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Question of the Week: Are Hindu Epics Literature, History, or Scripture?

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Ram Navami was this past Friday, and for that reason, Swami Tyagananda spoke of “The Story of Rama” this weekend during the Sunday service in the Vedanta Society. During his lecture, he brought up an interesting point — there are many ways to view the Ramayana (and Mahabharata). Ravi mentioned a few of these in [...]

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Question of the Week: Causes for Debate in the Ramayana

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

The Ramayana is one of Hinduism’s most holy texts, and one that all Hindus, including myself, certainly respect. But any type of idea or faith is only made stronger through constant questioning and challenging of orthodoxy, and so I’d like to discuss some aspects of the Ramayana that give me pause. To preface, I am [...]

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