Svādhyāya: Studying our Holy Books- VIII
[contextly_sidebar id=”zXpV18x7QihUfGgmUpn27zUkZA9ytDRG”] Purāṇas These texts are extensive compendiums of the history and sacred traditions of Bhāratvarṣa (the earlier name of the Indian subcontinent). More...
Svādhyāya: Studying our Holy Books- VI
[contextly_sidebar id=”GemKTtabP9EtK6woZE71zqW9fJZOQJ4u”] The Vedas or Shruti Importance of the Vedas As explained above, the Vedas are considered the supreme scriptures, or the gold-standard by most More...
The greatness of Lord Sri HayagrIva in Indian tradition
Introduction To understand who Lord Sri HayagrIva is, one needs to know what is jnAna and vijnAna. These two terms need some explanation since they pertain to the subject, namely the I or the knower within us and More...
Svādhyāya: Studying our Holy Books- V
[contextly_sidebar id=”9pmnN2hM6gCfApixOYOKRg8Nqd3UiTz9″] Hindu Scriptures and the Proverbial Hindu Tolerance: Interfaith Perspectives Hindu Dharma is not a ‘One Book, One Prophet, One God’ religion. More...
Hinduism: Issues and discrimination
In March 2018, the then Congress government in Karnataka, prior to Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, declared Lingayat community as a separate religion from Hindu religion, a move widely seen as a plot More...
Varṇa vyavastha as a conceptual social order that facilitates self-actualization
Introduction “Dharmo viśvasya jagataḥ pratiṣṭhā” declares one of the Śruti texts[1]. This declaration has served as a foundational principle for dharma traditions and generation after generation of More...
A Case for Dharmic Psychology: Report on the Swadeshi Indology Conference 4
Disclaimer: I’m not a psychologist and I don’t claim to be one. I’m writing from a common man’s point of view with a decent understanding of both the Arts and Sciences. Something interesting happened a few More...
Svādhyāya: Studying our Holy Books- IV
[contextly_sidebar id=”89f8CEnaqE6P3MZ1GmIyUk6DNkPQ6wnI”] Why do Hindus have so many Scriptures? Most religions have one holy book. The Sikhs have the Adi Granth, Christians have the Bible (which is More...
Mahabharata Immersion: An agyaata vaas
The Pandavas spent the final year of their exile incognito called as the agyaata vaas. They did so in King Virat’s kingdom taking on different identities and serving the Kingdom such that they would not recognized More...
Book Review: Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities by Pankaj Jain
Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities: Sustenance and Sustainability by Dr. Pankaj Jain can be purchased in India here. Human-Nature dualism has always been a debatable question in the East and West. Professor More...