Blogs Posts in Hinduism category; 315 blog posts

What is Hinduism ? How I become Hindu ?

Like other religions; Hinduism is not based on Hell and Heaven Superstition. It is not based on blind beliefs which makes everyone a stupid follower of faith. Hinduism will never ask you to believe something blindly; but asks you to searc [...]

Posted On : Apr, 30 2013 | Comments : 0

Marriage Equality and Hinduism

You may have guessed from some of my previous posts that I am a liberal Hindu. I don’t like to draw strict lines of division, make battles of “us v.s. them” or dictate how anyone else should live. I err firmly on the sid [...]

Posted On : Apr, 23 2013 | Comments : 0

Hinduism is the oldest living religion

The word Hindu is derived from the Sanskrit word Sindhu, the historic local appellation for the Indus River in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, and is first mentioned in the Rig Veda. The beliefs and practices of the pre- [...]

Posted On : Apr, 03 2013 | Comments : 0

Hinduism : A Spiritual Lifestyle

Let us try to understand the deeper spiritual processes of Hinduism. When I say, Hinduism : A Spiritual Lifestyle, it does not mean that Hinduism is not a religion. It is even Eternal, the Sanatan Dharama. But What is a Religion? For me r [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2013 | Comments : 0

Hinduism is neither a religion nor a community: I-T tribunal

Mumbai: Hinduism cannot be regarded as a religion or a community and includes worshipping of different gods in several ways, the income tax appellate tribunal in Nagpur has stated, a leading newspaper reported on Saturday. "Technical [...]

Posted On : Mar, 16 2013 | Comments : 0

Maha Kumbh was crash course in Hinduism: French filmmaker

New Delhi: French documentary maker Diego Bunuel, who spent 21 days at the ongoing Maha Kumbh, the largest gathering of people in the world, in Allahabad, said it was more like a crash course in Hinduism. Diego, 38, was in the holy cit [...]

Posted On : Mar, 04 2013 | Comments : 0

The myth of an ‘amorphous’ Hinduism

Going through many discussions on matters that pertain to Hindu culture, one finds that there are two distinct sets of opinions on the matter of what Hinduism is. There is one school of thought that seeks to ban anything it perceives as u [...]

Posted On : Feb, 26 2013 | Comments : 0

On Republic Day, consider that India's real split is between...

Once a year since 1950, India tries to convince the world (and itself) that it is indeed a superpower, with an epic show that takes over the grandest road in India, the Rajpath in New Delhi. The Republic Day parade celebrates India's [...]

Posted On : Jan, 29 2013 | Comments : 0

Hindus Working to Place One Million Bhagavad Gitas Next to B...

San Jose, California – A California-based Hindu effort called the Pancajanya Project, which is “dedicated to increasing awareness of the glories to Lord Krishna and His teachings,” is working to place one million copies [...]

Posted On : Jan, 15 2013 | Comments : 0

Promoting Hinduism? Parents Demand Removal Of School Yoga Cl...

During first period at Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary School in Encinitas, Calif., Kristen McCloskey leads about two dozen third-graders through some familiar yoga poses. "All right, so let's do our opening sequence A," [...]

Posted On : Jan, 11 2013 | Comments : 0

Mishra fears: Errors creeping into Hinduism

INDIAN High Commissioner Malay Mishra has expressed concern about errors creeping into Hinduism locally. "What I have seen is too much emphasis on ritualism, the ritual part of it. And sometimes with very shallow understanding of the [...]

Posted On : Jan, 05 2013 | Comments : 0

Islam and Hinduism are faiths mostly likely to expand in fut...

People with no religious affiliation make up the third-largest global group in a new study of the size of the world's faiths, placing after Christians and Muslims and just before Hindus. The study, based on extensive data for the year [...]

Posted On : Dec, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

2 mukhi Ruling god is Ardhanareshwara

The 2 Mukhi Rudraksha is the image of Chandra and Surya (Swar ie; left and right Naadi). The individual who wears this Rudraksha after legitimate Sidhhi ( technique for cleaning & accusing of Mantra) will consistently went with by two Dev [...]

Posted On : Dec, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Krishna Murti – A Symbol of Love n Peace

Krishna is a Hindu deity and so far the most lovable God not only in India but worldwide also. Krishna is considered eighth complete avatar of the lord of preservation, The Vishnu. This avatar was successor of Lord Vishnu's avatar Ram [...]