Religion and Spirituality

Articles inspiring religiosity and human culture on the planet.

holy name

Sri Mayapur Celebrates World Holy Name Week – A Week of Bliss

This year, World Holy Name Week falls between the 9th and 17th of September. At a time when much of the world is experiencing...

Transcendental Big Billion – Damodara month is here!

In this age, Kaliyuga, people have got used to tiny awards. If someone is offered, say a million dollars for a day of work,...
bhakti charu swami

His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami departs – A great loss to ISKCON and the...

His Hoiness Bhakti Charu Swami, a prominent spiritual master and governing body commissioner of ISKCON, and a very dear direct disciple of ISKCON's founder...

Jayapataka Swami – An Epitome of Unending Inspiration

Inspiring by advertisement is one thing; inspiring by own example is another. Being popular is one thing but being popular among civilized and learned...
Lord Chaitanya - Origin of all avatars

When God descends on the Earth – Understanding an Avatar

Avatar is a known word these days even in the western countries. Internet and social media users know how they can change their avatar....
mahavatar narsimha

Why Mahavatar Narsimha Pounced On The Box Office – Tips Filmmakers Better Not Ignore

When Mahavatar Narsimha was announced, a few so-called “traditional” filmmakers chuckled dismissively. For them, it was just another religious or a “mythological” movie, a...

PM Modi offers arati to Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu at Gaudiya Math

All glories to Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu! His mercy, flowing through His devotees, brought India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Kolkata for the 100th...
purana not mythology

Mythology is a wrong word for Vedas and Puranas

It's almost like an established tradition today that the super-science and the mind-boggling stories of historical value found in the ancient Vedic texts, called...
coronavirus

Coronavirus – Curse, Conspiracy or Karmic reaction?

With Coronavirus inflicted Covid-19 sweeping the world the internet and social media are flooded with Coronavirus related news, fake news, information, disinformation, misinformation, speculations,...

Purushottam month – The pinnacle of all months

Hats off to the Vedic scriptures for being strikingly accurate in each and every prediction they have made. Not a single prediction has turned...

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want to say no but can't?

Want to say No but not able to? Read this!

To say No to others when you are unable to or unwilling to do something can get difficult if you are too sensitive to...

Bhakti yoga – Myths, Facts, and what makes it the Topmost yoga

As the world, frustrated over temporary material happiness, cautiously turns towards spirituality, it is sure to find a new hope in life. At the...

High rising National pride but Narendra Modi needs to hold his horses

Now when it is official that Indians are riding on a high national pride under Narendra Modi's leadership, it may be interesting to find...

A tiny tribute to my childhood friends – The house sparrows

I vividly remember that chik, chik, chik, chik of those little lovely birds, during early mornings at our home, flying swiftly from one corner...
faith in God

Struggling to have absolute faith in God? Read this!

The most common explanation from people who cannot believe in God is, they don't believe in God because they don't see Him. Some others...