Text as Text, Text as Deity: Reconciling Textual Traditions with Devotion
Before going on to the essay proper, a number of points and clarifications should be noted by the reader: a. A disclaimer is in order. This article is written from the perspective of someone with a self-understanding More...
ಭಾರತೀಯ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರೀ ಹಯಗ್ರೀವದೇವರ ವೈಶಿಷ್ಟ್ಯ
ಪೀಠಿಕೆ ಭಾರತ ದೇಶವು ಜ್ಞಾನಭೂಮಿ ಎನಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿಯ ಪ್ರಜೆಗಳು ‘ಭಾ-ರತ’ರೆನಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. More...
Svādhyāya: Studying our Holy Books- III
[contextly_sidebar id=”315L3wFaW5XhhajmW3E4KK0xY2ACivPv”] In this part we discuss the relative importance of scriptures vis-à-vis Dharma and Moksha. Scriptures and Dharma- Their Relative Importance With More...
ನಗರದ ಧಾರ್ಮಿಕ ಅನಕ್ಷರತೆ ಹಾಗೂ ವೈದಿಕ ಉದ್ಯಮ
ಜ್ಯೋತಿಷ್ಯ ಹೇಳುವ ಆಚಾರ್ಯರು ತುಂಬಾ ಗರಂ ಆಗಿದ್ರು. ಏನಾಯ್ತು ಅಚಾರ್ರೆ ಅಂತ ಕೇಳಿದ್ರೆ, “ಈ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ More...
Svādhyāya: Studying our Holy Books- II
[contextly_sidebar id=”1XW7Y5m40v5kZttjYEzUZ0AuT3D0MdHG”] Benefits of Studying our Scriptures Means of attaining all the goals of our Life Hindu Dharma states that every human being should have four More...
Svādhyāya: Studying our Holy Books- I
The Hindu tradition lays great stress on the study of scriptures. It is considered a religious duty for Hindus to study and recite their scriptures on a daily basis, if possible. In particular, Hindu priests are 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...
Denying Yoga Its Roots- Classic Case Of Hinduphobia
“Admiration of a foreign culture or a foreign aesthetic system can connote broad-mindedness and at the same time flatter the aesthetic or political pretensions of the connoisseur. The regard for difference can More...
Sāṅkhya: a brief critique
The classical Sāṅkhya contains several contradictions both in the epistemological and in the ontological sphere, despite the claim of its followers that it is a rational system. It does display reasoning in many More...