Category: scriptures

  • The Bhagavad Gita – Message of Unity

    The Bhagavad Gita is most widely recognized as one of the central scriptures of hinduism and one of the three pillars of hindu thought. The message of unity preached in the Gita is often overlooked in favor of the message(s) of karma-yoga, raja-yoga, prema-yoga and bhakti-yoga. The Gita is perhaps the one and only text…

  • The Practice of Satsang

    The practice of satsang is the basis for like-minded people to commune together and participate in singing bhajans and the glories of their favorite God-head. The bhakti movement in India is perhaps the major sect which practices satsang on a regular basis to sing the glories of Lord Krishna. The word satsang (सतसंग) literally means…

  • The Five Faces of Gayatri

    O Parvati! This entire universe is made of five elements – water, air, earth, light and ether. Gayatri is present in each living being on this earth in the form of energy or shakti. It is these five elements that are manifested in the five faces of Gayatri. In the human body, these five elements…

  • The Bhagavad Gita – The Third Pillar of Hinduism

    The Bhagavad Gita is perhaps the most well-known and revered text in the Hindu dharma. The reason for the popularity of the Gita is that it provides practical solutions to the problems of everyday life for people of all backgrounds. As discussed in previous articles, the Upanishads and the Brahma Sutras form two of the…

  • The Brahma Sutras – The Second Pillar of Hinduism

    The Brahma Sutras (also known as the Veda Sutras) form the second pillar of hinduism – they are the philosophical foundation of hindu thought and discuss the nature and relationship of the individual soul (Atman) and the universal soul (Brahman). Brahma Sutras can be viewed as the Science of the Soul. Read the full article

  • The Three Pillars of Hindu Thought

    Swami Vivekananda was a great teacher of the Vedas and Vedic thought, and of the Upanishads in particular. His lecture on the Vedanta (Lahore, 1897) outlined several key concepts of Hinduism and clarified a lot of misconceptions regarding the Vedas and the Upanishads. The theme of the Upanishads can be viewed as an attempt to…