The Facts of Indian and Hindu History
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...
BHAGAVAD GITA JAYANTI
Over five thousand years ago, a dazzling flash of brilliant light lit up the sky of human civilization. That spiritual effulgence was SRI KRISHNA’S appearance upon earth and His message in the BHAGAVAD GITA. This occasion is now known as...
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”...
The Law of Karma Part 3
The Three Kinds of Karma: Sanchita, Prarabdha and Agami
Karma is of three kinds, viz., Sanchita (accumulated works), Prarabdha (fructifying works) and Kriyamana or Agami (current works). Sanchita is all the accumulated Karmas of...
The Law of Karma Part 2
As You Sow, So You Reap
If you put a seed in the earth, it sends up a little stem. Then leaves come out of the stem. Then come flowers and fruits. There are...
The Law Of Karma Part 1
What Is Karma?
Karma means not only action, but also the result of an action. The consequence of an action is really not a separate thing. It is a part of the action, and...
Synopsis of the Seven Kandas the Ramayana by Sri Swami Sivananda
In Bala-Kanda the Incarnation of Sri Rama and his childhood life are described. Rama helps Visvamitra by guarding his sacrifice. He slays ogress Tataka and Subahu. He frees...
Bhagavad Geeta: The Truly Scripture Universal for the Attainment of Perfection Part 2/2
It is customary with people to divide human activities into two distinctive types—the spiritual and the temporal, the sacred and the secular. But the Bhagavad Gita makes...
Bhagavad Geeta: The Truly Scripture Universal for the Attainment of Perfection Part 1/2
Certain criteria contribute to make a book universal in its character. The language in which it happens to be couched is not in itself of great consequence....
Origin of Valmiki Ramayana by Sri Swami Sivananda
The Ramayana of Valmiki is perhaps the most ancient and glorious epic in the world. It is known as the Adikavyam—the first poem. Ramayana exercises a great moulding power on the...
