Sri Krishna: The epitome of absolute glory and greatness
All traditions assert that God is great. Lord Sri Krishna graphically demonstrates that Greatness. In the eleventh chapter of the Bhagavad-gita, Sri Krishna gives Arjuna a glimpse of His awe-inspiring greatness by displaying...
Bowing: A Hindu View of Divinity All-Pervasive—Part 3
Bowing in the Hindu tradition
Hindus have evolved a great spiritual and cultural trait of bowing before teachers, elders and other reverential persons. This bowing can be seen in many of the Asian...
HINDU PHILOSOPHY—Part 3
The Philosophy of Yoga—Part 1
Prostrations to Sri Patanjali Maharshi, the exponent of the Raja Yoga system of philosophy, the first systematiser of the Yoga school, whose ‘Yoga Sutras’ is the basic text.
The word Yoga comes from...
THE SHAD-DARSHANAS—HINDU PHILOSOPHY—Part 2
The Orthodox and the Heterodox Systems of Indian Philosophy
The six systems of Indian philosophy or the Shad-Darshanas are the six orthodox systems of philosophy. They are the six ways of looking at the Truth. They are...
TULASIDASA: THE POET, REFORMER AND DEVOTEE PAR EXCELLENT
Today we observe Tulasidasa Jayanti—the birth of the poet, Hindu reformer, devotee, philosopher and most celebrated synthesizer of Hindu thought of recent.
Tulasidasa is regarded as the greatest Ramaite poet. He was...
SOORYA NARAYANA: THE LIGHT DIVINE
At the Summer Solstice, Makara Samkranti, the Sun is at its highest point in the sky. Many ancient cultures marked this date as significant, and the concept of Sun Worship is nearly as old as...
Bowing: A Hindu View of Divinity All-Pervasive—Part 2
Bowing is a most natural expressive result of this latter worldview. But the Lord’s Maya is ativicitraṃ (Supremely amazing). The worldview which is exclusive and contains the seeds of destruction seems...
Mahabharata Series by Swami Vivekananda Part 6
Now, both parties alike wished to secure the alliance of Krishna. But he declined to take an active part and fight in this war, but offered himself as charioteer to Arjuna, and as the...
THE SHAD-DARSHANAS—HINDU PHILOSOPHY—Part 1
Philosophy—Its Origin and Its Limitations
Philosophy is the rational aspect of religion. It is an integral part of religion in India. It is a rational enquiry into the nature of Truth or Reality. It gives...
Mahabharata Series by Swami Vivekananda Part 5
Now, as the thirteenth year of the exile was drawing nigh, the Yaksha bade the Pandavas to go to Virata’s kingdom and live there in such disguises as they would think best. So,...
