Featured Essays Archive - Part 8

Find Your Inner Guru, the Truth Inside You

There is a mirror inside you which reflects and reveals the truth. It is your true inner guru. Find it and follow it.

What is Your Natural State of Mind?

What is your natural state of mind? How you can you regain peace and equanimity which are your natural states with the help of yoga?

The Essential Purpose of a Religion - A Hindu Perspective

What is the purpose of religion? Why a Hindu should practice religion, go to a temple or pray to God? Is religion necessary?

If Peace Is All You Want

If you want peace, you must seek it with all seriousness. Are you serious about having peace?

Extraterrestrial Life, Genetic Engineering and The Future of Hinduism

How Hinduism will cope with the emerging scientific discoveries in the apocalyptic age of planetary search, space exploration and genetic engineering.

Panca Darsanas - The Five Means of Knowledge and Wisdom

This article explains five means by which we may acquire knowledge and wisdom.

Child Death in a Hindu Family

This article explains briefly, how child death is viewed in Hinduism and handled by members of a Hindu family.

True Awakening Is Not Just About Enlightenment

True awakening is not just about spiritual enlightenment or liberation. Awakening implies manythings in life. Find out.

A Cosmic Prophecy - The Rise of the Asuras

The author makes a prediction about the future of mankind based upon the modern scientific theories of Evolution. What happens if Nature prevails and humanity fails?

Pursuit of Knowledge and Ignorance, Vida and Avidya

A new interpretation regarding the pursuit of Knowledge and Ignorance, Vida and Avidya, according to the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad.

How to Survive a Recession Economy

How to survive through a recession economy and manage your job or business and finances.

Knowing Atman, the Imperishable Self - Part 1

Knowing Atman, the imperishable Self, a Guide to Self-realization based upon the teachings of the Upanishads in seven parts.

The Little Book of Happiness

This is a very comprehensive and detailed presentation on happiness from various perspectives. Ideal for both academic and personal study.

Saivism or Shaivism - Basic Concepts

Basic concepts of Saivism or Shaivism, such as Pati, Pasa, Pasu, Prakriti, Jiva, are explained briefly

What is Jnana or Knowledge? Free Knowledge and Cheap Knowledge

Find answers to what is knowledge, is knowledge a function of memory, what happens when knowledge becomes cheap and what is knowing without knowing.

What is Intuition and How to Develop Intuition

What is intuition, what intuition means, how to develop intuition, understanding intuition...

The Delusion of Being a Khan

A point by point response to the recent article written by Shah Rukh Khan on Being a Khan

Isa or Isavasya Upanishad, Verse 2

Are we here for duty or for enjoyment? What happens if we ignore our duties?

How to write, what to write and how to become a writer

"On writing, written vs. spoken words, why you should write, what are the benefits of writing, some myths of writing, and how you can become a writer

What is Citta or Chitta?

Yoga's best kept secret. What is citta? Is it mind, is it consciousness, is it some supernatural state or something else? Find out

The Decline and Fall of Indian Society

Hinduwebsite editorial. How evil has become the norm as people including celebrities use perverted logic to defend their rights and interests.

Defensive Pessimism, the Power of Negative Thinking, Part 1

In this article in two parts, the author, Jayaram V, explains the power of negative thinking and defensive pessimism as a strategy to reach your goals and deal with your problems.

Emotions - How to Understand and Deal With Your Emotions, Part 1

The author of Think Success, discusses the importance of understanding and knowing your emotions and dealing with them effectively to establish peace, balance, stability and happiness

A Conventional Approach To Deal With Conversions And Caste System

A Conventional approach to resolve the problem of caste system and caste discrimination by drawing inspiration from within Hinduism itself.

The Success Mindset

What is success mindset, how to cultivate it and why it is vital to one's success and happiness.

The Meaning of Nirvana in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism

Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism equally refer to Nirvana, but interpret it differently. This unique article, never published before, explains the differences and the reasons for the same.

Strategies and Techniques to Deal with Stress in Daily Life

Four proven and effective strategies to deal with stress and some techniques to deal with stress in healthy ways.

The Wisdom of A Wayward Yogi, Part 1

Random thoughts and inspirational quotations for meditation.

Displaced Anger - Expecting the Impoosible

Protests and their impact on Indian democracy. The importance of individual and collective karma in the destiny of a nation.

Maya - The Illusion of Life and What You Can Do About it? A Buddhist Perspective - Part 1

Are you real? Is your experience real? Is the world in which you live is real? Are they just illusions?

Why the Buddha Termed His Teaching the Middle Path

According to the author, the Buddha suggested the Middle Path, as a compromise between two popular traditions of ancient India.

Commercial Hinduism - Degradation of our Gods and Goddesses

Wrongful and ignorant depiction of our gods and goddesses and the commercialization and denigration of Hinduism in television serials, soap operas and other programs.

What is Compassion and How to Cultivate it?

What is the true meaning of compassion and how to cultivate it and practice it in everyday life?

Symbolism of the Body in Hindu Scriptures

Find out the symbolism and imagery found in the Hindu scriptures associated with the body in contrast to the inner Self.

