Ayurvedic Medicines

Eating with the seasons is healthier and better for the environment. So it is time for the fruit eggplant which is in season from August through October. Eggplant is rich in fiber , influences liver and uterus and according to Paul Pitchford , “particularly helpful for resolving repressed emotions and their harmful effects on these organs.” Eggplant combines with other foods like non-starchy vegetables

If there has been a word which can cause a lot of discomfort among many Indians, irrespective of their religious affiliations, it is the word Hindu. What an irony that many Hindus wriggle in discomfort when they hear or have to speak that word. When I became part of a student chapter whose name had the “discomforting” word, one of my room mates asked “Why Hindu

As people watch the BP oil spill get bigger and bigger, the marine life continues to be threatened by the invasive spread.  In light of all the media coverage that the spill receives, the coverage that the findings of a certain report received seem trivial.  What recieves even less coverage are the events that transpired 25 years ago at the end of 1984, and the hundreds of thousands lives that it’s affected.  Be warned, this post contains disturbing content.  Read at your own discretion. Sunil, one of the many victims of the Bhopal tragedy, sits back and reminesces. Dec

Sri Aurobindo Ghose (1872-1950) was a multifaceted personality-a great scholar, litterateur, philosopher, patriot, social reformer and above all a visionary.  His 138th birth anniversary was celebrated on the 15th of August, which coincided with India’s Independence Day.  India attained independence on the same day 75 years after his birth in 1872. In a message on the Independent Day, he said: “I take this coincidence, not as a fortuitous accident, but as the sanction and seal of the Divine Force that guides my steps on the work with which I began life, the beginning of its full fruition.” Sri Aurobindo has originated the philosophy of cosmic salvation through spiritual evolution.

The following is an excerpt from the book Glimpses of Hindu Genius , by Ravi Kumar. An interesting development is taking place these days: Many foreigners have taken inspirations from Bhagwad Gita and they are putting their efforts to promote it.

DasaMahavidhya 3 – Shri Lalitha Tripurasundari, as her name says is one of extreme beauty not only in form but of our own perception. Tripurasundari represents the ultimate beauty of pure perception which arises when we see all the universe in ourselves, when we see all nature as a reflection of the reality of consciousness… She is called Lalitha meaning the one who plays, drives home the point that all of the universe exists only for one purpose, for Her play alone.. She is the ruler of the Sri Chakra, the supreme Yantra and is the goddess of consciousness and pure knowledge… She rules from the summit of Meru, ordering about the dance of the universe… She is shown as a woman of extraordinary beauty, sitting on a throne with Shiva lying below her and the throne itself supported by Brahma, Vishnu, Eshwara and Rudra..

(While performing Pradakshina Namaskara) यानि कानि च पापानि  जन्मान्तर कृतानि च | तानि तानि विनश्यन्ति  प्रदक्षिण पदे पदे ॥ yani kani ca papani janmantara krtani ca tani tani vinashyanti pradakshina pade pade Sanskrit to English Word Meaning: yani kani ca- whatever; papani- sins; janmantara- all my lives; krtani ca- committed; tani tani- those; vinassyanti- destroy; pradakshina- circumambulation; pade pade- with every step Translation: O Bhagawan! Whatever sins I have committed all my lives (including previous lives), please destroy them at every step I take around you. Brief Explanation: Pradakshina, meaning circumambulation, consists of walking around in a clockwise ‘circle’ around the deity, as a form of worship in Hindu ceremonies. We see people doing this at our temples where they go around in circles either chanting some shlokas or just walking with pure devotion.

The University of Washingon, Seattle chapter of Hindu YUVA volunteered with WACAP (the World Association for Children and Parents), an international adoption agency whose goal is to provide a home and a family for every orphan. WACAP works in many countries, particularly Russia, China and Ethiopia. They try to find families for orphans in their own home countries, but if this is not possible, they bring them to families in the US who want to adopt kids from outside.

Medicinal plants have been curing various disorders in human being from the time immemorial. Allopathic drugs sometimes show negative effect or side effects but herbs are safer and easy to access. The herbal treatments are cheap as …

A protein which removes iron from cells may help slow the growth of cancerous tumors and treat breast cancer.