
Religion is not Dharma!
Religion and Dharma are not one and same! There is a very fundamental difference between religion and ‘Dharma’.(Like ‘god’ with capital ‘G’ is not same as ‘Ishwara’, similarly ‘Jai Shri Ram’ cannot be equated with ‘La Ilaha Illiala’ because the latter very precisely means that there is no god but Allah, showing the inherent exclusivist…

Book Launch: Next 5000 Years – Memoir of a Hindu without a Tag
ज्ञानानन्दमयं देवं निर्मल स्फटिकाकृतिम्आधारं सर्व विद्द्यानां हयग्रीवं उपास्महे If the efforts towards civilization resurgence are solely dependent on political tutelage, the future might not bring forth positive outcomes. If the future is merely an attempt to bring to life the workings of the past, the present would hardly accept it. Presenting Next 5000 Years -…

Deepavali: How well do we know it?
Deepavali/Diwali is all about puja, festivities including light and sweets – and crackers. No, not the 1000-wala ladis that have become false status symbols, and vulgar displays of wealth giving a reason for clampdowns like #crackerban — but of light and sparkle. When we were children, Deepavali was heralded by a small cracker burst by…

Temple Worship and Murti Puja: Part VI
“The image to the Hindu is a physical symbol and support of the supraphysical; it is a basis for the meeting between the embodied mind and sense of man and the supraphysical power, force or presence which he worships and with which he wishes to communicate.” (Sri Aurobindo, CWSA, Vol. 20, p. 147) It should…
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