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The word samadhi has been largely misunderstood. People think samadhi means some death-like situation. The word samadhi literally means samaand dhi – sama meaning equanimity and...
Vyasa is perhaps the greatest sage in the history of Hindu religion. He edited the four Vedas, wrote the 18 Puranas, the epic Mahabharata and the Srimad Bhagavata and even...
– Subhamoy Das Surdas, the 15th century sightless saint, poet and musician, is known for his devotional songs dedicated to Lord Krishna. Surdas is said to have written and...
The saint poet Kabir is one of the most interesting personalities in the history of Indian mysticism. Born near Benaras or Varanasi, of Muslim parents, in c.1440,...
Shri Adi Shankaracharya or the first Shankara with his remarkable reinterpretations of Hindu scriptures, especially on Upanishads or Vedanta, had a profound influence on the growth of Hinduism...
Yoga means ‘union’ or ‘connection’. In Sanskrit, the word ‘yoga’ is used to signify any form of connection. Yoga is both a state of connection and...
– By Arun Shourie “There can be no doubt that the fall of Buddhism in India was due to the invasions of the Musalmans,” writes the...
~ 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...
– By Maria Popova Collision and convergence in Truth and Beauty at the intersection of science and spirituality…This was their second meeting. This is how the...
By: Rajiv Malhotra | Founder, Infinity Foundation Mahatma Gandhi articulated his sva-dharma (“my dharma”) using a few key Sanskrit words that do not have an exact English equivalent....