison of Religion” is that religion, when used improperly or without the real essence of spiritual truth, can also be a way of confining and restricting people of their understanding of the universe and themselves.
→ read full articleAsia-Pacific NATO: Fanning the Flames of War (SHAPE Webinar)
Richard Falk, Joseph Camilleri and Chandra Muzaffar | SHAPE - TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Jul 2023
“I encourage attendance at this webinar on July 4 or 5, depending on time zone, devoted to encroachment of NATO on Asia-Pacific security, with excellent speakers.”
— Richard Falk
AUKUS: Part of a Multi-Pronged Strategy to Preserve US Regional Dominance
Dr. Joseph Camilleri | SHAPE - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jun 2023
23 Jun 2023 – SHAPE is hosting a major international webinar, ‘An Asia-Pacific NATO–Fanning the Flames of War’ on 4-5 Jul 2023 with Richard Falk, Chandra Muzaffar, Jeffrey Sachs, and other expert speakers.
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The Del Monte Deaths: Shocking Claims of Violence at Pineapple Plantation
Edwin Okoth, Matthew Chapman and Emily Dugan | The Bureau of Investigative Journalism – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jun 2023
21 Jun 2023 – Security guards working for the multinational food company Del Monte in Kenya have been accused of killing and brutally assaulting local villagers suspected of trespassing on its farm.
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Importance of Bhagavad-gita in This Day and Age
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jun 2023
Most everyone hears about the Bhagavad-gita, but do they know how profound is the knowledge it provides? It is the core of the deepest levels of spiritual understanding. It is also a handbook for life, like when you purchase a refrigerator, television or computer you get a manual that teaches you how to use it properly.
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Seeing Spiritual India
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 May 2023
India, like other places in the world that have unusual mystical traditions, can be both physically and mentally demanding. India is an exotic, beautiful, and wondrous country, depending on what aspects you see. Living and traveling there can be pleasant and exciting, but it is also likely to provide you with many trying situations. (Photos)
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Scientists Say They’ve Finally Solved Stephen Hawking’s Black Hole Paradox
Jackie Appel | Popular Mechanics - TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 May 2023
5 May 2023 – The paradox states that information can neither be emitted from a black hole or preserved inside forever. But the laws of quantum physics dictate that information cannot be destroyed.
→ read full articleNatural Disasters: Where is God in All of This?
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 May 2023
A short article that helps show how we can recognize God in situations that may seem to force us to reassess ourselves and our life, and in the cooperation and renewed spirituality that it may take to overcome disasters and tragedies.
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The Nord Stream Pipeline Explosions: Cold War vs. “Common Sense” Perspectives
Stephen Ingle | MAPA - TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 May 2023
14 Apr 2023 – “Common sense” dictates that we work with the rest of the world to address climate catastrophe and the hair-trigger threat of nuclear annihilation. We’re in this together. As citizens of empire and advocates for peace, we have a unique opportunity to make a difference.
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The IMF Has Just Unveiled a New Global Currency Known as the “Universal Monetary Unit” That Is Supposed to Revolutionize the World Economy
Michael Snyder | The Economic Collapse - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Apr 2023
13 Apr 2023 – A new global currency just launched, but 99 percent of the global population has no idea. The “Universal Monetary Unit”, also known as “Unicoin”, is an “international central bank digital currency” that has been designed to work in conjunction with all existing national currencies.
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The Fear of AI Is Overblown—and Here’s Why
Bappa Sinha | Globetrotter – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Apr 2023
7 Apr 2023 – The unprecedented popularity of ChatGPT has turbocharged the AI hype machine. We are being bombarded daily by news articles announcing humankind’s greatest invention—Artificial Intelligence (AI).
→ read full articleGods and Goddesses of Vedic Culture
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Mar 2023
One of the most confusing topics to people who are new or unfamiliar with the Vedic tradition is the number of Gods there seems to be within it. This is not really so difficult to understand. So here is a quick guide with brief descriptions that may help to bring some clarity to how they fit into the scheme of things.
