The Kamika Agama-A Textbook for Vedic Living
A Spiritual Renaissance The Shaiva Agamas (Lord Shiva’s precepts that have come down through the ages), also known as Shaiva Siddhanta Shastras (or the Shivagamas) in Sanskrit, are replete with mantras, techniques More...
Ramayana story: Jatayu sacrifice in fight with Ravana!
In Ramayan, Jatayu was a very old vulture bird. When he met Ravana, he was very old. He was the King of the vultures but not very strong that time. He saw that Sita matha was in trouble and she was calling. Jatayu More...
What kind of incentives and measurement systems could we devise to encourage internal entrepreneurs and nurture a varied portfolio of opportunities – Q & A with Paramhamsa Nithyananda
In our series “Q & A with Masters”, we are bringing one another important question that a spiritual person and a business man at same time may face this situation in his life. Paramhamsa Nithyananda, an More...
Traditional Tales – Who Are You, Child?
On the banks of Ganga lived a rishi in a hut and performed spiritual austerities. Madhavaselva was the king of Madhavapuri. He had gone to the forest for hunting that day. After having hunted for a long while in More...
The happening of Ramakrishna Paramhamsa – Birth and Beyond
The blessed hour for which Khudiram and Chandra were anxiously waiting at last drew near. In the early hours of the morning of February 18,1836, Chandra gave birth to a boy whom the world was to know afterwards More...
Hindu power: Part 1
By- Francois Gautier Once upon a time Hindus had power: emperors like Chandragupta, who was advised by the remarkable Chanakya, or Kautilya, possessed territories so vast, that they extended from Karnataka till More...
Insiders versus Outsiders: Who speaks for our heritage?
My new book, The Battle for Sanskrit, offers a critique of a category of western Indologists whose work is based on the writings of Sheldon Pollock. I respect Pollock as a hard working scholar, but I am troubled More...
What is Pure love
Psychology explains that thoughts arise in the brain, and emotions from the heart. Irrespective of where they arise from, thoughts and emotions are inseparable. Ancient scriptures say that thoughts create us. So More...
Bhagavad Gītā: A Background
vasudeva sutaṁ devaṃ kamsa cānūra mardanam I devakī paramānandaṁ kṛṣṇam vande jagad gurum II ‘I salute unto you Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa, Guru (master) of the world, son of Vasudeva, supreme bliss More...
Death is the greatest suffering. If you surrender, if you welcome, it becomes a great Master to you.
Death is the greatest suffering. If you surrender, if you welcome, it becomes a great Master to you. If you welcome it with a mood of surrender, anything in your life will change its quality. Whenever you resist More...