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Are you religious?

A friend asked me the other day if I am religious. I said yes, but I am not sure why. I could not define the word in a Hindu context.
One interpretation is that being religious is equivalent to being a practicing Hindu — being aware of and following the many rich traditions and rituals our [...]

Question of the Week: Challenges to Faith at Harvard

Next week, I’m going to be a panelist at an on-campus event on “Challenges to Faith at Harvard”. The event raises the issue of the social & intellectual pressures that life at Harvard places on one’s faith. I would certainly be interested to hear all your perspectives on this in the comments.
Despite growing [...]

Creating and Holding on to our Visions

One of the things that I love doing for my own spiritual growth, or Sadhana (on all levels), as this journey is called, is reading and enacting lessons from spiritual texts — whether ancient or modern. For my posts, at least for my first few weeks, I would like to introduce certain passages from books [...]