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Question of the Week: Is Hinduism a religion?

Monday, May 4, 2009

At one of our weekly discussions a while back, we touched on the idea that Hinduism may not be a religion. We seem to lack a specific set of instructions, a central text, and a central teacher figure that seem to ground most other religions — if this is the case, can we really call [...]

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A matter of convenience

Saturday, January 17, 2009

I was recently talking to my roommates, who are both practicing Christians, about the similarities and differences between Hinduism and Christianity.  As a student in Vidyapith, and as a student of Vedanta, I had always heard about Christianity’s similarities to Hinduism — how Christ can be thought of as an ideal karma yogi; how both [...]

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The True Christmas Spirit

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Especially in the United States, Christmas has become a commercial holiday — people of all religious backgrounds and ethnicities celebrate this holiday, regardless of whether or not they even know the religious significance of the holiday. Even in my house, we celebrate Christmas just as an excuse to give and receive presents to one another…this [...]

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