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• A Good Book: Darsan – Seeing The Divine Image in India

  In Media, Religion / 14 February 2010 / 0 comments

  

  For years I’ve been visiting temples, photographing them as tourists do, and leaving with little afterthought. Having just finished Darsan, my approach to “seeing” temples in the way the author describes has me eagerly excited to explore again. Diana Eck brilliantly describes, in simple terms, the importance of visual image to the Hindu culture and tradition.

• Sadhus

  In Culture, Religion / 12 February 2010 / 2 comments

  

  In Hinduism, sadhu, or shadhu is a common term for a mystic, an ascetic, practitioner of yoga (yogi) and/or wandering monks. The sadhu is solely dedicated to achieving the fourth and final Hindu goal of [...]

• 10 Important Symbols of Hinduism

  In Culture, Hinduism 101, Religion, Top 10 / 3 February 2010 / 2 comments

  

  1. Om (Aum) – the most important Hindu symbol, often used as the emblem of Hinduism. The eternal, mystical syllable; the syllable that stands for whole universe. It is pronounced with a nasalized ending, halfway [...]

• Arti Ceremony, The Ceremony of Lights

  In Hinduism 101, Religion, Spiritual / 25 January 2010 / 2 comments

  

  During a visit to the holy cities of Varanasi and Rishikesh/Haridwar, make time to partake of the most popular ceremony in Hindusim, Arti. Performed daily, several times throughout, Arti is a greeting ceremony offered to [...]