Deepavali as a festival of lights is connected to the most ancient symbolism of India, the movement from darkness to light as the essence of our lives. In this regard, there is a famous Vedic prayer: Asato ma sad gamaya… Read More ›
Month: May 2017
Does the Hindu religion score over its Abrahamic counterparts — Is it better?
Often these days in debates on religion and violence, it is not uncommon to hear statements like “all religions are equally bad” (or equally good). I contest this apologetic statement which is designed to reduce pressure from religions to wean… Read More ›
My Dear Muslims — Part 1 : Let’s Together Reinspect the Idea of a Judging Allah
Every quite often i run into debates with Muslims (usually Indian muslims) on FB or Twitter which are about discussing the nature of God / Allah. I run into the same arguments over and over again, and i in return… Read More ›
Satan/Shaytan OR God/Allah — who’s the powerful one?
In Christianity, the title Satan (Hebrew: הַשָּׂטָן ha-Satan), “the opposer”, is a title of various entities, both human and divine, who challenge the faith of humans in the Jewish Bible. “Satan” later became the name of the personification of evil. Christian tradition… Read More ›
India’s core value systems
India has its ethos rooted in a rather liberal idea of God. At the root of Hinduism is is an idea of a ‘Brahman’ which cannot be translated to God in English. The idea of Brahman is that of a… Read More ›
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 universe Neither a creator, nor a destroyer There is only the law of causality I… Read More ›
Mansur Al-Hallaj — a Yogi & Mystic
“Like the herbage I have sprung up many a time On the banks of flowing rivers. For a hundred thousand years I have lived and worked In every sort of body.” — — — Mansur Al-Hallaj Mansur al-Hallaj was passing a message of… Read More ›