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Belarus Court Sentences Nobel Peace Laureate Ales Bialiatski to 10 Years
Yuras Karmanau | AP/The Philadelphia Enquirer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Mar 2023
3 Mar 2023 – Belarus authorities arrested Bialiatski and two of his associates after massive protests over a 2020 election that gave authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko a new term in office.
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Putin Suspends START Nuclear Pact with USA
AP News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Feb 2023
22 Feb 2023 – Vladimir Putin suspended Moscow’s participation in the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the US, announcing the move yesterday in a bitter speech in which he made clear he would not change his strategy in the war in Ukraine.
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Ukraine, Rethinking Global Security—Webinar
Richard Falk, Chandra Muzaffar, et al. | SHAPE – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Feb 2023
Our second webinar on 23 Feb 2023 draws lessons from the Ukraine war and sets new pathways to global security. An initiative to address the multiple crises that brought us to the brink of the precipice. Doomsday Clock: 90 seconds to midnight.
→ read full articleHow to Understand God
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Feb 2023
Sometimes people say that they want to see God, or that God is not perceivable. This is confirmed in the Vedic Scriptures, but with additional points of instruction on how we can perceive Him/Her/It. This is the means by which we can reach the stage of understanding the Supreme Being.
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US House Republicans Vote to Remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee
Lexie Schapitl | NPR - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Feb 2023
2 Feb 2023 – House Republicans have voted to remove Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee, citing past controversial comments she made about Israel and concerns over her objectivity.
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What the Rioters in Brazil Learned from North Americans
Anne Applebaum | The Atlantic – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
9 Jan 2023 – Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters showed that antidemocratic revolutions can be contagious too.
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Pelé (23 Oct 1940 – 29 Dec 2022), Brazil’s Mighty King of ‘Beautiful Game,’ Has Died
Tales Azzoni and Mauricio Savarese | AP News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
29 Dec 2022 – Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died today. He was 82. The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. RIP
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Ludwig van Beethoven (17 Dec 1770 – 26 Mar 1827)
Biography – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Dec 2022
Beethoven was a German composer and the predominant musical figure between the Classical and Romantic periods. His personal life was marked by a struggle against deafness, and some of his most important works were composed during the last 10 years of his life, when he was unable to hear.
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Sanctions: Another Form of War on Designated Enemies
Kathleen Malley-Morrison | MAPA – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Nov 2022
18 Nov 2022 – Both the UN and illegal US sanctions have had disastrous effects on millions of people, effects that violate both the UN charter and the UDHR. Research in 69 countries showed that sanctions lowered infant weight and increased the likelihood of death before age three.
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Confucius (c. 551 BC – 21 Nov 479 BC)
Biography – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2022
Confucius was an influential Chinese philosopher, teacher and political figure known for his popular aphorisms and for his models of social interaction. Confucianism is not an organized religion, but it does provide rules for thinking and living that focus on love for humanity, worship of ancestors, respect for elders, self-discipline and conformity to rituals. Confucius lived during a time of ideological crisis in China.
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Bruce Lee (27 Nov 1940 – 20 Jul 1973)
Biography – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2022
Bruce Lee was a revered martial artist, actor and filmmaker known for movies like ‘Fists of Fury’ and ‘Enter the Dragon,’ and the technique Jeet Kune Do.
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Influence of Vedic Culture around the World
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2022
The Vedas, especially the Bhagavad-gita, are not new to the Western world. There have been seekers, writers, poets, philosophers, and people of all levels who have appreciated the depth, inspiration, and insight of Vedic thought. Scholars outside India who have great respect for the Vedic Culture.
→ read full articleThe Avataras of God
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2022
As we browse through the internet and the media we see the word avatara increasingly used in a number of ways–but often in ways that have nothing to do with its real meaning. Or we also find an increasing number of persons referring to themselves as avataras of God.
