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October 2014

October 08, 2014

Types of Karma

Karma is like a garden. You plant seeds, you tend them, you harvest crops, you...

October 07, 2014

How many water are there?

When people get frustrated trying to pinpoint whether Hindus are monotheistic, polytheistic, pantheistic or panentheistic,...

October 06, 2014

Yoga Bitch (Book Review)

A discussion of "Yoga Bitch: One Woman’s Quest to Conquer Skepticism, Cynicism, and Cigarettes on...

October 04, 2014

When they call your God a demon

Interfaith work is difficult when people of other faiths characterize your Gods as demons and...

October 03, 2014

Skyping God

When Hindus use images (murti) in worship, we talk to the transcendent God through the...

October 02, 2014

Divergent and the Caste System

The factions in Divergent highlight the one thing about Hinduism that clashes the most with...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

Fate or free will?

Our early decisions are like the opening moves in a chess game. There will come...

September 29, 2014

We have a choice of two paths, Preya or Shreya

No matter what we call our religions, most Americans are philosophically hedonists. One of the...

September 26, 2014

Meditation when we feel negative emotions

It's easy to feel spiritual when things go our way. When we're calm and content,...

September 25, 2014

Fat Karma

Our eating habits have everything to do with karma.

September 23, 2014

The Goddess Resides in All Beings

Threatened by the asuras (demons) Shumbha and Nishumbha, the gods compose the Devi Stuti hymn...

September 22, 2014

Dog Cat Monkey Theology

A Hindu cat/monkey metaphor and a Christian cat/dog metaphor gave me a deeper understanding of...

September 20, 2014

Is pacifism passive?

Though the words sound similar when spoken, pacifism is not passivism. Pacifist comes from the...

September 18, 2014

Confused about English translations of the Bhagavad Gita?

Translation is tricky. The translation you prefer will depend on how you plan to use...

September 16, 2014

A Hindu in an Alpha Course

Billed as a hard-hitting course for Seekers, in which you can ask any question and...

September 15, 2014

True Lessons from False Religion

There is probably no one in your life who has unlimited time to sit close,...

September 14, 2014

Navadurga: Nine Forms of the Goddess Durga

Just as the tradition of worshiping Kali, Lakshmi and Sarasvati over the course of the...

September 13, 2014

Upcoming Holiday: Navratri

Navratri 2014 is September 25 to October 3. Goddess worshipers will be celebrating She who...

September 12, 2014

Hindus believe in eternal souls — but Christians don’t!

In Christian pop theology, Grandma's "in heaven with Jesus," but correct Christian theology is that...

September 11, 2014

God the Soccer Mom

Sometimes I think of God as the Divine Soccer Mom. I envision Her standing at...