Kundalini Rising : Exploring the Energy of Awakening . You have within you a latent energy waiting to transform your life. Known as “kundalini,” this legendary power is believed to catalyze spiritual evolution. But is kundalini real? And if so, how can we engage this energy to awaken our consciousness? For centuries, the secrets of [...]
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Kundalini Rising : Exploring the Energy of Awakening
Posted in Hinduism, Spirituality, Yoga, tagged awakening, energy, hiduism, Hindu, kundalini, religion, religious, spiritual on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
Posted in General Hinduism, Hinduism, Spirituality, tagged Finally Rama, golden deer, Hindu, hindu book, Hinduism, King Janaka, Mithila City, R. K. Narayan, Rama, Ramayana, religion spiritual, religious book, spiritual book on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic . This book is about a sweeping tale of abduction, battle, and courtship played out in a universe of deities and demons, The Ramayana is familiar to virtually every Indian. Although the Sanskrit original was composed by Valmiki around the fourth century BC, poets [...]
The Bhagavad-Gita : Krishna’s Counsel in Time of War
Posted in Bhagavad Gita, Bhagavad Gita, Hinduism, Sacred Texts, tagged Arjuna, bhakti yoga, Hindu books, Hinduism, jnana yoga, karma yoga, Lord Krishna, raja yoga, religion, Sacred Texts, spiritual, The Bhagavad-Gita on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Bhagavad-Gita : Krishna’s Counsel in Time of War . Professor Miller’s is not one of the better translations of the Gita. We can see this immediately by her choice of subtitle, “Krishna’s Counsel in Time of War,” which works against the real significance of what Krishna is saying and misses the profound message of the [...]
Meeting God: Elements of Hindu Devotion
Posted in General Hinduism, Hinduism, Spirituality, tagged spiritual, Spirituality, Hinduism, Hindu, God Shiva, Meeting God, Puja, Goddess Lakshmi, Sun God, Goddess Durga, Goddess Parvati, God Vishnu, Divine Feminine, Ganges River, Ganesha Chaturthi, Goddess Mariamman, Basant Panchami, God Subramaniam, Monkey God, religious book, varna, the caste system on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Meeting God: Elements of Hindu Devotion. For centuries, India’s strict caste system prohibited many Hindus from worshipping their gods in a public way simply because lower caste Hindus could not afford the services of a brahmin (a priest). Yet Huyler, co-curator of the Puja: Expressions of Hindu Devotion exhibition at the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler [...]
Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India
Posted in General Hinduism, Hinduism, Religious Studies, Spirituality, tagged Darsan, divine image, Eastern Religions, Hinduism, Hinduism book, India, Indus Valley, Krsna Jagannáth, Lord Ganesa, New Embodiment, religion, Sri Lakshmi Temple, Sri Venkateswara, Supreme Lord, United States on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India. Diana Eck is a wonderful scholar who has written several great books on Hinduism. Darsan (or “darshan,” if you’re transliterating it simply for an English-speaking audience) is a wonderfully simple introduction to Hindu iconography and the related ritual experience, a subject that is overwhelmingly broad and often unwieldy.
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