Religious

In Their Own Words: Cultural Connections to Religion Among Asian Americans

BY BESHEER MOHAMED, MICHAEL ROTOLO, BILL WEBSTER AND NICK ZANETTI Pew Research Center recently conducted a survey on religion among Asian Americans, the largest nationally…

Teachings of a YOGI

By Sohan Adi This week, we are celebrating 9th International Day of Yoga since its inception in 2015. Swami Vivekananda,…

World’s Largest Hindu Temple: world record in Robbinsville, New Jersey

Robbinsville, New Jersey, United States–The Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) Shri Swaminarayan temple, known as a mandir, a 162-acre Hindu…

Preserving the Timeless Wisdom of India’s Scriptural Heritage: A Resource for All Humanity

The Muktabodha Indological Research Institute has a singular mission: To preserve endangered texts from the spiritual and philosophical traditions of…

Hindu Faith Statement on the Environment

SUSTAINING THE BALANCE (as taught by Swami Vibudhesha Teertha) These days it looks as if human beings have forgotten that…

How Hinduism’s relationship with nature can help solve the ecological crisis

By Syama Allard When it comes, in particular, to the issue many consider to be the most pressing — the ongoing…

How Hindu Chaplains Went From Anomaly To Necessity

By Kathryn Post (RNS) — When Vineet Chander accepted his job as the Hindu chaplain at Princeton University in 2008, his…

Hindu scriptures can ‘inspire greener living’, eco-activists say

By Thamayanthi McAllister An environmental group is using Hindu scriptures to inspire people to make greener choices in their lives.…

Hinduism misunderstood in N.America: Jeff D.Long

CHICAGO: Jeffery D. Long is a Professor of Religion and Asian Studies at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. He is associated…

The transformation from Narendranath to Vivekananda

by Swami Chetanananda Today we are celebrating a very auspicious occasion, as all of us from all over the world…