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Who/What is God?

Saturday, July 17, 2010

In a post Saketh wrote a while ago, he asked us all what one of our objects of devotion was; he divided objects of devotion into 3 categories:
1. A deity
2. A person
3. A goal or inanimate object
Today, I want to bring up a similar question:
Hinduism is a religion with many different viewpoints — and consequently, [...]

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A mother’s heart…

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Since today is Mother’s Day, I thought I’d share a poem I grew up reciting in Vivekananda Vidyapith, the Hindu weekend school for character-building education I attended when I was younger. It was written by Swami Vivekananda in a letter to one of his disciples in the West for her 23rd birthday.
The mother’s heart, the [...]

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Reason and Faith at Harvard

Friday, April 23, 2010

At Harvard, there is a clear emphasis on the importance of reason – our General Education requirements include Ethical Reasoning, and before the establishment of the GenEd system, the Core required us to take a Moral Reasoning core; so even in creating requirements that parallel other colleges’ ‘religious ethics’ requirements, Harvard adds an emphasis on [...]

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