Lessons from the Katha Upanishad - Part 1

Some important lessons are hidden in the Katha Upanishad, in the legend of the Naciketas which are relevant to modern life.

The Golden Principles of Problem Solving - Part 1

Problems are part of life. This article in two parts explains a few golden principles of problem solving and how to respond to problems in your life.

In Defense of Rabindranath Tagore and V.S.Naipaul

Our Editorial response to the comments made by Girish Karnad about Rabindranath Tagore and V.S.Naipaul

The Known and the Unknown - Secret Teachings of the Kena Upanishad

The difficulty in knowing the Self or Brahman as explained in the Kena Upanishad.

What You can Learn from the Isa Upanishad

The spiritual and philosophical significance of the Isa Upanishad and why the 18 verses found in the Upanishad are as important as the 18 chapters of the Bhagavadgita

Coping With Your Anxiety Through Cognitive Therapy, Part 1

This article in three parts explains how to examine your anxiety producing beliefs, assumptions and thinking styles and develop effective coping techniques.

Right Thinking, Right Speech and Right Action, Part 1

Know the importance of right thinking, right speech and right action in transforming your life.

Knowing Yourself - An Enquiry Into the Nature of Self - Part 1

A very informative article on how you may know who you are by paying attention to the components of your personality and understanding from where that self-image or self-awareness arises.

The Paradox of Non-violence Practiced by Gandhi

An analysis of what non-violence truly means in yoga tradition and how Gandhi used it or misused it for political ends.

A Practical Advice on How to Practice Silence, Part 1

Understanding silence and knowing how you can practice it to achieve balance, peace and stability.

Hinduism and Redistribution of Wealth - Part 1

Find out what Hinduism has to say about wealh and redistribution of wealth.

Once In A While Let Life Happen To You - Part 1

Find out how you may allow life happen to you in practical and empowering ways with an open mind.

Symbolism of Lord Ganesha

Find out the hidden symbolism of Lord Ganesha

Islamic Fundamentalism is a Virus

Islamic Fundamentalism is a Virus, which causes a new form of self-destructive AIDS called the Acquired Islamic Destructive Syndrome...

Phoolan Devi was a Hindu and represents a Segment of Hindu society

A Hinduwebsite editorial in defence of using Phoolan Devi's biographical film by Georgetown University as a course material for the study of Hinduism

How to Persuade People and Influence Their Thinking

Scientifically proven techniques based on the socio-psychological research done on the art of persuasion to make people say yes.

Notes on the Imagery and Symbolism of the Early Vedic Religion

This article discusses the imagery and symbolism of the early vedic religion such as the symbolism of the earth, sun and the moon, the sky, the gods and demons the conflict between the good and evil, the significance of sound and breath.

Prakriti, Nature, Mother Goddess

An excerpt from the forthcoming book An Introduction to Hinduism by Jayaram V on Nature and its manifestations.

Your Natural State of Mind

Find out what is your natural state of mind according to the Bhagavadgita and how it aims to resolve it through yoga.

The Seven Point Wisdom of the Bhagavadgita - A Modern Perspective

The seven most important teachings of the Bhagavadgita presented from a modern perspective.

What is Bhakti or Devotion?

Find out the mystery, meaning, significance and symbolism of Bhakti in Hindu tradition and its connection with the Vedic sacrifices and possibly human sacrifices.

The Role of the Senses in the Delusion of the Mind - A Perspective on Maya From The Bhagavadgita

This is an excerpt from the forthcoming book, Essays on the Bhagavadgita, by Jayaram V.

Three Golden Principles - Duty, Dependence and Devotion

This articles reveals the three fundamental ways in which you can reclaim control over your emotions and experience peace and happiness.

Symbolism in the Bhagavadgita

Find out the symbolism hidden in the Bhagavadgita and its spiritual significance

Demonic Qualities of the Evil People

Find out the influence of demonic qualities upon human conduct and how they interfere with our wellbeing and liberation

The Practice of Mindfulness and the Concept of Non-Self in Buddhism

The practice of mindfulness does not lead to self-realization but the realization of the non-Self. You will know from this article what the Buddhist practice of mindfulness is and what non-Self means in Buddhism.

Sadhana Chatushtayam - Four Means to Spiritual Practice

Know the four important qualities that are essential for achieving salvation or perfection on the spiritual path, which are collectively known as four spiritual endowments (sadhana sampatti) or the four means of spiritual practice (sadhana chatushtayam).

A Man is Divine According to His Faith and His Faith is According To His Nature

The Bhagavadgita Translation and Commentary by Jayaram V, Sloka 17.03. A person's faith manifests primarily according to the predominance of sattva. Sattva plays a positive role in promoting light and divinity in us, while rajas and tamas play a negative role by suppressing them.

The Bhagavadgita Translation - Sloka 16.01, Qualities of a Spiritual Person

Enumerated here are the qualities of a spiritual person who is on the path of liberation and who has perfected himself in yoga. If you want to find Brahman,you have to become one. You must have all the qualities that qualify you as a divine being or a truly spiritual person.