On Helping A Friend
Yesterday, I was sitting in a coffee shop, writing the fourth chapter of my senior project, when one of my freshmen friends, CL, came up to me. CL is an artist, a Christian, and an ex-pot-smoker, and someone cursed to more…
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Honor
What are we thinking about when we think about honor? Many of us think about superheroes. About Batman and his tireless fight against crime to avenge the deaths of his parents. About Superman and his staunchness about the lines of more…
Health And Hinduism
Vanity is a bizarre and powerful force. Like gravity, it’s always present in some way, exerting its influence in ways unseen and mysterious. Humans can be vain without even realizing it, conceited without trying, and narcissistic by just looking at more…
The Power of Youth
Having completed six entries regarding Western misconceptions of Hinduism, I want to use this topic as a springboard to something that I should have talked about much earlier. In America, the transforming role of the youth has put them in more…
Advancing In Devotion
This past Sunday, Siddheshvari Devi Ji spoke beautifully at Radha Madhav Dham, on a clear, sunny Texas day, with the sun in the sky and lights in the hearts of the devotees. The topic of her lecture was on how more…
Life Paths
As of last Saturday, I have become a college graduate. I have been granted a Bachelor of Arts degree from an institution of higher learning. In America, most people think of this as a benchmark of success, an achievement of more…
One God: Eko Devah
There are a lot of people in the world who believe that Hinduism is a polytheistic religion. They see it as a religion with many gods, from Ganesh to Vayu, representing the elements of the natural world. Such a hierarchy more…
Misconceptions Of Sanatan Dharm
Even though I am not an authority on authentic Sanatan Dharm, I have been blessed to learn the Divine philosophy from a spiritual authority like Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj. The information I want to share is not my own, but more…
The Cow In Hinduism
Living in Texas, it’s hard to ignore the prevalence of cows. Cattle farms, dairy farms, along the highway and in the supermarket, the cow is virtually the symbol of the state. If there were traffic jams caused by livestock here, more…
Father’s Day And Critics
In many of Kripaluji Maharaj’s speeches, he makes mention of a rather important fact for daily life. He tells it to his preachers, his devotees, to anyone who will listen. Maharajji tells them and us that they have no greater more…