Bal Gangadhar Tilak On Need For Hindu Unity
Speech delivered by Bal Gangadhar Tilak to the ‘Bharata Dharma Mahamandala’ at Varanasi, 3rd January, 1906 Source: Bal Gangadhar Tilak, His Writings and Speeches, Ganesh & Co, Madras I am…
Hindu Wisdom
Why a New Encounter with Adi Shankaracharya, Bharat’s Greatest Intellectual, is Essential
In his book, Adi Shankaracharya: Hinduism’s Greatest Thinker, former diplomat Pavan K. Varma explores the continued relevance of his teachings by revisiting the sites he frequented. Adi Shankaracharya is one of…
Mantra, Concentration and Meditation
Concentration and Meditation To reach the meditative state, concentration is required first. A scattered, distracted, and inattentive mind cannot truly meditate, even if one sits silently for long periods of…
Psychological Well-Being is Ingrained in Leading Life in the Path of Sat (Truth)
As per Vedic understanding, Sat (Truth) is defined as unchangeable and eternal which is the primary attribute of ultimate divine- Parabrahman or Paramatma. With such noble understanding, let’s look at…
Non-Brahmin Priestesses Conquer Bias, Learn Sanskrit, Perform Puja
More than 150 non-Brahmin, semi literate women got Sanskrit degrees and became trained and certified priestesses over the past 18 years in and around Mohopada, a tiny village in Raigad…
Lessons from Shri Ganesha
While several puranas narrate the stories on the birth of Shri Ganesha in different versions and other major episodes involving him, there are many management lessons to be learnt from…
Talk to Students in Memory of Swami Vivekananda by Maria Wirth
This one-hour speech happened to be a first for me, and I want to thank the students that they made it easy for me and looked interested throughout. My three…
“Pearls of Vedic Wisdom to Succeed”- A book About Applicability of Vedic Concepts to Present Times
“Pearls of Vedic Wisdom to Succeed” is an honest and sincere attempt to bring out the essential Vedic concepts by explaining them in a simple manner with examples applicable to…
Science and Religion
When I was in high school in Germany, I had a recurring phantasy. I imagined that some fine day the anchor in the news broadcast announces that science has found…
Bharat’s Foundations of Modern Science
Scholars see Bharat and Greece as the two principal birthplaces of science. School textbooks tell us about Pythagoras, Aristotle, Euclid, Archimedes, and Ptolemy, geometry of the Vedic altars, the invention of…