Click here to Read Hindus and Monotheism PART 1 Vedic Monotheism? 2. Discovering monotheism underneath polytheism Christian and post-Christian scholars have often attempted to recast other religions in the monotheistic mould. This endeavour was usually motivated by one of two contradictory motives, both of them presupposing a superiority for monotheism. Either its intention was sympathetic, in […]
Global Epic on Karma to Benefit World’s First Museum of Buddhism and Yoga
By Dorje Lama (CHAKRA) Albert Einstein famously dubbed Buddhism ‘the religion of the future’ and several studies show Buddhism to be the fastest growing religion among Westerners all over the world. In addition, the PEW Forum has found that a 65% majority of Americans subscribe to Dharmic practices like yoga, meditation, karma and the number continues […]
Picture of the Week: Wheel of Dharma
Wheel of Dharma or Life, also known as Dharma Chakra is a symbol that has represented dharma, the Buddha’s teaching of the path to enlightenment, since the early period of Indian Buddhism. A similar symbol is also in used in Jainism and the Dharmic faiths. It is one of the Ashtamangala symbols.The Dharma Chakra symbol […]
Picture of the Week: Budai (Laughing Buddha)
Budai, pronounced Hotei in Japanese, is a Chinese folkloric deity. His name means “Cloth Sack,”and comes from the bag that he is conventionally depicted as carrying. He is usually identified with (or as an incarnation of) Maitreya Buddha, so much so that the Budai image is one of the main forms in which Maitreya Buddha […]
Picture of the Week: Ancient Buddha Statues in Afghanistan
The Buddhas of Bamiyan were 6th century monumental statues of standing buddhas carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley in central Afghanistan and part of the UNESCO World Heritage family. The Buddhas of Bamiyan were dynamited and destroyed in March 2001 by Islamic hardliners.
Practicing Buddhism Results in Longer Life?
A 112-year-old nun who is one of the two oldest currently living in Taiwan, proclaimed that her secret to a long life was simply to practice Buddhism. She is from the central area of Taiwan’s Nantou County. Liu Ching-huan was brought to Taiwan from China’s Sichuan Province, where she was born, when the late President […]
Hindu Survival and Buddhist Disappearance During Medieval India
By Sandeep Sharma No less a person than Mahatma Gandhi once estimated that nearly a quarter of Hindus had converted to Islam over the past on thousand years. How true is this statement ? Hinduism has been associated with the Indian subcontinent since time immemorial. The teachings of the sages of the Vedas emanate from […]
Tibet, India and the Chinese and the Calendars that Join them
By Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet ‘…What is to emerge? In what way will the soul of Tibet manifest? What will be the new religious-spiritual experience after the ordeal of the “labour pains” is over? Of this we cannot as yet be certain. But it is sure that the soul of Tibet awaits a higher manifestation, […]
Representative of Eastern Religion for UN Secretary-General Post Next Time?
Using the principal of geographical rotation, every ten or so years the post of UN Secretary-General is given to individuals from various continents. Each candidate is usually kept for two terms of five years each. The individual selected has a duty and responsibility to represent the people of his/her continent by sharing the beliefs or values […]
Why no Hindu or Buddhist representation?
By Aseem Shukla Q:The Chicago Council on Global Affairs is recommending that the U.S. government develop a strategy to make religion ‘integral’ to American foreign policy. Should U.S. foreign policy get religion? There is little doubt that U.S. foreign policy apparatchiks have historically been deaf to religion as a driver of nationalism, foreign policy and […]