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How To Choose Hindu Baby Names

CVRAJAN — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:10:05 -0500

In Hinduism, practically every aspect of human life is intrinsically connected to religion, whether explicitly known or unknown to the common man. Naming of a baby too falls into the category. Hinduism accepts God with numerous names and forms, though the underlying truth of the Ultimate Reality is one transcending name and form. Hinduism believes that the name of God is very holy and uttering God's name, consciously or unconsciously has its spiritual benefits.

How To Search for God

premansu_chand — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:54:15 -0500

The ancient Indian saints and sages were most advanced in their spiritual pursuit. They composed voluminous texts named 'Vedas' in order to describe their spiritual findings and realizations. The cream of Indian spiritualism is found in the Upanishads, which are the last volumes of Vedas. It is believed that Vedas were composed from 1500 BC onwards and Upanishads were composed from 700 BC onwards. Upanishads are not only for Hindus, but for the whole of mankind.

Out of eleven principal Upanishads, it is accepted that Isha Upanishad is the oldest of all. Let us see what this Upanishad describes in order to search for God.

How To Study the Bhagavad Gita

antrix — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:02:10 -0600

Bhagavad Gita is explained in Bhishma Parva (chapters 23-40) of the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata. It is an epic poem in Sanskrit. 'Bhagavad Gita’ means "the song of the God". The word Bhagavad pertains to Bhagavan, the God (the Lord Krishna, an avatar of Lord Sri Vishnu) and Gita is the poem. The Bhagavad Gita refers to itself as an 'Upanishad', and is sometimes called Gitopanisad.

The Bhagavad Gita starts with the King Dhritarashtra, the blind king of Kauravas, asking his advisor, Sanjaya, to narrate him the details of the epic war between his sons, the Kauravas and their cousins, the Pandavas, at Kurukshetra arena.