Eating glass. Fire walking. Sword swallowing. These acts that shock and delight have roots in the real and mythical practices ...

However, did you know that ancient India, (around 75,000 BCE to the beginning of Medieval India, around 500 CE) had its own ...

India, March 16 -- "When the Lord is omnipresent, why should I visit a temple? He is with me, here, right now." A logical protest! Omnipresent does not mean Omnimanifest, but can we "see Him or ...

So many Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, and the Bhagavad Gita… Which one truly defines Sanatan Dharma? In this enlightening video ...

The oldest, still ongoing, sacred scriptures of the Vedas in Hinduism and the Torah in Judaism ... Everyone who has read the Book of Exodus in the Torah, has noted the major change that takes ...

Holy Lacrimony is classic DeForge — oscillating ... Sign up for our newsletter. We’ll send you book recommendations, CanLit news, the best author interviews on CBC and more.

Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed various community and nonprofit organizations. She has conducted in-depth research on social and economic ...

Coming as it does just a few months after a Hindu lawyer sparked controversy by ... He (Khusrau) recited the words of the Holy Quran and also listened to the words of the Vedas. He added the sweetness ...

If they read chapters of the holy Koran, they also listened to the Vedas. They added the sweetness of bhakti sangeet to the call of azaan.” Expressing the similarity between Upanishadic thought ...

Jacobsen notes in Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition, the Vedas are barely interested in specific sacred sites. In fact ... either in pamphlet form or in well-produced coffee table books. By the late ...

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