As the Supreme Court refers the Sabarimala case to a larger bench, thereby giving a foot in the door to the devotees, it is time to grasp the essential ideas that make the case for the tradition so compelling and unignorable.
Author: Rajarshi Nandy (Rajarshi Nandy)
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The hunchbacked goddess
Kubjikā̄ Mata, whose sadhana has nearly vanished from the popular Shakta practice owing to the secretive nature of the path, is a powerful form of the Devi whose grace greatly accelerates the progress of the serious sadhaka.
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“Quit or die!” – Gandhi warns Hindus
'Direct Action Day' was a call for a show of strength by the Muslim League. The secularist narrative, instead of condemning the perpetrators of violence, blames Hindu intellectuals and spiritual leaders, who were either far away from the scene or dead when the 'Great Calcutta Killings' took place.
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Is India a racist society?
Racism is a concept alien to Indian ethos. Yet the colonial legacy of fascination for the white skin could be misconstrued as racist behaviour. But is it really so?
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Karmayoga is not workaholism
Neither overwork nor the giving up of work but detachment is the hallmark of the Karmayogi according to the Gita.
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Saraswati as Aurobindo saw her
The origin of Saraswati worship is in the Vedas, which have a very precise and detailed exposition of her role and place in the spiritual universe.
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The nature of physical reality
In this book, Subhash Kak explores the intriguing questions at the cutting edge of consciousness studies. He not only presents the parallels between Vedanta and modern science but also spends a good deal of time exploring where the two profoundly disagree with each other and why.
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False claims about Krshna
In accordance with the long standing colonial tradition of denigrating Hindu deities, Scroll's recent article on Krishna indulges in wild speculation, ignoring glaring evidence, about how Krishna was a 'tribal' deity, later appropriated by Brahmins to preserve their ever weakening authority.
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The unpredictability of spiritual life
Jyotiṣa is a powerful and systematic method of predicting future events whose accuracy is highly dependent on the depth of the astrologer's intuition. However, it reaches its limits when it confronts adhyatmic (spiritual) dimensions of a person's life.
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Agni – The fire within
Agni's powers of transformation have for long been invoked by sadhakas to make rapid progress in their spiritual journey.