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Garuda Purana

Friday, February 26, 2010

The Garuda Purana, one of the puranas of Hindu tradition, embodies the Hindu (Vaishnava) understanding of death and afterlife. The Purana is generally perceived as divided into two parts: the first describing death itself, and the second detailing what happens after death. The Purana is often recited during funeral rites in North India, and for [...]

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Muscling your way to enlightenment

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

“You may have the Gita in your left hand but have a football in your right.”
So said Swami Vivekananda, according to the reminiscences of A. Srinivasa Pai.
This raises an interesting and often neglected aspect of spiritual development — physical exercise. Hinduism, like most other religions, seems sedentary — after all, if sitting for years on [...]

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Are you religious?

Monday, January 4, 2010

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 [...]

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