Author: Promod Puri
Retired after 40 years of career in journalism. Former publisher and editor of The Link, a South Asian Canadian weekly newspaper from Vancouver, BC. Now a freelance writer. Published my first book titled "Hinduism:beyond rituals,customs and traditions". The book is educational dealing with all the facets of Hinduism.
Websites: promodpuri.com
progressivehindudialogue.com
promodpuri.blogspot.com
FATE OR KARMA, WHO CREATES THAT, GOD OR HUMAN?
Is fate real? Does fate play its role in our lives? Or is it just an imaginary judgement that life is steered by fate? “What is going to happen will happen is predetermined by fate.” Is it an expression of consolation, helplessness, or an inherent feeling to accept fate? The things we do are controlled…
WHAT MOTIVATES AMERICA’S CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Even with few exceptions, the American civil rights movement has never been led on a political platform. Instead, religion has been the motivating factor in the ongoing struggles and challenges, beginning with emancipation from slavery to racism and police brutalities. Whereas religion does not find a liking in progressive political behaviour, but among the Black…
Threat from climate change to some of India’s sacred pilgrimage sites is reshaping religious beliefs.
David L. Haberman, Indiana University The famous pilgrimage site of Kedarnath, located in the central Himalayas of India, is believed to be a sacred land. It has been referred to as “deva bhumi,” or the “land of the gods,” for centuries. Millions of people visit this region each year in search of divine blessings and…
Karma Hinduism
Hinduism also belongs to those who neither go to the temple regularly and ritualistically nor involve themselves in either meditation or yoga as part of their spiritual pursuits or devotional routines.Their Hinduism lies in an order often referred to as “a way of life.”Here Hindu theology is induced with divinity in thoughts, words, and deeds…
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