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Big Tech: Not Only Market but Also Knowledge and Information Gatekeepers
Cecilia Rikap | Institute for New Economic Thinking - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2022
How do we regulate an information utility?
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Harold Pinter (10 Oct 1930 – 24 Dec 2008)
Biography – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2022
Born in London, Harold Pinter is a renowned playwright and screenwriter. His plays are particularly famous for their use of understatement to convey characters’ thoughts and feelings. In 2005, Pinter was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Hannah Arendt (14 Oct 1906 – 4 Dec 1975)
Encyclopedia of World Biography – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Oct 2022
A Jewish girl forced to flee Germany during World War II (1939–45), Hannah Arendt analyzed major issues of the twentieth century and produced an original and radical political philosophy.
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John Lennon (9 Oct 1940 – 8 Dec 1980)
Biography – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2022
John Lennon was born in Liverpool, England. John met Paul McCartney in 1957 and invited him to join his music group. They eventually formed the most successful songwriting partnership in musical history. Lennon left the Beatles in 1969. On December 8, 1980, he was killed by a crazed fan named Mark David Chapman.
→ read full articleHare Krishna, Hare Krishna–What’s So Special about Chanting Hare Krishna?
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2022
We’ve all heard the Hare Krishna mantra at some time, but what the heck is so special about this mantra? Why are we supposed to spend time chanting it? What can it do for us? First of all, let me explain a little about mantra-yoga.
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Conflicts with Asteroid Mining
The Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space - TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Sep 2022
30 Aug 2022 – Questions abound about unregulated space mining. Before humans rush off into the heavens in a quest to extract wealth, that the institutions on Earth be enabled and prepared to monitor and regulate the process.
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Why Is There Suffering?
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Aug 2022
It is natural that at some point in our lives we ask, “Why is there suffering?” Or “Why am I not happy?” “Why can’t we simply go on with life and not undergo so many trials and tribulations? Why can’t God make a universe or world where there is no suffering?” Well, He already has, but we are simply in the wrong one.
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Blue Helmets Shoot and Kill Civilians in Congo: Nobody Talks about the Failure of the UN
Cecilia Capanna | Pressenza - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Aug 2022
18 Aug 2022 – There are some facts happening in the world that are extremely serious, but very few media talk about them. Few weeks ago, for example, shocking news from the Democratic Republic of Congo has passed silently.
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Western ‘Naturalism’ Disrespects Nonhuman Animals and the Entire Natural World
Baptise Morizot | Independent Media Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Aug 2022
15 Aug 2022 – The self-destructive delusion that we are the only species that has a right to life on Earth has led to the ecological crisis.
→ read full articleThe Spiritual Import of the Cow in Vedic Culture
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Aug 2022
The term “sacred cow” has come to mean any stubborn loyalty to a long-standing institution which impedes natural progress. The term originates in India, where the cow is said to be literally worshiped, while thousands of humans suffer from undernourishment. The common, popular view of India in the West has been of an underdeveloped nation steeped in superstition.
→ read full articleGod Is Both Personal (Bhagavan) and Impersonal (Brahman)
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Aug 2022
When it comes to understanding God, many people do not quite understand Who/What He is. Often we find a pervasive view that He is impersonal, like an indescribable force, or that everything is God, we are all God, God is love, the Absolute Truth, and so on. However, we need to understand that these are simply small aspects of what is God.
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Nelson Mandela (18 Jul 1918 – 5 Dec 2013)
Biography – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Jul 2022
Nelson Mandela became the first black president of South Africa in 1994, serving until 1999. A symbol of global peacemaking, he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
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Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Assassinated
Takashi Yokota, Kanako Takahara and Tomoko Otake | The Japan Times – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jul 2022
8 Jul 2022 – Nation grapples with news of Japan’s longest-serving leader gunned down by former MSDF member.
→ read full articleThe Avataras of God
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jul 2022
The word avatara is being increasingly used but often in ways that have nothing to do with its real meaning. We also find that an increasing number of people are referring themselves as avataras of God. Let us really understand what the word means and how it is referred in relation to its real purpose, or how to discern who is really an avatara.
