When Did Emperor Ashoka Embrace Buddhism?
Emperor Ashoka was the scion of the Mauryan dynasty who reigned from 268 to 232 BCE. The Edicts of Ashoka are the primary sources describing the life and times of Emperor Ashoka [1, 2]. Besides these Edicts, biographical information about him...
Standing up for Hindus: In Conversation with Francois Gautier
Francois Gautier is a vocal and visible Dharmic voice, a lover and defender of Hindus in India and abroad. He is an eminent journalist in his own right, and has worked with Le Figaro, DNA and Outlook India. He has written books such as The Guru of...
Are we human anymore?
We are living in an age where there is a perennial rush to become, not be. Often at the expense of everything that makes us human – charity, humaneness, love, respect, compassion and appreciating existence itself.
Niṇyāvacāṁsi: Essence of the Vedas
Veda is not knowledge of Satya - the Absolute Truth. It is Satya itself! That may seem like a fairly inaccessible statement, ere the expansion and exposition of its nuances that I intend to undertake in this essay. Many identify the ritualistic...
Praṇavārth: Brahman, Manifested
Praṇava (प्रणव) - ॐ holds a position of paramount importance in Dharma. It is the sacred sound that has become the primary spiritual symbol of Dharmic traditions, over millenia, having been chanted either independently or before a spiritual...
RAMNAVAMI
Manchester : Birthdays are an occasion of joy. Nearly a billion people celebrated one such joyous occasion on the 2nd April 2020. In Hindu religion, Vishnu is the protector of this universe. He takes birth through the various ages to protect the...
Viśiṣṭvividhīkaran: The Principle of Qualified Diversification
The duality inherent in the Supreme Reality is idiosyncratic and paradoxical: it is contextual and yet transcendent. Advaita Vedanta speaks of the material realm as being illusory, and a manifestation of the Supreme Reality under the influence of...
Jñanagaman: The Turn of an Age
The Coronavirus has brought a spurt of death and destruction in its wake. Having come to the fore in Wuhan - China, it has been spreading at an alarming rate, having crossed 5,00,000 cases worldwide. While it has not caused anywhere close to the...
Reclaiming Varnasrama
Dharma precedes, succeeds and supersedes all there is. This is not just another statement in passing but a reflection of the understanding that all that maintains the natural order of things in the Universe (Ṛta), socially and spiritually, is...
157th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda
Basingstoke : Swami Ji- One of the greatest men to have walked this planet...Still continues to capture the imagination of the generations after him! On his 157th birthday here is an interesting observation made by one of his direct disciples,...