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Alcohol in Hinduism

Thursday, April 1, 2010

It can be noted that almost all of the religions of the world have declared alcohol as something that one must abstain from consuming. The ‘Abrahamic religions’, such as Islam, Christianity and possibly even Judaism, forbid the use of alcohol in varying degrees. I always wondered what the Hindu stance was on the consumption of [...]

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The Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 5

Monday, October 12, 2009

I wanted to follow up this past week’s discussion on Action and Renunciation with a post on Chapter 5 of the Bhagavad Gita. After a basic introduction, I’ve skipped ahead to the relevant verses, hoping to give you a rough idea of the chapter.
(All my translations are from here!)
Krishna replies (in the words of Shri [...]

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