By OP Sudrania “Hans Wolfgang Schumann has statistically proven that almost all of Buddha’s disciples were high caste people and that the brahmanas comprised the majority of the sangha.” Edmund Weber I have split this monogram in three sections for ease of readers mostly to avoid monotony of a long continuous read in one stretch. […]

By Sucheta Rustgi (CHAKRA) Raksha bandhan has been celebrated over generations with sisters tying rakhis-a symbolic string-around the wrist of their brothers. The significance of the string is to maintain a strong relationship or ‘bandhan’ between the siblings where a sister ties a string on her brother’s wrist to give him her blessings and love […]

By Sucheta Patel (CHAKRA) Hinduism is an philosophical and spiritual religion. The spiritual and scriptural learning’s  are endless when it comes to Hinduism. The creators of the religion have put so much thought into every small philosophical aspect, that learning and understanding the religion is a very complex process. This could be a part of the reason for why […]

Read Is Caste Only a Hindu Problem? PART 1  Read PART 2 of  Is Caste only a Hindu Problem? Dr. O. P. Sudrania In this monogram, I would venture to dwell on this caste malaise prevalent in the Sikhs, both in India as well as abroad. It is noteworthy that the origin of the Sikhism started with […]

(CHAKRA) The Western faiths have always catered to a difference in Science, Government and Religion; especially the latter two, wherein each tries to supercede the other. This struggle of power led to the rise of a concept called ‘Secularism’. Classically speaking, secularism, in plain words, was a separation of Church and State, where both entities aimed to […]

Read Is Caste Only a Hindu Problem? PART 1  Caste in the Dynasty of Isaac Prophet Abraham some few millennia ago, had a son with Sarah viz Isaac who later gave rise to two religions – Judaism and Christianity. First the Judaism took its roots via Hebrewism and the well known Prophet Moses among the […]

By Karthik Vaidhinathan (CHAKRA) Thank you all for your appreciation and valuable comments regarding my previous write-up What is our “Religion” ? What is “Dharma” ?  There were a few objections raised and a few questions posed, and I will attempt to answer them from my perspective through the current write-up. Objection 1 - I am defining […]

It has been noticed that Hinduism being the oldest of the practicing faith in the world, it is targeted by the latterly emerged diverse faiths for right and wrong reasons with mostly vested interests; caste is one such factor. The interest lies in evangelism to build a number game. Christianity has the highest numbers in […]

By Karthik Vaidhinathan (CHAKRA) I would like to discuss briefly my ideas on the English terms like religion, faith and culture and Indic terms like dharma, sanatana dharma, vaidika dharma etc. and also touch upon what we should call ourselves. Different cultures have had different experiences which have conditioned them in different ways, and thus the categories […]

By Prashant Parikh, a student of traditional Vedanta from Arsha Vidya Gurukulam Vedanta is a very deep and delicate subject. Understanding it requires utmost dedication and preparedness. There are some errors I come across routinely in my discussions with people, so here are a few of them I addressed for our readers: 1) The Self can’t […]