The word Hindutva means the essence of being a Hindu. In other words, it means the essence of Hindu Dharma. However, lately, politics and the western media have degraded Hindutva to mean Hindu nationalism. Hindu Dharma is better known as the Sanātana Dharma. Sanātana means eternal. Dharma stands for the eternal truth, the rules of…
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How often do you come across someone who is always blissfully happy? Well, you might immediately push back, asking if being always blissfully happy even possible, and what would that even mean if it was? A look at the world around you would quickly reveal the struggles that abound around us. Right after birth, a…
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Upanishads are like the gist of the Vedas. They are also referred to as Vedanta, which means the final part of the Vedas. Most of them are very short documents containing a few verses. Most of which came from the Upanishads, Vedantic knowledge was taught only to the “Adhikari” or to the qualified one to…
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Let me answer right away: There is only one way to stop a pandemic in its tracks – by stopping the virus’s spread. But, unfortunately, the role we all can collectively play to stop that spread has been called into question. No politics or beliefs or ignoring the virus can help defeat it. That is…
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Almost everyone is afraid of death. Be it animals, insects, or humans, the most basic instinct in every living creature is to avoid death. Therefore, even nature provides the mechanism of using certain hormones in the body to protect itself from harm. If you observe closely, even in your own body, millions of cells die…
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