Imperialism’s Hindu Liberals: The Legacy that Remains
The British may have left behind a violently splintered India in 1947, and the Portuguese were finally evicted in 1961, but their “rich legacy” remains. Foreign rule in India has included a foisted narrative More...
The General Framework of Hinduism- I
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to present the general framework of Hinduism to develop our understanding of its nature and core principles and their significance to help resolve the tensions and complexities More...
Vedanta Darshanam
Veda and Vedanta Most people have heard of the Vedas. However, many are unsure of what exactly the Vedas are, and what the subject matter of Vedas is. Vedas are the undated (undateable?, although many researchers More...
Tamil Nadu Travels – In the Lap of God
Tamil Nadu has more than 30,000 temples and about 2000 of them are in the Cauvery Delta. Immense prosperity and an enlightened monarchy paved the way for an advanced sculpture, arts, and music heavily intertwined More...
After millennia a Tradition is Reborn
Picture 1 Mohit Bharadwaj Mohit Bharadwaj is a man on a mission. He wants to have the 21 nitya sacrifices performed again in Madhyadesa, the original homeland of the Vedas and the very air ring with the songs of More...
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...
The Monistic Śākta Philosophy in the Guhyopaniṣad
Overview Studies on the pantheon of Kālī have either focused on autochthonous rituals and practices, or have read the canonized Tantric texts in relation to the Kashmiri traditions. In these readings, what has 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...