Vishwa Dharma Digest
Ayurveda, the Vedic science of life for all living beings, defines health and wellbeing in terms of Svastha. Svastha means abiding (stha) in one’s own Self (Sva). Yet to understand it, we must recognize that this Vedic abiding in our own nature reflects ...
Cosmic Dance of the “Sanatana” versus “Modernity” As Hindus living in the United States of America, we have the unique privilege of living simultaneously in two different paradigms, consciously or not. The American or Western paradigm more generally c ...
Following the month-long celebration of our shared heritage, the global Hindu community bade a fond farewell to October 2022 as the second Hindu Heritage Month. This year’s HHM will go down in Hindu diaspora’s history as the year when Hindu Heritage M ...
Rishi Rajpopat solved the 2,500-year-old Sanskrit puzzle by decoding a rule taught by Panini, known as the father of linguistics A grammatical problem that has defeated Sanskrit scholars since the 5th Century BC has finally been solved by an Indian Ph ...
In a radical departure from the statements of Pope John Paul II who while visiting India in 1999 stated that "India is ripe for conversion" the July 25, 2022 confession, admission, revelation and apologies of Pope Francis on Canadian soil has opene ...
Like most Americans the only thing I knew about Guyana is that a very tragic event transpired some 40 years ago in the jungle that featured a megalomaniac Christian preacher. There is a saying that we in the US can’t locate a country on a map until our m ...
Kali is the presiding deity of the city of Kolkata and the magnificent Kali temple at Dakshineswar along the banks of the holy river Ganges is one of the most enduring pilgrimage site of this incredible city. The sheer enormity of the temple premises inv ...
My humble perception is that there exist limited publications or discourses in the current media about the Western Buddhism explained by Nepalese scholars. I am prompted to write something from what I have observed and learned in the United States o ...
sukha-duḥkhe same kṛtvā lābhālābhau jayājayautato yuddhāya yujyasva naivaṁ pāpam avāpsyasi Fight for the sake of duty, treating happiness and distress, loss and gain, victory and defeat. Fulfilling your responsibility in this way, you will never incur ...
K is for Kindness. Those who are kind to us hold a special place in our heart. We fondly remember their acts of kindness, be it an encouraging smile, a helping hand, or a shoulder to cry on. Of what use is beauty, wealth, physica ...