This shloka doesn’t describe what God wants. It reveals what remains when the personal self — the “I” — has vanished. It ...

As the grand Chariot Festival approaches, we explore the identity and significance of the deity who unites myth, history, and faith. Who is Lord Jagannath? A sacred mystery beyond image, caste, and ...

A grateful friend and colleague reflects on the towering Old Testament scholar.

Sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ, rātriṁ yuga-sahasrāntāṁ te 'ho-rātra-vido janāḥ” – Bhagavad Gita 8.17 (“Those ...

As we saw in earlier notes, the Brahman is not a personal god whom we see in religion as a powerful male or female sitting in heaven, supervising creation. Brahman is an impersonal entity, denoted ...

Brahma also is a Hindu god who is a member of the trinity of supreme divinity. He is known as "the Creator" while Vishnu is "the Preserver" and Shiva is "the Destroyer." ...

Supreme Father of all souls, God Shiva, by giving the true knowledge of Gita at the time of extreme decay of religion, gets re-established the original eternal deity religion and gets destroyed ...

The Nirmohi Akhara was awarded one-third of the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land by the Allahabad High Court in 2010, but the Supreme Court overruled the High Court judgement and ...

Upanishad answers, Who is Brahman? - The Upanishads are part of Vedanta or the last part of the Vedas, the oldest scriptures of Hinduism created between 1500–1000 BCE. The Upanishads contain ...