Promod Puri

For Hindus to Defend Criminals Just Because They Are Hindu is un-Hindu

Sunita Viswanath and Deepak Joshi One of the core principles of Hinduism is ahimsa, or non-harm. And yet we are perturbed by a trend in our Hindu communities – that when Hindus perpetrate violence, especially against non-Hindus, other Hindus feel compelled to rush to their defence. Three years ago in Kathua, Jammu, an eight-year-old Muslim girl from…

CONSCIOUSNESS IMPACTS THE HUMAN MIND

Consciousness is a biological phenomenon with psychological implications.

Consciousness impacts the functioning of the human mind and sets our behaviour.

To identify being a Hindu one does not have to equate oneself with Hindutva, or align with Modi and his bigoted BJP.

“HINDUISM IS IN DANGER!”

by Promod Puri Indeed, it is in danger because a Muslim boy entered a temple premises to quench his thirst from a water tap inside. A Hindu-Muslim couple travels together on a train. A Muslim girl is in love with a Hindu boy and marries him. A Muslim man marries four women to produce more…

Karmas Role In Hinduism For Self And Society

In creating divine residency in our intellect and consciousness, Hinduism offers a humanistic and enlightened walk paved with disciplined and ethical karmas.

FUTURE OF HUMANITY BASED ON TWO FACTORS

(Based on an essay by Mekhi Dhesi in the blog Rationalising The Universe) Does humanity face a permanent extinction tomorrow, day after tomorrow, a few years, or thousands, millions, or billions of years from now? When will the curtain be down both for the human species and our companions in nature? Two factors can cause…

POLITICS AND RELIGION IN US PRESIDENTIAL CEREMONIES:

s the Bible or other religious volumes have ritualistic values only on such occasions. Or they offer spiritual inspirations as well. Whatever the reason is, politics has a dependency on religion both for ritualistic functioning and spiritual guidance.