Book Review: Fundamentals of Indian Philosophy by Ramakrishna Puligandla
Ramakrishna Puligandla’s book, ‘Fundamentals of Indian Philosophy’ is a masterpiece book. It is a textbook apparently for many western university courses, and India should do the same at college level, especially More...
Who is a Guru?
The Sanskrit word Guru is often mistranslated as a ‘teacher’. Teacher in Sanskrit is called as Shikshak. A teacher is someone who informs and educates us. A teacher is supposed to ensure that we learn to read, More...
A brief study of possession in Hinduism-II: The Spiritual Context
[contextly_sidebar id=”JJfzmWQUKhdNCtXJr0s5A2odKlfpfRP4″] Japanese scholar of Sanskrit and Buddhist literature, Minoru Hara, in his study of the Mahabharata lists nearly sixty semantic contexts in which More...
Book Review: Harivamsha, translated by Dr. Bibek Debroy
The Harivamsha is the final, final part of the Mahabharata. Not quite a part of itihaasa – which the Mahabharata and Ramayana are – nor quite a Purana, the Harivamsha nonetheless gets by being called More...
Understanding Karma through probability
I have long been fascinated by the idea of karma. The notion itself is just built on simple empiricism (that of causality), but once you accept a single metaphysical prior – that of rebirth and the quest for More...
Who’s responsible for our pains and gains?
For everything good or bad in life we often try to place blame elsewhere. We seek refuge or blame our opponents, destiny, and stars and even gods, deities. So, what’s, or who’s, responsible for all that’s More...
In the beginning- III: One or many
[contextly_sidebar id=”8qdJisMQroO8Anuh4S0QqcMAaWeHp6rQ”] Contrary to the modern mainstream belief that religio-philosophical beliefs developed from primitive crude ritualistic nature-worship and/or More...
Meaning of India in Words of Raja Rao: Brief Life Sketch of a Novelist as Sadhaka
On the occasion of 108th anniversary of Raja Rao, one of India’s most illustrious English language writer, IndiaFacts presents “Meaning of India” in his words, written by his wife Susan Raja Rao. Raja More...
For the Love of Nature
This excerpt has been taken from Indian Culture and India’s Future, DK Printworld, New Delhi, 2011 A strongly marked aspect of that culture, and one that offers a rich field of investigation, is India’s ancient More...
Prana, desha, anna: the modes of spiritual agriculture-II
[contextly_sidebar id=”LAfrXRo01ZwQxlfXtjhVMrZR7jgPLOKF”] Taking the yajnas and the injunctions about “annadana” as pointers to the size of a society that placed demands upon agricultural production, More...