(320 words, 2mts. of reading time) Staying in an environment exclusively reserved for the self leads to an experience called mindfulness. Residing in this environment are the present moments connected to what one is doing, cohering internally with one’s body and mind while keeping an absolute awareness of breath’s inhalation and exhalation flow. Mindfulness is…
Category: Articles on Hinduism
AYODHYA TEMPLE INAUGURATION
Most of north India, as it passes through in the grip of a cold wave, the Hindu-frenzy public warms up in Bhakti mode. “Jai Shri Ram, Jai Shri Ram” fills the air as the new national anthem of the nation. Don’t pose questions like, “Since when did the government’s job be to inaugurate temples and…
“Hindu Sentiments Are Hurt”
What is that delicate and feeble Hindu Sentiment that often gets hurt? We hadn’t heard about it till in the last few years as we hear more about the hurt sentiments of a community across India who are the victims of bruised feelings. The latest injury gets inflicted through culinary indigestion by watching the just-released…
MERELY BELIEVING GOD EXISTS IS A RITUAL
It is a practice based on our mindset image of His embodiment up there and everywhere. When we form an image of Him, then God gets personified. In this dominant perspective, most people believe in His existence. This devotion does not lead to His actual study. The buzzword does not establish a logical understanding of…
What Does Goddess Kali With Her Unusual And Scary Look Worshipped?
(It is the revised version of my article on the Hindu goddess Kali. A fierce-looking but with traits of motherly love, Kali is revered as a protector and destroyer of evil. The article tries to evoke her combating personality to fight and kill the devils threatening society. We need Ma (mother) Kali as there are…
India’s goddesses of contagion provide protection in the pandemic – just don’t make them angry.
Tulasi Srinivas, Emerson College Hindus in India have had a helping hand – several in fact – when it comes to fighting deadly contagions like COVID-19: multi-armed goddesses co-opted to help contain and kill pestilence. Collectively known as “Amman,” or the Divine Mother, the goddesses of contagion – and it always goddesses, not gods –…
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…
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…
Progressive Hindu Dialogue 