Interpreting the Bhagavad Gita: Contrasting the views of Sankara and Ramanuja
The Bhagavad Gita is arguably the most revered text in the Hindu religious tradition. It is almost universally regarded as one of the three canonical works of Hindu philosophy (Prasthanatrayi) with the other two More...
Book Review: Leadership Dharma by Raghu Ananthanarayanan
Leadership Dharma, Arjuna the Timeless Metaphor by Raghu Ananthanarayanan is available for purchase on Amazon. The morning sun was soft and beautiful as it lit up the garden. The birds were chirping excitedly, More...
Immersing in Mahabharata: An interview with Raghu Ananthanarayanan
Raghu Ananthanarayanan is a management consultant, who has immersed himself deeply in the Indian tradition of Itihasa-Purana, especially in Mahabharata and its characters. He regularly conducts Mahabharata Immersion More...
Asymmetrical Application of Dharma: Unlearnt Lessons
Fiction or otherwise the movie “Padmavat” quintessentially repeats what can be called as the asymmetric application of “Dharma” by Indian rulers. In one of scenes, the Mewar king Ratan Singh following his More...
Vedānga: The limbs of Vedic knowledge
The meaning of Saṃskrta (Devanāgarī: संस्कृत) word Veda (Devanāgarī: वेद) means knowledge of primordial origins, which Rishi-s (Devanāgarī: ऋषि) gathered over the time through More...
Yoga: Philosophy, practice, or politics?
[contextly_sidebar id=”PeRhGeG0eFP2a5fDRfs4BKDxjxwWY6id”]Ever since the declaration of an International Yoga Day, there has been a curiously bifurcated international reaction to Yoga, Hinduism and India. More...
New Tactics: Attack Yoga to malign Hindus
On the occasion of the International Yoga Day there was an article published in the Scroll, by one Vikram Zutshi, arguing against the Hindu roots of Yoga, and questioning why Patanjali’s yoga is given so much More...
Interview with Yogi Amrit Desai- I: Hatha Yoga is integrated into Ashtanga Yoga
Editor’s Note: Yogi Amrit Desai is the pioneer who brought Hatha Yoga to America. When he first came to America (5th February 1960), there was hardly any yoga anywhere. There were other teachers, who had brought More...
What Constitutes Yoga, What Doesn’t
With another “International Yoga Day” having approached, it is good time to ponder over some fundamental questions like what constitutes Yoga and what does not. This article seeks to answer both these questions What More...
Western Postural Yoga: Promoting Postures in the name of Yoga
Yogāsana practice can be a gateway to deeper spiritual teachings with a proper background of the Yogic wisdom or āsana practice can just be a form of exercise, aerobics, and gymnastics. Āsana, physical practice More...