Often we hear this refrain that the state of affairs is so bad at present that we need an Avatar to descend into the cesspool of humanity and uplift it to a new level. We Hindus have developed a habit of justifying our own inactivity by citing the above words of Lord Sri Krishna from [...]
Artistic expression and elevating of the human consciousness through music is symbolised in the figure of Sri Krishna playing the transcendental flute and stirring the Universal Consciousness. [...]
August 12, 2012
Rajesh Patel
Spirituality/Culture
Out of Karna,Drona ,Bhisma and Arjuna, It's Arjuna who stands out from the four as the hero who future generations of Hindus admire the most. The other three are remembered as tragic heroes. Their names are not associated with the same awe and respect as that of Arjuna. They all met sad deaths on the [...]
August 10, 2012
Rajesh Patel
Archives, Understanding hinduism
Was lord Krishna just a warmonger and a 'Hindu' trouble maker ? Was he unfair and biased in the way that he dealt between the Pandavas and Kauravas? Were his war ethics, which involved a disregard for the pre-ordained rules of warfare, justifiable? [...]
August 9, 2012
Rajesh Patel
Understanding hinduism