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The Resilience of Ancient Traditions
Recently we visited the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in New Mexico near Albuquerque and perused the exhibition on the Ancient Puebloan…
Raksha Bandhan – A potential world festival
I am an optimist. I sincerely believe that if every human felt a bond with another, we may be able to overcome greed, lust for power, and insecurities and end all wars and resultant carnages. The more things we have in common, the better chance of this being possible (although all of us being humans
Non-Anger (Akrodha)
There is a fable of a boy who is prone to angry outbursts. His father tells him to hammer a nail in the wooden fence post every time he is angry and abuses someone, and then remove that nail after he has apologized and made amends. After a week the boy proudly shows his father
Lighting the light within
My family has had some ancestors who were highly spiritually evolved individuals. My paternal grandmother’s father was a householder yogi (yogi- one who seeks union of individual consciousness with the Universal consciousness) who held a day job as a government employee and raised a large extended family, but he was also an advanced yoga practitioner.
The wish granting tree (Kalpataru)
In prehistoric times the good and the evil forces churned the ocean of the cosmos, and one of the unique objects which the Divine granted to the churners was a wish granting tree. One day a traveler comes across this tree and sits down in the shade, not knowing the special nature of the tree.
Guru
My salutations to the guru who opens the eyes of the one who is blind due to the darkness of ignorance with an ointment of knowledge. The first full week of May is celebrated as Teachers Appreciation week in USA. I fondly remember Teachers’ day in my school in India when the graduating 10th grade
Hinduphobia: A sad attempt to tarnish a noble and universal doctrine.
A few weeks ago, I was browsing the Darshana exhibit on Hinduism: https://hindudarshana.com. I was overwhelmed by the appreciation of the…
Basic Philosophy of Hindus
In our daily life, many of us interact with a Hindu in one way or another. Either your doctor, a coworker, a classmate, a close friend, a…
Elevator speech on Hinduism
On many occasions, I have been asked by non-Hindus, about the essence of Hindu Dharma. Like many of us, I have struggled in the brief…
Forehead Dot
One of the major factors for a person’s satisfaction with life is the alignment between a person’s internal values and physical actions….
Hindu Dharma in Nutshell
In our daily life, many of us interact with a Hindu in one way or another. Either your doctor, a coworker, a classmate, a close friend, a…
A Yogathon for All
My introduction to Surya Namaskar was at a very early age. Every morning I used to wake up hearing sounds of students reciting the…
Memories of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) shakha during my formative years in India
I vividly remember the time in my childhood when at an age of 10–12 years, my friends and I used to play cricket after school, in the…
The evening of life (Vanaprasth-ashram)
Late in the afternoon of life, as the shadows start getting longer, the mind starts contemplating the approaching evening of our life….
A Very Brief History of Hindus in United States
Many immigrant Hindus including me have stood outside US consulates in India hoping for the approval of their student Visa and consider…