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Two thousand five hundred years ago, Prince Siddhartha Gautama of the Sakya clan wanted to know the cause of suffering. When he discovered it, he became...
~ Maria Wirth (freelance writer who has lived in India for the past 33 years) Though I have lived in India for a long time, there are still...
After he became enlightened, the Buddha gave his first sermon to five ascetic monks who were his earliest followers. At this sermon the Buddha expounded the...
‘When I am gone, my Teaching shall be your Master and Guide.’ Three months before His passing away the Buddha addressed His disciples and said: ‘I...
A person who grows on the spiritual path cannot ignore Gautama because his presence has become so significant. In his own lifetime, he had forty thousand monks who went out...
-By SRI BEN PRABHU The term Religion is combination of two words, ‘Re’ and ‘ligare’, where ‘Re’ means again and ‘ligare’ means to connect, tie, bind....
The community’s tenacity and survival can be attributed to its intra-community bonding and relative affluence as a result of engagement with trade and commerce as its...
Rishabhadev renounced the world to give himself up to a spiritual quest and divided his empire between Bharata and Bahubali. There are legends and legends about...
– By Rahul Zota Lord Mahavir was the twenty-fourth and the last Tirthankara of the Jain religion. Born on the thirteenth day of rising moon of Chaitra...
Jains do not believe in a God or gods in the way that many other religions do, but they do believe in divine (or at least...
Indian marriages are well renowned around the world for all the rituals and events forming part of the marriage ceremony....
One of the most sensual attires of a woman in India is undoubtedly the sari. It is a long unstitched...
Atithi Devo Bhava, an ancient line taken from the Hindu scriptures and was originally coined to depict a visiting person whose date of...
-By Ojaswita Krishnaa Chaturvedi anskrit is the language of ancient India, the earliest compilation of sound, syllables and written communication...
Baiskhi is also spelled ‘Vaisakhi’, and is a vibrant Festival considered to be an extremely important festival in India. It...
– Shri Gyan Rajhans Navratri or the nine holy days are auspicious days of the lunar calendar according to Hinduism. ...
Vastu Shastra (or short just Vastu) is the Indian science of space and architecture and how we may create spaces...
– Arun Gopinath Hindus believe that the knowledge of medicinal plants is older than history itself, that it was gifted...
Pulastya Maha Muni affirmed to Bhishma that Brahma was Narayana Himself and that in reality he was Eternal. But in...
Karma Yoga is Meditation in Action: “Karma” means action and “yoga” means loving unity of our mind with God. To...