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Maria Wirth is a German and came to India on a stop over (that’s at least what she thought) on her way to Australia after finishing her psychology studies at Hamburg University. She visited the Ardha Kumbha Mela in Haridwar in April 1980 where she met Sri Anandamayi Ma and Devaraha Baba, two renowned saints. With their blessing she continued to live in India and never went to Australia…
She dived into India’s spiritual tradition, sharing her insights with German readers through articles and books. For long, she was convinced that every Indian knows and treasures their great heritage. However, when in recent years, she noticed that there seemed to be a concerted effort to prevent even Indians (and the world) from knowing how valuable this ancient Indian heritage is, she started to point out the unique value of Indian tradition also in English language.
How murti puja is labelled as ‘idol worship’ to dehumanize Hindus
Recently on twitter, Hath Yogi (@hathyogi31) wrote a thread on major myths about Hindu Dharma that needed to be debunked. The first point was...
A little miracle on Mahashivaratri
Last year, Mahashivaratri was on 11 March. I was at the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar and an amazing incident happened on that day. I...
What should be “above all”?
A Pakistani woman, Zainab A. Khan, keeps warning Hindus on Twitter (@ZainabAKhan2) that they have no chance against Muslims if they don’t realise the...
What is unique about Hindu Dharma? How is it different from Christianity and Islam?
Someone asked me this question in the course of an interview.
Here is what I replied:
Oh, there is so much uniqueness that it is hard...
My contribution to a conference on Nath Panth at Gorakhpur University
Things are finally changing for the better for Hindu Dharma. For too long, many educated Bharatiyas, including the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, had...
Divisive forces and hateful voices in Bharat
An article in the Indian Express from 8th January, 2022 caught my attention. It was titled “Your silence emboldens hate voices: Faculty, students of IIMs...
Why I am against conversion
In 1999, the Pope declared in Mumbai that in the 21st century the cross will be planted in Asia. Strangely, there was not much objection...
What is the greatest thing about being a Hindu?
In my view the greatest thing about being a Hindu is that one can be an open-minded, ‘normal’ human being, who is given plenty...
Meeting with an educated Hindu who had converted to Christianity
This is a true story about a Hindu who had converted to Christianity, and who felt the need to convince his family also to...
Letter to Savio Rodrigues in response to his perplexing tweet
Dear Savio,
I had the pleasure to meet you at a conference and you came across as likeable and intelligent. And I felt, we had...