VAMAN AVATAR: A Civilizational and Psychological Repositioning by Bharateeyas—Part 2 By Pujya Swami Prakashanandaji (Feature address delivered at Varsha Pratipada Sansad, 2023)
Bharat repositioning itself economically on the global stage is not our topic. However, this repositioning provides us...
The Hindu Ethic of Non-Violence
Mankind’s survival is at risk. Our problems proliferate; our global predicament deepens daily. Humanity is in dire need of spiritual direction and new-found wisdom if it is to endure. Hinduism, for millennia, has been teaching...
VAMAN AVATAR: A Civilizational and Psychological Repositioning by Bharateeyas—Part 1
By Pujya Swami Prakashanandaji (Feature address delivered at Varsha Pratipada Sansad, 2023)
The little dark boy (dwarf—Vaman) approaches Mahabali, (also called Bali) and asked for land that he could cover...
PANDIT BALBADAR'S COLUMN
The Roots of Hinduism
The roots of Hinduism reach deep into pre-historic hoary past. It has evolved over these millennia, and still this process continues. Hinduism proves to be a great synthesis of many diverse trends and elements.
‘Hinduism’...
Bhaarat that is India is the sacred land which has given birth to countless sages, Rishis, Yogins, saints and prophets. India is the land that has produced many Acharyas or spiritual preceptors like Sri Sankara and Sri Ramanuja; many...
Vedanta, or the philosophy of the Upanishads, is lofty, sublime and unique. The Western philosophers have paid their tribute to the ancient seers of the Upanishads. They have been amazed at the lofty heights scaled by them. Schopenhauer studied...
India is the most tolerant country in the world. She has a very expansive heart. She includes all nations in the embrace of her love.
The Western nations are the descendants of the original Hindus or Aryans. They might have...
Origin of the terms ‘Hindu’ and ‘Hinduism’……
“SANATANA DHARMA,” the most ancient of all the living religions today—popularly called “Hinduism” now, though that appellation is not very correct to denote any religion, as we still see later—is not exactly a “Religion”...
A Revealed Religion
Hinduism is the religion of the Hindus, a name given to the Universal Religion which is hailed supreme in India. It is the oldest of all living religions. This is not founded by any prophet. Buddhism, Christianity...
