All are equal. Every religion is the same. All Gods are the same. These sentiments seem very nice. Indeed laudable. But when you look a little deeper, they are nothing but nonsensical. Worse when such statements are made using the utterances of Realized Beings and Masters, who have spoken in a context totally removed. Let [...]
Read More...Sikhism, Hinduism and the Truth
February 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I recently came across a blog site, which is fairly interesting. It had an article, where the author was trying to denigrate Vedas and Hinduism in contrast to Sikhism. He tried to suggest that Guru Nanak Dev came up with a new group as a “better” alternative to Hinduism. So, the author starts the article thus: [...]
Read More...Dharma and Religion – the foundational difference
February 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A rose was born in a lovely garden of marigolds and jasmines. In his small lifetime that he had woken up, he was sad and despondent. One day, a Sage happened to pass by and hear his crying. “What happened, O’ lovely one?”, the Sage asked. “Please don’t kid me. I am not lovely from [...]
Read More...Why does a New Zealand school teach Sanskrit?
February 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
These days in India, if we have any schools making it important to learn Sanskrit, it would raise a huge hue and cry, specially amongst the Seculars. But it takes a school in New Zealands Auckland to come up with a curriculum to learn Sanskrit. And they have laid it out very clearly why it [...]
Read More...The Business of Death: Cremation vs Embalming
January 27, 2012 By 1 Comment
Unbeknownst to many who don’t live in the US, Death is a very lucrative industry. And if the Indians think that the Haridwar-based Sati-Ghat side Panda (pandit) is asking for too much when he demands Rs 2000 (~$40), then one has to look at the proportions of spending one has to do in US on [...]
Read More...What does it mean to be Hindu or Spiritual?
January 27, 2012 By 2 Comments
Where is America’s Spiritual soul moving towards? When you listen to the popular political discourse, you see the shrill voices of the Tea Party guys, the Rick Santorums, the Republicans and Evangelicals who are out to sell you Salvation that someone sold to them, but no one has ever seen or experienced. But this lot [...]
Read More...The Future of Well Being
January 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
There are two parts to well being – Understanding the physical part of your existence and the Energy part of your existence. The former entails handling the structure of the physical, which is easy has quick short term results but long term implications as well. When the long term living is part of short term [...]
Read More...How does one Promote Spiritual Profundity?
January 10, 2012 By 1 Comment
A teacher who has some worthwhile knowledge to share with the world seeks to touch as many people as she can so she can enrich lives around her. An advertiser selling something like Coke – which is harmful to health and is an absolute non-value add – tries to get to as many people as [...]
Read More...How Swami Vivekananda changed John Rockefeller
December 8, 2011 By 1 Comment
A French lady Madame Drinette Verdier has an interesting fact in her diary. Madame Emma Calve, a French disciple of Swami Vivekananda had once narrated an incident to her.
Read More...Religious Expansion: Vatican, Western Politics and the Antagonism to Hinduism and Eastern Spirituality
November 30, 2011 By 1 Comment
Yoga is Satanic because it leads to a worship of Hinduism and “all eastern religions are based on a false belief in reincarnation”.
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