Blogs Posts in Hinduism category; 315 blog posts

Hinduism specialists discuss relevance of Bhagavad-Gita

Relevance of Bhagavad-Gita in contemporary world was discussed when Radhanath Swami, an International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) guru; and Rajan Zed, noted Hindu statesman; met at Reno (USA) on August three. Other t [...]

Posted On : Aug, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Julia Roberts embraces Hinduism

Her parents were Baptist and Catholic and she was born in Georgia, part of the US Bible Belt. But Hollywood superstar Julia Roberts says she is now a practising Hindu. Speaking to the September issue of Elle magazine, Roberts said she go [...]

Posted On : Aug, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

RSS ideologue worried over term 'Hindu Terror'

RSS ideologue M G alias Baburao Vaidya on Sunday expressed concern about the usage of newly coined term "Hindu Terror" appealing Hindu leaders to remove the blot. "The word Hindu Terror has earned its place in the media an [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Kabir

Kabirdas (A.D. 1398-1518) was perhaps the greatest saint of northern India during the 15th century. A rebel against all that was nonspiritual in religion, Kabir — rightly called the Luther of India — helped to reform both Hin [...]

Posted On : Jul, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Hinduism and the Concept of God

The Hindu concept of God goes beyond considering Him as the supreme, all mighty and omniscient figure. According to Hindu teachings, though God governs the whole universe, every human being can develop a personal relation with Him. One c [...]

Posted On : Jul, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Hinduism and modernity

The contemporary Indian novel might be said to have two strains. The first is the Indian novel in English, and its best-known representatives are household names: Salman Rushdie, Vikram Seth, Amitav Ghosh, Vikram Chandra, Kiran Desai and [...]

Posted On : Jul, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Veda Vyasa

The Bhagavadgita Not only was Vyasa's intellect mighty, but he was completely tolerant, holding in his embrace of love the entire universe of living beings. In the "Song of the Lord", the Bhagavadgita, the poet-seer Vy [...]

Posted On : Jul, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Leicester Hindus protest cemetery extension

A section of local Hindus is protesting a proposal to extend a cemetery in this town of Britain because their religion says they cannot live near one, but officials are going ahead with the plan. The main cemetery of Leicester, Gilroes&# [...]

Posted On : Jul, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Saktas

An estimated fifty million Hindus worship some form of the goddess....Her power is called sakti and is often linked with the kundalini energy. Lushly erotic, sensual imagery is frequently used to symbolize her abundant creativity.. [...]

Posted On : Jul, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

Experts discuss: What lies ahead for Hinduism and Buddhism?

A religion and spirituality information website, is running a summer series on the Future of Religion. The series invites leading scholars and writers from a variety of religious traditions to talk about the future of religion, including [...]

Posted On : Jul, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Hinduism

The main religion of India. It is a religion of temples, gods with many arms, holy cows, Untouchables, karma and reincarnation. It gave us two other religions, Buddhism and Jainism. Hinduism is not the same all over India. It is more [...]

Posted On : Jul, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

The Mahabharata Series

For some of my post a little background on the Hindu pantheon would be helpful. The descriptions below are oversimplified, butI hope folks would enjoy the iconography ! Hinduism came to India with the Aryan invaders who brought the [...]

Posted On : Jul, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Nastika Atheism

In Indian philosophy, three schools of thought are commonly referred to as Nastikas: Jainism, Buddhism and Cārvāka for rejecting the doctrine of Vedas. Nastika refers to the non-belief of Vedas rather than non-belief of G [...]

Posted On : Jul, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

What is the real foundation of Hinduism?

Hinduism can be sometimes confusing to one who sees a religion to preach one God, one Prophet and adherence to one sanctioned path of worship. Though Hinduism is broadly categorised as a religion, it is diverse, multi-faceted and con [...]