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    Involution (esoterism) – Involution according to Sri Aurobindo

    Introduction For Sri Aurobindo, involution is the process by which the Omnipresent Reality, i.e. the Absolute, Brahman extends Itself to create a universe of separate forms from out of Its own Force/Energy. ”Sat”, ”Chit-Tapas”, and Delight/”Ananda” are the three aspects of ”Satchitananda”, and are mentioned in terms of Involution . Spirit or consciousness manifests as [...]

    Hinduism and Islam – Introduction

    Hinduism and Islam are two of the world’s three largest religions. Orthodox Hinduism is the socio-religious way of life of the Hindu people of the Indian subcontinent, their diaspora, and some other regions which had Hindu influence in the ancient and medieval times. Islam is a monotheistic religion in which the supreme deity is Allah [...]

    Vikas Khanna – Holy Kitchens

    Vikas Khanna’s [http://www.holykitchens.com/ Holy Kitchens] film series explores the food sharing traditions in a spiritual context. The first film in the series [http://www.vkhanna.com/HolyKitchensSikhism.htm/ True Business], is based on the Sikh community kitchens, known as Langars, with introduction by Deepak Chopra. The film will premiere at the [http://www.sikharts.com/film-festival.html/ Sikh International Film Festival] in October 2010. Other [...]

    Atheism in Hinduism – Introduction

    Atheism (Sanskrit: , lit. “statement of no Lord”, “doctrine of godlessness”) or disbelief in God or gods has been a historically propounded viewpoint in many of the orthodox and heterodox streams of Hindu philosophies. Generally, atheism is valid in Hinduism, but the path of the atheist is viewed as very difficult to follow in matters [...]

    Hinduism in Canada – Hindu converts

    Since 1960s many westerners attracted by the world view presented in Asian religious systems including Hinduism have converted to Hinduism. Canada was no exception. Many native born Canadians of various ethnicities have converted during the last 50 years through the actions of ISKCON, Arya Samaj and other missionary organizations as well as due to the [...]

    History of Hinduism – Ancient India

    Vastu Shastra

    Hinduism in the narrow sense (to the exclusion of Vedism and Iron Age Brahmanism) is the new religious mainstream arising with the decline of Buddhism in India and from about the 4th century AD. Mauryan and Sangam period The Mauryan period saw an early flowering of classical Sanskrit Sutra and Shastra literature and the scholarly [...]

    Bunt (community) – Religion

    Vastu Shastra

    Bunts are orthodox Hindus who primarily worship Adi Shakti and can be termed as Shaktas, but Bunts are not exclusive Adi Shakti worshippers, they worship all gods of the Hindu pantheon including Shiva and Vishnu as aspects of the divine mother Adi Shakti. Other favoured deities of the Bunts include Ganesh, Subrahmanya, Krishna and Mariamma. [...]

    Arnaud Desjardins – Introduction

    Zen Buddhism

    Arnaud Desjardins (born June 18, 1925), producer at the ORTF from 1952 to 1974, was one of the first practitioners of Eastern religion to be discovered in France, working on televised documentaries with many great spiritual traditions unknown to Europeans: Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism, zen, and soufism (Islamic mysticism) from Afghanistan. Adapted from the Wikipedia article [...]

    Chamunda – Origins

    Goddess Worship

    Bhandarkar says that Chamunda was originally an indigenous goddess, worshipped by the wild tribes of the Vindhya mountains in central India. These tribes were known to offer goddesses animal as well as human sacrifices along with ritual offerings of liquor. These methods of worship were retained in Tantric worship of Chamunda, after assimilation in Hinduism. [...]

    Buddhism in the West – Buddhism and the Roman world

    Buddhism

    Several instances of interaction between Buddhism and the Roman Empire are documented by Classical and early Christian writers. Roman historical accounts describe an embassy sent by the Indian king Pandion (Pandya?), also named Porus, to Augustus around 13 CE. The embassy was travelling with a diplomatic letter in Greek, and one of its members was [...]









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