Swami Sarvpriyananda discusses the concept of God from the Taittitriya Upanishad, Sholka 2:1. Actually, a better term to use for Hindus is Brahman, instead of…
Month: August 2016
Who am I: Reflections from the Mandukya Upanishad
Speaking from my own experience this talk brought the Mandukya Upanishad alive for me. Turiya, the fourth state, by which all the other three —…
What Yoga is and is not – Q&A
Excerpts of Q&A from the article “What Yoga is and is not” by Prof Bharat Gupt written originally for India Facts. Reproduced with permission. Q:…
How Meditation Can Reshape Our Brains: Sara Lazar at TEDxCambridge 2011
Brain Wave: How Meditation Can Enhance and Elevate Your Mind [Video]
Introduction to Hinduism
Hinduism, a religious tradition of Indian origin, comprising the beliefs and practices of Hindus. The word Hindu is derived from the river Sindhu, or Indus.…
What is Hinduism?
An encyclopedia article should have a definition at the outset, but this requirement presents unique difficulties in the case of Hinduism. This difficulty arises from…
An Indic Contribution Towards an Understanding of the Word “Religion”
The word religion is now part of global discourse specially as it is carried out through the medium of English. The word, however, is Western…
Need I belong to only one religion?
The word religion as used in the standard form carries three connotations: (1) That a religion is conclusive, that is to say it is the…
Lyrics of a song from the Jain tradition
There are no celestial beings I know of There is no God either Neither heaven nor hell Neither a preserver, nor an owner of this…