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August 2013

August 30, 2013

White Hindu Conversations

Place: Indian Clothing Store Time: Noon on Sunday Me: We need to get a sherwani...

August 27, 2013

Happy Birthday, Krishna! (Krishna Janmashtami)

Tomorrow is the celebration of Krishna's birthday! He is said to have been born at...

August 26, 2013

Religion is a Drug

I don't mean that in a "religion is the opiate of the masses" kind of...

August 23, 2013

Hindu/Scottish: Ambaa’s Epic Wedding Post

My wedding weekend kicked off on Thursday August 15th with a dinner with my parents,...

August 22, 2013

Soulmates: Is There Really Such A Thing?

Do you believe in soulmates? This is a question that girls love to ask each...

August 21, 2013

How to Raise Hindu Children

I will be posting about my wedding soon. It all went great! I want to...

August 15, 2013

Krishna is a Myth; Jesus is a Myth

A lot of times religious people get very upset at the suggestion that figures and...

August 14, 2013

Flowers for A Hindu Wedding

For my wedding I'm not looking for the usual. I don't want bouquets or boutonnieres....

August 13, 2013

Meet a Sage: Adi Shankara

Shankara is an enormously important figure in Hinduism, most particularly my branch of Advaita Vedanta....

August 12, 2013

Reading the Upanishads: Isha Verse Sixteen

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

August 09, 2013

July 2013

July 31, 2013

T Minus 18 days

We are only two and half weeks from my wedding now! Where does the time...

July 30, 2013

Meet a Guru: RamDev

Ram Dev (also called Baba RamDev ) is credited with popularizing yoga in India. His...

July 29, 2013

Reading the Upanishads: Isha Part Ten

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

July 25, 2013

No, I Am Not A Career Woman

I hear this dichotamy a lot. This idea that women who have children later did...

July 23, 2013

Meet a Sage: Vyasa

Since I mentioned Vyasa yesterday for Guru Purnima, I thought I would tell you a...

July 22, 2013

Guru Purnima

On Saturday our Sathya Sai Baba group had a presentation for Guru Purnima, a day...

July 18, 2013

Karma Burning: Things I Need To Work On

When I was a kid hearing about how we are born into our lives in...

July 17, 2013

Wedding Still To Do

I can understand now why wedding TV shows film the last week or two before...

July 16, 2013

Meet a God: Indra

Indra is the king of the Gods and in the same tier as Agni. I...

July 15, 2013

A Moment of Silence

Of all the things I could think to write today, none feels right in light...

July 11, 2013

You Americans and Your Divorces

I wonder sometimes what it is like to grow up somewhere other than America and...

July 10, 2013

Weddings and What Comes After

Sometimes I feel like I'm rushing through life stages. Things got a little crunched because...

July 09, 2013

Meet a Guru: Paramahansa Yogananda

Yogananda has been the gateway into Hinduism (or at least Hindu philosophy) for many westerners....

July 08, 2013

The Atman Provides

This is a phrase I used to hear a lot from my parents growing up....