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...

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...

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...

Sources of Hindu Dharma – II

[contextly_sidebar id=”GLEJYd5HOnUrFsgEnyQSawX7DAmrz1Iu”] In the previous article, we examined different sources of dharma like Shruti, Smriti, Sadāchāra or Shishtāchāra, Ātmapriya or Ātmatushti, More...

Sources of Hindu Dharma – I

In Hindu Dharma, the following four are considered the most authoritative sources of Dharma – the Vedic scriptures (Shruti), the Smriti scriptures, the good practices followed by the virtuous or traditional practices More...