Sri Aurobindo And India’s Destiny
Pencil drawing of Sri Aurobindo by The Mother, 1935
A day will dawn when people of all classes in my country will band together …
The Restoration of Sri Ram And Beyond
The establishment of the foundation for the Ram Janmabhumi Temple at Ayodhya yesterday was a profound symbolic victory for Dharma: it was the culmination of a 490-odd years struggle for …
Mahayuddha, The Great Battle
A dharma yuddha, unlike other battles fought on the ground, is mostly invisible and inaudible, it is waged in the depths of consciousness and engages ancient unseen forces that have …
All Religions Are Not The Same
Hindu Dharma Has a Scientific Temper
There have been many attempts to define the Hindu Dharma, or more appropriately, Sanātana Dharma throughout the modern era. Most notably, the Supreme Court defined it as a …
Hindu Dharma is Nearest to Scientific Concept of Time
2. Time Concepts
“Time is the interface between Science and Religion” — Dr. CK Raju
The biggest difference and that which makes it impossible for the Eastern and Western cultures to meet at a midpoint …
Logic System in Hinduism – How it Differs From The West
3. Logic Concepts
The assertion that Hinduism is different from the Middle Eastern Religions of the Book is further fortified by the different ways in which they approach logic.
All Middle Eastern Religions follow the …
Hindu Epistemology With Its Pramāṇa (Proof) System Is Closest To Science
Reliable Means of Gaining Knowledge
4. Epistemology or Means of Knowledge
प्रत्यक्षानुमानागमाः प्रमाणानि
pratyakshānumanāgamāh pramaṇāni
Direct perception, inference, and evidence of background knowledge, …
Hindu Cosmology Is Unique In the Comity of Religions
5. Cosmology in Hinduism
Cosmology is that part of a Religion, or of a Spiritual system like the Eastern Oṃkāra Dharmas, which defines its view of the Universe and the way human beings interact …
Hindu Theory of Death Aims At Liberation
Shiva the Destroyer doing the Dance of Death, Tandava
6. Eschatology (Theory of Death)
This story from Kaṭha Upanishad is a broad …
Indic Resurgence
Towards An Indic Resurgence Based on Sanatan Dharma
The political and cultural narratives in India are changing — the signs and indications are everywhere. While the leftist-liberal narratives struggle to retain …
Sanatan Dharma
Excerpts from the Uttarpara Speech by Sri Aurobindo
(30 May 1909)
When you go forth, speak to your nation always this word, that it is for the Sanatan Dharma that they …
A Hindu Upsurge
Part One
There is undoubtedly a Hindu upsurge in the country today. But whether we seize the tide at its flood and use it to bring about a spiritual renaissance or …
Hinduism and Sanatan Dharma
Part Two
That which we call the Hindu religion is really the eternal religion, it is the universal religion which embraces all religions. … This is the one religion that …
Aspects of Indian Nationalism
Part Three
Indian nationalism, since the early years of the Indian renaissance, has undergone various mutations. K. D. Sethna, one of the finest scholars and thinkers this country has produced in …
Aspects of Modern Culture
Part Four
The culture of money is obliterating all other cultures; even spirituality itself has become a commodity that can be sold and bought and even mass-produced during weekend retreats in …
Secularism
Part Five
The one country in the world that has been traditionally hospitable to the followers of all religions has now to learn lessons in secularism in its new form. Secularism …
The Higher Hinduism
Part Six
There are two Hinduisms; one which takes its stand on the kitchen and seeks its Paradise by cleaning the body; another which seeks God, not through the …