Audrey Truschke may have an eminent position in the academe, but the record of her ideological and academic mentors is such that she must be more restrained in how she engages with and addresses the 'outsiders'.
Karma in Advaita Vedanta
In the vedantic view, karma must be shunned to make way for knowledge. However, what constitutes karma is not outward action but the feeling of 'doership'.
Vena, Veda, Venus
Many scholars starting with Tilak have suggested that Vedic Vena is Venus but this identification has been disputed.
Krishnavatara
Lord Krishna represents the ideal being whose virtuous qualities have long been ingrained in India's consciousness.
Beef against beef
The discourse on the issue of beef ban in various states of India and the ensuing political war is strangely negligent of the ethos behind the enactment of these laws.
Indic civilization and knowledge
Pandit Vamadeva Shastri (Dr David Frawley) speaks with us about his journey into Hinduism and Indic knowledge traditions.
In search of Bhagavati Tara (Part 2): Temples, Legends and Sadhakas
The secrecy of the tantrik rituals involved in the worship of Tara have prevented her from taking a prominent place in mainstream Hindu imagination. But even a non-tantrik approach to her worship brings phenomenal benefits to the sadhaka.
करवा चौथ की सामायिक प्रासंगकिता
करवा चौथ का व्रत सामुदायिक, पारिवारिक और पति-पत्नी के रिश्ते को प्रगाढ़ करने का सुन्दर प्रयास है।
Kali Yuga or The Age of Confusion – Part 1
We have allowed others, unfamiliar with or contemptuous of the truths discovered by millennia of yoga and sadhana, to think for us, speak for us, and ultimately to dictate to us.
Consciousness: The Symptom of the Soul
Scientific experiments describe how consciousness interacts with but is separate from the body, and is the source of our will to do anything.