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Nikola Tesla (10 Jul 1856 – 7 Jan 1943)
Biography and Michel Chossudovsky – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jul 2022
Very few people know who Nikola Tesla is. They have heard of the Tesla electric car, but generally the broader public is unfamiliar with the Serbian scientist and his path-breaking inventions in electricity and wireless technology. Many of his inventions were stolen by US corporations. Wireless technology was in large part based on Tesla inventions. He contributed to the development of the alternating-current electrical system that’s widely used today and discovered the rotating magnetic field (the basis of most AC machinery).
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Franz Kafka (3 Jul 1883 – 3 Jun 1924)
Biography – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Jun 2022
Born in Prague, capital of what is now the Czech Republic, writer Franz Kafka grew up in an upper middle-class Jewish family. After studying law at the University of Prague, he worked in insurance and wrote in the evenings. In 1923, he moved to Berlin to focus on writing, but died of tuberculosis shortly after. His friend Max Brod published most of his work posthumously, such as Amerika and The Castle.
→ read full articleUniversal Brotherhood Includes Animals: Another Reason to Be Vegetarian
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Jun 2022
If we expect to attain peace in the world, kindness must extend to all living beings. Otherwise, the violence we perform will manifest in other areas of our lives and in society. Includes quotes from various religious texts and Christian authorities.
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Alan Turing (23 Jun 1912 – 7 Jun 1954)
Biography – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Jun 2022
Alan Mathison Turing was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, educator, philosopher, and theoretical biologist. The famed code-breaking war hero, now considered the father of computer science and artificial intelligence, was criminally convicted to chemical castration and harshly treated under the U.K.’s homophobic laws. He committed suicide.
→ read full articleHindus, Dharmists, Devotees and Politics
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Jun 2022
Many Krishna Devotees, Dharmists and Hindus in general will say they are not interested in politics or getting involved with it or even in voting. It is a distraction from their normal activities or spiritual pursuits. Or they feel all politicians are crooked or corrupt anyway, so what makes the difference between one or the other.
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Walt Whitman (31 May 1819 – 26 Mar 1892)
Biography – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 May 2022
Walt Whitman was an American poet whose verse collection ‘Leaves of Grass’ is a landmark in the history of American literature. Fascinated by this newcomer to the poetry scene, Emerson dispatched writers Henry David Thoreau and Bronson Alcott to Brooklyn to meet Whitman.
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Angela Davis, John Pilger, Roger Waters Rave about Just-Released ‘Our Vision for Liberation’
Ilan Pappé & Ramzy Baroud | Politics for the People - TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 May 2022
18 May 2022 – In commemoration of the 74th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, Professor Ilan Pappe and Dr. Ramzy Baroud announce the release of their latest book, ‘Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders & Intellectuals Speak Out.’
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Tears in Heaven (Music Video of the Week)
Eric Clapton - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 May 2022
Tears in Heaven is a ballad written by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings about the pain Clapton felt following the death of his four-year-old son, Conor, who fell from a window of the 53rd-floor New York apartment of his mother’s friend, on March 20, 1991. Clapton, who arrived at the apartment shortly after the accident, was visibly distraught for months afterwards.
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Malcolm X (19 May 1925 – 21 Feb 1965)
Biography – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 May 2022
Civil Rights Activist, Minister – African-American leader and prominent figure in the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X articulated concepts of race pride and black nationalism in the 1950s and ’60s.
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The Purpose of Life
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Apr 2022
So now that we find ourselves in this human form, and in this material world, what are we really supposed to do with it? Everybody at some point in their life wonders why God created this world and how they got here, and what they are meant to do.
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Resisting Militarism: Mission Impossible?
