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Understanding the Vedas : Highlighting the Spirituality and Wisdom in the Vedas

R Narayanaswami Book ResourcesWebsite,Facebook,Kindle Message for Portal Readers This book addresses and discusses several aspects of dharma drishti. Firstly, the book emphasizes the dharma aspects as it is about the Vedas, the epistemological texts of Sanatana Dharma and the dharmic life embodied in the Vedas. Second, the “Reverse the gaze” …

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Women & Education: #VedicTruths > #FakeLiberalisms

B S Nihaar अ॒हं रु॒द्रेभि॒र्वसु॑भिश्चराम्य॒हमा॑दि॒त्यैरु॒त वि॒श्वदे॑वैः ।अ॒हं मि॒त्रावरु॑णो॒भा बि॑भर्म्य॒हमिं॑द्रा॒ग्नी अ॒हम॒श्विनो॒भा ॥ ahám rudrébhirvásubhiścarāmyahámādityáirutá viśvádevaiḥ ǀahám mitrā́váruṇobhā́ bibharmyahámindrāgnī́ ahámaśvínobhā́ ǁ अ॒हं सोम॑माह॒नसं॑ बिभर्म्य॒हं त्वष्टा॑रमु॒त पू॒षणं॒ भगं॑ ।अ॒हं द॑धामि॒ द्रवि॑णं ह॒विष्म॑ते सुप्रा॒व्ये॒३॒॑ यज॑मानाय सुन्व॒ते ॥ ahám sómamāhanásam bibharmyahám tváṣṭāramutá pūṣáṇam bhágam ǀahám dadhāmi dráviṇam havíṣmate suprāvyé yájamānāya sunvaté ǁ “ I proceed …

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மயிலாப்பூர் இதிகாசம்

முனைவர் சாரதா நாராயணன் மொழிபெயர்பு:  திருநின்றவூர் ரவிக்குமார்  Author Note: “ThiruMayilai : The Itihasa of Mylapore”, English version of the article is available here. மெட்ராஸ் பிறந்த கதை நீண்ட காலமாக மெட்ராஸ் என்று வழங்கப்பட்டது தமிழகத்தின் தலைநகர். 1996 இல் மாநில அரசு அதன் பெயரை சென்னை என்று மாற்றியது. இந்த நகரம் பாரம்பரிய உணவு வகைகளுக்கும் பரதநாட்டியத்திற்கும் பட்டுத்துணிகளுக்கும் புகழ்பெற்றது. ஆங்கிலேயர்களின் …

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Hinduism Through Its Scriptures-7 – Mutual Respect

Author: Ananth Sethuraman. Read the earlier parts in this Series by Shri Ananth here Introduction edX is a provider of massive open online courses [Ref 1]. It was founded by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. One of the courses that edX offers is titled Hinduism Through Its Scriptures …

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Hindu Temple Management : The Way Ahead

As the entire world struggles with Covid 19, our nation is fighting this terrible pandemic with a clear vision and firm steps. Along with performing their normal duties and other activities, all states have rallied to contribute their maximum efforts. Individuals, volunteer organisations and other institutions have come together to support the government in this war- like effort…

Hinduism Through Its Scriptures -1: Personhood

edX is a provider of massive open online courses [Ref 1]. It was founded by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. One of the courses that edX offers is titled Hinduism Through Its Scriptures [Ref 2]. The course covers some concepts from the angle of Western Indology, rather than the angle of adhyātma.

Soul Is Anitya, Atma Is Not

According to Cambridge dictionary, soul is “the spiritual part of a person that some people believe continues to exist in some form after their body has died”. The word is classified under the category “Souls, spirits & ghosts” and some of the common synonyms and related words associated with soul are: astral plane[i], aura, ectoplasm