The Acharya and his student continued their dialogue as follows: The Swami:Dear one, your question is subtle and worthy of deep reflection. You say that calling the Veda “apauruṣeya” seems like a human attribution, a mental concept applied by human intellect. But hear me out carefully: The Veda is not an object of mere humanContinue reading “A Dialogue on the Veda, the self-existent, uncaused revealed scripture un-authored by human agency: the Visishtadvaita “darsana” (Part 2 of 2 CONCLUDED)”
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Are Vedic rituals meaningless? Certainly not… not if you understand it in the Japanese sort of way.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pointing-and-calling-japan-trains Reading the above interesting article and watching the two short video/clips in it, reminds me so much of our own traditional Vedic ritual cultural practices which unfortunately are fast vanishing today in our families and ordinary daily ways of living. While the Japanese Railways devised shisha kanko ritual to regulate their trains in anContinue reading “Are Vedic rituals meaningless? Certainly not… not if you understand it in the Japanese sort of way.”
“Snaanam”, “Shraadham”, “Darsanam”, “Alinganam”: PART-2 of 8: Personal reflections on my pilgrimage to Gaya, Kashi, Prayag and Ayodhya – November 11-20, 2023
“snaanam” If your faith is Sanatana Dharma, then you probably already know about the 3 “Rrunam-s” — the three congenital Debts of Gratitude every man is born with: (a) deva Rrunam (b) rishi Rrunam and (c) pitru-Rrnam. Hindu belief is that Man’s first debt is to the many Vedic gods or devathas (such as Varuna,Continue reading ““Snaanam”, “Shraadham”, “Darsanam”, “Alinganam”: PART-2 of 8: Personal reflections on my pilgrimage to Gaya, Kashi, Prayag and Ayodhya – November 11-20, 2023″
The Supreme Court of India and “Same-Sex Marriage”: A very, very Vexing question !
QUESTION: Whether homosexulity was recognised in ancient India particularly in our ancient texts and the sastras? Explain. A question posed to me via email this morning by a very learned friend —- a retired very high ranking IAS officer. My answer to him in my email reply.: Sir, turning to your question on “whether homosexulityContinue reading “The Supreme Court of India and “Same-Sex Marriage”: A very, very Vexing question !”