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Questions from Students at the Divinity School

Friday, April 16, 2010

This week’s Swadharma discussion will focus on questions brought to us by Julie, Maytal and Willie, three students at the Harvard Divinity School who are doing a project on Hinduism this semester.
Their questions are designed to make us think critically about our experience as Hindus in America (which, coincidentally, is one of the purposes of [...]

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(How) does history matter?

Friday, April 2, 2010

Sid and I attended a lecture-demonstration yesterday by the Carnatic vocalist T.M. Krishna, titled “The Evolution of Ragas”. I loved it, both for TMK’s virtuosity as a performer and for his erudition and knowledge of the history of South Indian classical music. His talk explored the long history of the performance of classical music in [...]

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Constant Self-Analysis: Harmful or Helpful?

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

I’ve grown up with the idea that constant self-analysis is the best way to truly know myself, and the only way to constantly grow and improve for the best. Yet, Hinduism (and Buddhism) also strongly advocate that we follow the “middle path,” balancing everything in our lives.
Then, should self-analysis also be balanced?
At least in my [...]

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