Religion

Not so long ago, i had mentioned to a friend the unique nature of Indian culture to assimilate alien concepts, particularly where theology is concerned. Thus, while the Hindu believes in trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh which are perhaps a notch below the all pervasive Shakti or “a cosmic power”, it accepts all sorts of individuals [...]

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On Ramayan

While watching Swades today, i had these profound thougths on Ramayana. The epic is considered to depict the win of good over evil, but let us step back a little bit and dig a little deeper into the characters. Ravana has been widely considered as a great scholar. His “abduction” of Sita can be thought [...]

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Buddhist thought

We use terms and descriptions in this world of experience and say ‘it is’ or ‘it is not’. Yet neither may be correct when we go behind the superficial aspect of things, and our language may be inadequate to describe what is actually happening. Truth may lie somewhere in the middle of ‘is’ and ‘is [...]

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