Monthly Archives: June 2009

What is your purpose in life?

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Swadharma — a concept many people worry about, through many different names.
To determine Swadharma, one’s own duty, it is helpful to consider other perspectives on finding meaning. One way is through science — psychologist Viktor Frankl, Holocaust survivor and author of Man’s Search for Meaning, encapsulated the natural quest to define Swadharma as a will to meaning. [...]

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Hindu American Foundation Essay Contest

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

For anyone interested, this contest was recently brought to our attention:
NextGen Essay Contest: The Importance Of A Hindu American Identity
HAF invites you to participate in its first ever essay contest.   The topic of this year’s contest is: Why is it important to have a Hindu American identity? How can you advocate for this identity in [...]

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Ahimsa and Martial Arts

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

When I first began thinking about it, I saw a contradiction between the Hindu concept of ahimsa, or non-violence, and martial arts, which are fighting arts.  The question I struggled with was if the idea of non-violence could be reconciled with fighting techniques.  At first, especially when I was thinking about techniques that had the [...]

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