Sean Howard | Cape Breton Spectator – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Apr 2022
30 Mar 2022 – “I don’t think the country should be militarized… but we live in the moment when the Army matters.” — Ukrainian peace activist Nataliya Gumenyuk. But denying millions the right to conscientiously object or leave the country is criminal. Overall problem: war. Pseudorealities lead to war. All lines lead to the war. It may be a mission impossible, but can pacifism help lead us back?
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Vincent van Gogh (30 Mar 1853 – 29 Jul 1890)
Biography – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Mar 2022
“As for me, I am rather often uneasy in my mind, because I think that my life has not been calm enough; all those bitter disappointments, adversities, changes keep me from developing fully and naturally in my artistic career.” —Vincent van Gogh
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Jane Goodall (Born 3 Apr 1934)
Biography – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Mar 2022
Animal Rights Activist, Scientist – Jane Goodall is known for her years of living among chimpanzees in Tanzania to create one of the most trailblazing studies of primates in modern times.
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Sanatana-Dharma: Its Real Meaning
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Mar 2022
Dharma consists of both the force that sustains as well as what is sustained. It can also be said that there is the path of dharma as well as its conclusion, the object of dharma, or what we are seeking, the goal of life. So dharma is the means as well as the goal. Dharma is also said to be the force which maintains the universe.
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California Dreamin’ (Music Video of the Week)
The Mamas & The Papas – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Mar 2022
California Dreamin’s best-known version is by The Mamas and the Papas, who released it as a single in 1965. The song is No. 89 in Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It express the narrator’s longing for the warmth of Los Angeles during a cold winter in New York City.
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Albert Einstein (14 Mar 1879 – 18 Apr 1955)
Biography – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Mar 2022
Born in Germany in 1879, Albert Einstein developed the special and general theories of relativity. In 1921 he won the Nobel Prize for Physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect. Einstein is generally considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century. He died on April 18, 1955, in Princeton, New Jersey.
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Navigating our Humanity: Ilan Pappé on the Four Lessons from Ukraine
Ilan Pappé | The Palestine Chronicle - TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Mar 2022
4 Mar 2022 – The USA Today reported that a photo that went viral about a high-rise in the Ukraine being hit by Russian bombing turned out to be a high-rise from the Gaza Strip, demolished by the Israeli Air Force in May 2021. Legitimizing internationally the invasion of sovereign countries and licensing the continued colonization and oppression of others, such as Palestine and its people, will lead to more tragedies, such as the Ukrainian one, in the future.
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Michelangelo (6 Mar 1475 – 18 Feb 1564)
Biography – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Feb 2022
In his youth, Michelangelo Buonarroti had taunted a fellow student, and received a blow on the nose that disfigured him for life. Over the years, he suffered increasing infirmities from the rigors of his work; in one of his poems, he documented the tremendous physical strain that he endured by painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Political strife in his beloved Florence also gnawed at him, but his most notable enmity was with fellow Florentine artist Leonardo da Vinci, who was more than 20 years his senior.
→ read full articleGod’s Eternal Spiritual Abode–Our Ultimate Goal
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Feb 2022
The Vedic texts describe that there are innumerable spiritual planets in the spiritual sky beyond this material creation, each having one of the unlimited forms of the Lord with countless devotees engaging in His service.
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How We Can See God
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Feb 2022
If we expect to see God with our material senses, we must consider their limitations. We often need glasses to see clearly, and also enough light. We will never experience the spiritual with these dull material senses. When researching atoms, neutrons, protons, etc., scientists actually don’t see every molecule they ‘find.’ Sometimes they only see the evidence that such particles exist. It is in the realm of ‘consciousness.’ The Higgs boson is a case in point.
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George Harrison (25 Feb 1943 – 29 Nov 2001)
Biography Online - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Feb 2022
George Harrison was a British guitarist, singer, songwriter and film producer. As a member of the Beatles, he achieved international fame and renown. In addition to music, Harrison was interested i n Hindu spirituality. After meeting A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, of which he became an active participant, Harrison turned his devotion to Lord Krishna and became a devotee of the Hare Krishna Movement in 1969.
