By Francois Gautier For two thousand years, the Himalayan valley of Kashmir in Northern India has been the home of Learning and Wisdom. From this small valley have issued masterpieces of history, poetry, romance, fable, and philosophy and many of the greatest Sanskrit scholars and poets were born and wrote in the valley. Kashmir flourished under some […]
Waking vs Dreaming – Dissertation on the Illusoriness of the World
By Vishnu Prakash (CHAKRA) This is extracted from second chapter [Vaitathya prakaraNa] of Shri GauDapAda’s kArikA converted into a question answer format. Point of discussion: Analysis of Waking and Dreaming states. Q: How do you say that waking state is similar to dream state? A: You can’t accept the similarity because you have never compared them. As […]
How Culture of Ancient India Differs from the Rest
(CHAKRA) Like any other country, the culture of India too is derived from her ancient history, more appropriately called the history of ‘bhAratha’. This culture or tradition is the result of a quest for “cause” unlike the quest for “effect” in most other cultures. This is evident if we take any field of interest, from […]
Satya Sai Baba and His Miracles
By Dr. OP Sudrania (CHAKRA) Sri Satya Sai Baba of India is well known globally as a Saint, philanthropist, spiritual preacher and healer, a Godman often derided by His doubting Thomases as a magician, trickster, sleight of hand, black magician, cheater, fraud, even call Him a scoundrel etcetera. One always see the same colour as […]
Musings on AtmA
By Smita Agrawala (CHAKRA) There are two things in the world, the Atma or the Self which is real, and the body which is unreal (though as we will eventually see, the AtmA alone is the substratum upon which the entire world is based, and there is no duality on the absolute level). Both of these […]
Rajiv Malhotra’s Unpublished Interview
(CHAKRA Blogs) Rajiv Malhotra informed us that many months ago he was approached by a journalist named Myles Collier from *Christian Post*, who told him that their media wanted to interview him on his book Being Different. He asked that it be done by email, so that there is an accurate record and no misunderstanding […]
Paths are Many, the Rishi’s Call it by Many Names .
By Yogi Baba Prem Yogacharya, Veda Visharada (CHAKRA) One of the most common quotes I hear from Hindu’s is that we are all one, all the religious teach the same thing, and there is no difference between Hinduism and other religions. Ironically, we do not hear this view from Christians, Muslims or other groups. The […]
The Vedic View of the Universe – Macrocosm (Part 1)
(CHAKRA) hariH Om. Before the variegated world of names and forms, there was only consciousness in its unmanifest state. This was the ‘being’- brahman. mAyA shakti is the potential of Brahman to manifest as the universe. Just as you cannot separate heat from the fire, wet-ness from the water, or sunlight from the sun, similarly, you […]
A History of Hindu Bashing from the BBC even has its Karma
In February 2002 the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) along with other international broadcast networks reported on the outbreak of communal violence in Godhra, in the Indian state of Gujarat. From the BBC report one would have got the impression that Hindus were not even victims of the violence. Instead Hindus were blamed for the violence […]
Picture of the Week: Lord Parshuram
Lord Parshuram, the sixth Incarnation of Vishnu, belongs to the Tretayug, and is the son of Jamadagni and Renuka. Parshu means axe, hence His name literally means ‘Lord Ram with the Axe’. Even though He was born as a Brahmin, He had Kshatriya (warrior) traits in terms of aggression, warfare and valour. Hence He is […]
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