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May 2015

May 12, 2015

Scripture Study: Bhagavad Gita, book two verses 57-61

We are doing a scripture study together: reading along through some scriptures and discussing the...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

Keeping Up With Holidays

In America, where we are one of the smallest faith minorities, it can be very...

April 28, 2015

What Indians Need To Know About American Black People

There are riots right now in the city that is closest to me: Baltimore. Yet...

April 27, 2015

Bhakti Is The Foundation

Advaita Vedanta has a reputation for being very cerebral. It's a path of study, thinking,...

April 20, 2015

Does Everyone Experience Unity?

As I interact with so many more people every day now, I started to wonder...

April 15, 2015

Check Me Out! Kirtan in MA

My friend Ken Larsen took some pictures at the kirtan singing night we had while...

April 03, 2015

Scenes from a Grocery Store

I've been working at the grocery store for about a month now and it hasn't...

April 02, 2015

Guest Post: From Atheism to Hinduism

As I've said before, I know a lot of atheists and am very comfortable with...

March 2015

March 11, 2015

The Bindi and the Job Interview

Over the summer I quit my office job to write full time. It turns out...

February 2015

February 11, 2015

Sringeri Week: The Guru Knows My Name!

A big change is coming up in my life! When we arrived at Sringeri (location...

November 2014

November 06, 2014

The Problem with White Converts

There was a very interesting hashtag discussion on Twitter #BeingAWhiteMuslim and I enjoyed reading the...

September 2014

September 25, 2014

Happy Navratri!

Today is the first day of Navratri 2014. I'd like to point out that my...

September 22, 2014

The Biggest Golu Displays

Golu/Kolu doll displays for Navratri are a South Indian thing and I've become connected to...

September 01, 2014

Navratri Golu Theme Ideas

Navratri starts on the 25th of this month, so now is a great time to...

July 2014

July 31, 2014

Gita in Action: Unattachment to Reward

One of the key elements of the Gita's teaching is the unattachment to the result...

May 2014

May 15, 2014

What Happens When Your Duties Conflict?

A little while back I was reading an article in defense of Lord Rama. Why...

March 2014

March 27, 2014

Renouncing One’s Faith

There's a lot of (understandable) anger in the world around forced religious conversion. It's a...

March 18, 2014

Reading the Upanishads: Katha part two

Sorry there wasn't a post yesterday, I've been sick all weekend :( But I'm back...

March 11, 2014

Reading the Upanishads: Katha part one

First off, I have to say that last week's Hindi on Twitter was a great...

March 07, 2014

Book Coming Soon: The New Hindu Toolkit

I've mentioned now and then that I'm working on a new book and now it...

February 2014

February 24, 2014

A Book For Learning Pujas and Prayers

I discovered this book browsing Amazon and last week I ordered it to see what...

February 11, 2014

Reading the Upanishads: Kena Chapter Four

We are doing a scripture study together: reading along through some scriptures and discussing the...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

White Hindu Conversations: Part Four

The office where I work doesn't have a lot of diversity mostly because it's so...

January 24, 2014

White Hindu Conversations: Part Three

Car broke down Tuesday night. We got it pulled into a parking lot and I...

January 08, 2014

Non-Desi Hindu: What I Look Like to Others

Our friend Andrea noticed an interesting thread on Reddit a while back and pointed it...

January 07, 2014

Reading the Upanishads: Kena Chapter Three

We are doing a scripture study together: reading along through some scriptures and discussing the...

January 03, 2014

Why Do Hindu Beliefs Vary Widely? [Google Questions Answered]

Curious to know what people were wondering about Hindus and Hinduism, I went to Google...

January 01, 2014

I Am Not a Statistic

I'm just me. A single human being trying to make sense of the world that...

December 2013

December 23, 2013

How to Explain Hinduism

It's sometimes hard for me to remember that Hinduism can seem extremely strange, foreign, or...

December 19, 2013

When Is a Hat Just a Hat?

Okay, now that you know my deep dark secret, that I am terrifically fascinated with...