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Thinking of Freedom, Religiously

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Perhaps April is the month of freedom. It certainly is for at least some major swaths of the population: Jews celebrated Passover during April, commemorating their deliverance from slavery in Egypt at the hand of God. Republicans like me hoped for the freedom to pay fewer taxes on April 15. Even stoners thought about freedom [...]

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Question of the Week: How do we make time for God?

Thursday, October 8, 2009

First off, let me thank everyone in Dharma who made Hungama a smashing success.  It was the funnest event thus far in my Harvard experience.  I’m confident that everyone enjoyed themselves and are looking forward to the next time they can jam to Daler Mehndhi with 300 smiling people.
Now for the post:
Compared to our fellow [...]

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Question of the Week: What is my duty?

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Chapter 3, Verse 35 of the Bhagavad Gita reads:
श्रेयान् स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात् स्वनुष्टितात् स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः
Roughly translated, this says that performing one’s prescribed duty (svadharma) imperfectly is better than performing another’s perfectly. Krishna tells Arjuna this in the context of Arjuna’s concerns about war. He tells Arjuna that it is his duty to [...]

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