Lessons from the Story of Lord Hanumana
Our mythology is replete with rich metaphors that contain valuable insights on how we can successfully negotiate the turbulent waters worldly existence. They need to be understood metaphorically as well. To understand them literally is to lose the message contained in them. The blindness of King Dhrithrashtra is not merely physical: he was blinded by More...
Did the Buddha Break Away from Hinduism?
This was published in Hindu Human Rights, on 10 August 2013, and in Sutra Journal, October, 2015. Orientalists have started treating Buddhism as a separate religion because they discovered it outside India, without More...
SamskrutAndhramulu – A Symphony Down the Ages
Samskrutandhramulu—the word is a Dwandwasamasam, a compound word formed by joining “Samskrutam” and “Andhram.” Andhram here represents the ‘Telugu’ language. The term Andhra Bhasha was and is often More...
Science and Vedanta – A Perspective
The Universe can be thought of consisting of essentially two things; the subject I and the object, the world. The subject cannot become an object and vice versa. I am a conscious entity and the world is an inert More...
Temples and the Indian State: Conclusion
Concluding the series on Hindu Temples, their conception, history, heritage and legacy authored by M.D. Srinivas. [contextly_sidebar id=”40paFbtExvYw0JMG6HCqq1gEA3Scuv8x”] Instead of endowing the temples, More...
Temples and the State in the Indian Tradition: Part 8
Continuing the series on Hindu Temples, their conception, history, heritage and legacy authored by M.D. Srinivas. [contextly_sidebar id=”IHcXfU188PLVJMbaB3u54J3ycjBGqGCr”] Strengthening the government More...
Temples and the State in the Indian Tradition: Part 7
Continuing the series on Hindu Temples, their conception, history, heritage and legacy authored by M.D. Srinivas. [contextly_sidebar id=”eDH4dsAcCf3ZEam857FCj9erXjVN2QPk”] TEMPLES IN INDEPENDENT INDIA: More...
Temples and the State in the Indian Tradition: Part 6
Continuing the series on Hindu Temples, their conception, history, heritage and legacy authored by M.D. Srinivas. [contextly_sidebar id=”KfdecjMXIj2UUvoQoNnNy3Serq57tv6Z”] Administering the temples More...
Temples and the State in the Indian Tradition: Part 5
Continuing the series on Hindu Temples, their conception, history, heritage and legacy authored by M.D. Srinivas. [contextly_sidebar id=”IqLqRyj1Y2jcZFpuQh1tPMvNuQO6Bvx0″] THE STATE CONTROL OF TEMPLES More...
Temples and the State in the Indian Tradition: Part 4
The fourth part of the series on Hindu Temples, their conception, history, heritage and legacy authored by M.D. Srinivas. [contextly_sidebar id=”D7lM4tAfrbJgRS6QDYclYuCDq7NE22XR”] Over history, the More...