One often hears that Advaita Vedānta is atheistic, that it denies God and teaches only an impersonal Absolute. Others imagine that Advaita proclaims, "You ar... Read more ›
A fire destroyed three houses in a Taphan Hin community in Phichit province yesterday evening, before a second blaze broke out nearby when a parked electric vehicle suddenly caught fire. Police and rescue workers were notified of the fire at the Phrom Jai community, in Taphan Hin Municipality, just after 8pm. Fire trucks from the … The story as seen on . Read more ›
Our minds create defense mechanisms to help preclude future traumas. Plant medicine has helped people such as Aaron Rodgers transcend traumas and release those defenses. Read more ›
Fifteen centuries of South and Southeast Asian art has been devoted to Vishnu. The Hindu god is depicted in many forms, from the man-lion Narasimha to blue-skinned Krishna. Sydney’s Art Gallery of NSW (AGNSW) is displaying hundreds of ancient and modern interpretations of Vishnu’s image through a landmark exhibition, Avatar: Forms of Vishnu, running from 20 June to 5 October. Read more ›
A year of reading the Tales and Teachings from the Bhagavata Purana One year ago, I started reading Bhakti Yoga, Tales and Teachings from the Bhāgavata Purāṇa by Edwin Bryant. I picked it up because I absolutely love his book on the and after reading the , I wanted to learn more about bhakti yoga. This book provides a relatively “safe” way for me to explore these concepts: it’s approach is somewhat academic. To cut to the chase: I was not disappointed, this is an excellent introduction to bha... Read more ›
Swami Sarvapriyananda is one of the world’s leading teachers of Advaita Vedanta, the non-dual philosophical tradition rooted in Hinduism, which places rational inquiry and self-investigation at its core. As head of the Vedanta Society of New York, he is renowned for his clear and rigorous presentations of Advaita Vedanta, and for showing how its insights resonate with modern developments in analytic philosophy, neuroscience, and physics. In this conversation with Hans Busstra, Swami Sarvapriy... Read more ›
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Bedtime isn’t just about switching off the artificial lights, it’s also the time when the mind replays the entire day. To set the mind at peace, many elderly in Indian families follow a simple practice: Chanting shlokas. While we’ve often seen grandparents follow this tradition, it’s an effective way that can even help children to wrap the day peacefully. For children, chanting simple shlokas before bedtime can become a powerful ritual. Parenting coach Vidhi (@old.school.parenting) recently s... Read more ›
Vedanta Aluminium shares rose 3% on June 18 after two brokerages initiated coverage with Buy ratings, signaling positive growth prospects driven by capacity expansions and cost efficiency. The stock debuted at ₹522, a significant premium over its initial price. Read more ›
Key takeaways This year’s European World of Coffee event will take place in Brussels, Belgium, from 25 to 27 June. The trade show will host the 2026 World Brewers Cup, Coffee in Good Spirits, and Coffee Roasting Championships, Roasters Village, Producer Village, Best New Product Competition, Coffee Design Awards, lectures, workshops, cuppings, and more. Brands […] The post appeared first on . Read more ›
Indian mining contractor Laxyo Ltd is entering the African underground mining market with a INR2bn ($23mn) raise-boring contract at Zambia's Mopani ... Read more ›
As a teenager I used to get bored with the idea that doing 12 surya namaskar would be the thing that will shape me not only physically but mentally too. My dad kept saying to me often that I should be serious about opting yoga along with my sports practice. He even got me to… Read more ›
In a world increasingly affected by stress, conflict, negativity, division and emotional unrest, filmmaker, writer, creator, musician, publisher, producer and entrepreneur GURMEET SINGH DANG, through GURMEETWEB TECHNICAL LABS®, has introduced another meaningful global creative project titled “ONLY PEACE” The project has been developed as a multi-format international initiative dedicated to peace, kindness, positivity, humanity, emotional storytelling and a better future for Earth. The ONLY PE... Read more ›
Imagine you are reading the Bhagavad Gita, or trying to understand what the Upanishads actually say about the soul, and you keep running… Read more ›
Hello everyone! The blog post today is an interview of Genevieve Williams, Writing Center Coordinator and community yoga instructor at BU. The interviewer is Thara Michaelis, an Acquisitions Specialist at the University Library and lover of yoga. The interview is available via the audio file embedded at the top of this page or the transcript […] Read more ›
Historyverse, the culturally focused content label within India’s Collective Studios, has announced “Vikram Betal,” an AI-enabled film adaptation drawing on the ancient Indian folk tradition of King Vikramaditya and the spirit Betal. Birla Open Minds will serve as knowledge partner on the project. The source material – rooted in the “Baital Pachisi,” a collection of […] Read more ›
We introduce Darshana Graph, a corpus of over 125,000 text records spanning classical Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain philosophical traditions, drawn from public-domain and openly licensed translations of sources including the Bhagavad Gita, Brahma Sutras, principal Upanishads, the Pali Canon, and core Jain texts. Its distinctive contribution lies in a structurally unique subset of roughly 8,500 Hindu and Jain records in which the same root verse or s... Read more ›
There comes a point familiar to anyone who has ever set out to make a D&D character where that pen hasn’t yet found paper, and the question hangs in the air of “what do you want to play?”, and there’s something that bubbles up from under rational thought and responds to it. Most players do not think Read more ›
Bishaldeep Kakati and Bipasha Saikia trace Majuli's mask craft from Sankardeva's painted theatre to an island shrinking beneath the few artisans still keeping it alive. The post appeared first on . Read more ›