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Reincarnation: A Simple Explanation
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jan 2022
Reincarnation is called samsara in the classic Vedic texts of India. The word samsara is Sanskrit and means being bound to the cycle of repeated birth and death through numerous lifetimes. How this works…
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Evangelicals in Brazil Are Stronger Today Than Ever Before
Raphael Tsavkko Garcia | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jan 2022
7 Jan 2022 – The appointment of André Mendonça to the Supreme Federal Court was a turning point for the evangelical movement in Brazil.
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Maha Kumbha Mela 2001: The Greatest Spiritual Festival and Gathering of People in the History of the World
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jan 2022
Every six years, the Kumbha Mela festival is the largest gathering of people, mostly Hindus, in the history of the world; what to speak of it being a religious festival. Over the course of its 41 days, it is calculated that as many as 70 million people of all kinds attend the Kumbha Mela. However, 2001 saw an amazing increase.
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441,449 Low Earth Orbit Satellites – Operating, Approved and Proposed
Arthur Firstenberg | International Appeal to Stop 5G on Earth and in Space – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jan 2022
5 Jan 2022 – While the attention of a terrified world has been riveted on a virus, the assault on the heavens has reached astronomical proportions. During the past two years, a flood of new projects has brought the number of operating, approved, and proposed satellites to at least 441,449. The satellite projects include the ones listed below.
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Martin Luther King Jr. (15 Jan 1929 – 4 Apr 1968)
Biography – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jan 2022
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Baptist minister and social activist who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968.
→ read full articleFinding Our Real Spiritual Identity
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Jan 2022
The author presents some of the most important spiritual information in Vedic philosophy so that everyone can understand their real spiritual nature. Out of all the philosophical understanding that the Vedic texts provide, this is one of the most important of all.
→ read full articleHow to Spiritualize Your Busy Life–and Why
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Dec 2021
How to spiritualize our lives is easier to explain than why, especially when we are so busy. Where are we going to get the time and how is that going to help? This is a common excuse that many people use to justify why they have no time for spiritual practice. However, there are points we need to consider.
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There’s Only One Essential Role Humans Have on Earth—A Humbler Perspective Could Save the World
Captain Paul Watson | Independent Media Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Dec 2021
While the world’s oceans, nonhuman animals, and plants play starring roles in sustaining our ecosystem, why are we so bent on sabotaging it?
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Pfizer Smoking-Gun Secret Document: Their Deadly COVID Vaccine
Jon Rappoport – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Dec 2021
7 Dec 2021 – Awakening from the Trance: Court-ordered Documents Pfizer Tried to Have Sealed for 55 Years
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Ludwig van Beethoven (17 Dec 1770 – 26 Mar 1827)
Biography – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Dec 2021
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras. He was an innovator, widening the scope of sonata, symphony, concerto and quartet, and combining vocals and instruments in a new way. His personal life was marked by a struggle against deafness, and some of his most important works were composed during the last 10 years of his life, when he was quite unable to hear.
→ read full articleFinding Our Real Spiritual Identity
Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Dec 2021
Among all the philosophical understanding that the Vedic texts provide, this is one of the most important. An essential part of understanding spiritual knowledge is that we realize our spiritual identity. The suggestion that we detach from the world or from our bodies to see beyond the influence of the illusory energy, makes no sense until we realize that we are spiritual beings in a temporary material form.
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Crisis in Slovenia? Whistleblower Nurse Says Politicians Receive Saline Instead of mRNA Jab
Daily Telegraph, New Zealand - TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Nov 2021
24 Nov 2021 – In a video on Facebook, deleted by YouTube, the head nurse of the University Medical Center in Ljubljana, which takes care of receiving and managing the jab bottles for politicians, resigned and gave a press conference on the scandal.
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