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,...
Clarifying the acquisition of wealth in Hinduism
Does Hinduism make no provision for the acquisition of wealth, or enjoyment upon earth? A widespread misconception and criticism of Hinduism is that its philosophy on life is all about ‘other-worldliness’ and...
Bowing: A Hindu View of Divinity All-Pervasive Part 1
On January 9, 2012 the then Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Mrs Kamla Persad Bissessar, bowed and touch the feet of the President of India, Pratibha Devisingh Patil. This respectful...
Sri Krishna: The Greatest Exemplifier of Non-attachment
The central figure of the Gita is Krishna. Hindus worship many Incarnations of God. They believe in not one or two only, but in many, who have come down from time to...
Religion is a central element in the life of civilization
Religion satisfies the deep inward craving in man who wants spiritual consolation, solace and peace. Man cannot live by material comforts alone. A time comes in the life of...
The Guru
Every soul is destined to be perfect, and every being, in the end, will attain the state of perfection. Whatever we are now is the result of our acts and thoughts in the past; and whatever we shall...
