Category: thinkers

  • Vivekananda On Faith, Fear and the Goal

    Awake, arise and stop not till the desired end is reached. Arise, awake, for the time is propitious. Be bold and fear not. We have to become Abhih, fearless, and our task will be done. Arise, awake, for your country needs this tremendous sacrifice. It is the young men that will do it. The young,…

  • Significance of the Vedas in Hinduism

    I am often asked the question whether a particular mantra can be chanted or recited by a particular person from a particular caste. I am also often asked if certain mantras can be chanted by women. The answer to all such questions was eloquently given by one of the greatest reformers of the 19th century…

  • Lord Krishna’s Promise in the Gita

    In celebration of Gita Jayanti, it is perhaps appropriate to look at what the Bhagavad Gita teaches us about the “the promise of Lord Krishna to his faithful” . This is best explained in an often quoted verse (Chapter IV, Verse 7) of the Gita – ‘yada yada hi dharmasya,…’ – Read More…