Krishna’s Lila: Stories from the life of Sri Krishna-I
The Avatāras are the manifested Forms of Īshvara in historical contexts. They are the physical forms that Īshvara takes in full vision of humanity. Among the innumerable Avatāras, Krishna Avatāra is considered the most important incarnation of Bhagavān Vishnu. In fact, some people hold that Krishna is the real form of Vishnu, and all other incarnations More...
Hindu View of Menstruation- VI: Menstruation Restrictions and Attitudes
[contextly_sidebar id=”8b0F9v71irDQ4RDQyeTZbvv5kZIGwu5t”] In the previous articles, we successively saw how Hinduism associates menstruation with Ashaucha, austerity, self-purification, rest, and sacred More...
In the Beginning- I: An analysis of ancient Vedic philosophy
In this paper, I examine briefly the real situation regarding the religio-philosophical frame of belief in Ancient India and particularly in the Vedic period. While undoubtedly the worship of many different, as More...
A new dating of Mahāvīra based on Mālava era
[contextly_sidebar id=”MNg7NBYGh0xSiUlkwaZ40o8dJFuGyweU”] In my previous article “A new dating of Buddha based on the evidence of Sumatitantra”, I presented my reasoning for the dating of Buddha More...
Demystifying Tantra-II: Subject Matter of the Tantras
[contextly_sidebar id=”qJSsWkFalJ8Rse5v5Elvj92PcvFc40XB”] In the previous article, we had examined the place of Tantra Śāstra in modern Hinduism, and presented the case that Tantra is an integral component More...
The Human Soul: A Dialogue Between East And West
This column developed from private correspondence between Lawrence David Moon and myself during the first quarter of 2016. He suggested that readers might enjoy seeing an actual dialogue between two representatives More...
Hindu View of Menstruation- V: Menstruation in Ayurveda
[contextly_sidebar id=”LJxtirgPTnAsKfaPocqbIypSsozofB0L”] In the previous articles, we successively saw how Hinduism associates menstruation with Ashaucha, austerity, self-purification, rest, and sacred More...
“Theory V” for Victory
Dharma, which is defined as “that which upholds the truth” cannot be fully viewed from the fragmented and fractured lens of Adharma – simply put as “that which does not uphold the truth”. More...
Honoring our Gurus: Learning from the life accounts of Rishis – VII
[contextly_sidebar id=”gWDsIP0furNpVBtGd0Uk32hcFi3UXXNp”] In the previous article, we looked into life accounts of Rishi Nārada. In this concluding part, let us look into life accounts of few more Rishis. Bhagavān More...
Sri Dakshinamurthy: Guru, Ishwara, and Atman
ईश्वरो गुरुरात्मेति मूर्तिभेदविभागिने । व्योमवद्व्याप्तदेहाय दक्षिणामूर्तये More...