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- Essay · Women in Dharma · Reform/Sikh & Reform/free
Back to the Vedas — Sikh and Ārya Samāj reform for women
Facing centuries of hardened patriarchy, Sikhism abolished satī and the veil as doctrine, not preference — and the Ārya S …
- Story · Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Canto 3, Chapters 25–33/Intermediate/12 min/free
Kapila Muni and Devahūti: The Mother Who Asked About God
When Devahūti, daughter of Manu and mother of the sage Kapila, asks her divine son how the soul can be freed from sorrow, he tea …
- Essay · Lord Shiva/Trimurti/free
The non-dual paradigm of Kashmiri Shaivism (Trika)
The *Trika* system of Kashmir, systematised by **Vasugupta** (c. 850 CE) and **Abhinavagupta** (c. 975–1025 CE), gives Śiva's non …
- Deities/Vedic Devīs/Vedic / Sanatana/free
Devi Ushas
One of the most beautifully sung deities of the Ṛgveda — Uṣas is the daily miracle of dawn personified as a young, luminous maiden. Over t …
- Essay · Guru Pūrṇimā — the scriptural significance of the teacher/Guru-Śiṣya Paramparā/free
Gu · Ru — the dispeller of darkness
Guru Pūrṇimā, celebrated on the full-moon day (*pūrṇimā*) of the lunar month of Āṣāḍha, is not merely a cultural festival. It is a formal ac …
- Essay · Guru-Śiṣya Paramparā/Guru-Śiṣya Paramparā/free
Guru Pūrṇimā — the scriptural significance of the teacher
The full-moon day of Āṣāḍha honours the lineage of teachers who dispel darkness. From Veda Vyāsa the Ādi Guru of recorded knowledge, th …