Why Rise of India is Impossible Without Rise of Hinduism: Article by Dr David Frawley
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Maitri Upanishad: Who is the Driver?
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Patanjali ‘s Mindfulness- The 7 Steps to Self-Fullness: by Raghu Ananthanarayanan
Who centres the universal wheel? How may we touch this centre in our selves? The divine manifests itself in order and rhythm, we touch the divine when we experience order within. How do we learn to live with order and rhythm so that the divine may manifest itself in our lives? These are great questions to ponder over. Patanjali says that we can live our life in a way that enables us to embody the answers to these questions. This is the Yogic quest. Patanjali sets out for us a set of practices through which we can transform our everyday life into one that is full of truth and beauty. These practices start from mindfulness directed to our everyday interactions. They move through stages, each of which becomes firm ground from which we can ascend to the next step. Each step is a deepening and strengthening of the mindfulness practice. The practise becomes a way of life, and this constancy of mindfulness prepares our psyche to invite the transcendent Self to ...
Kashmir birthplace of Shaivism, a major Hindu tradition
Kashmir has often been presented globally as some sort of Indian military occupation over Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). A brief history would help in understanding this conflict better. The state of J&K was primarily a Hindu state until the 14th century. Few modern Indians are aware that Kashmir is the birthplace of Shaivism – one of the major traditions in Hinduism that reveres Lord Shiva. The tutelary deity of classical Kashmir was Sharada, a manifestation of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of wisdom, whose prayers refer to her as “Kashmira-pura-vasini” (she who resides in Kashmir). Because of such civilisational connections from pre-Islamic Kashmir, the place holds a significant religious value for Hindus. Fast forwarding to 1947, during the Partition of India, Kashmir’s king Hari Singh decided to bide his time in deciding the fate of the state of J&K. During this uncertainty, the newly-formed Islamic Republic of Pakistan-backed militants invaded Kash...