The Pitrupaksha Shradh period from September 29 2023 to October 14 2023 is the period when traditional Hindus offer their respect to their departed near and dear ones and perform the Shradh... Read more

CHAPTER VI The Four Ashramas. Nations have characteristics, just as have individuals, and among the characteristics of the Hindu nation in old days were order and balance. The Sanatana Dharm... Read more

CHAPTER V. Worship. The performance of the five daily sacrifices by man as an inter-dependent part of a universe, does not, however, completely satisfy the longings of the truly religious ma... Read more

CHAPTER IV. The Five Daily Sacrifices. WE have seen that there exists a law of Yajna, of Sacrifice, and that man’s glory is to voluntarily work with it. We have now to see how the Sanatana D... Read more

CHAPTER III. Shaucham. SOHAUCHAM , or Shaucha, consists of the rules laid down for keeping bodily purity, and thus ensuring physical health and strength. Disease is a sign that some law of n... Read more

Chapter 2. Shraddha. S H R A D D H A is the name of the ceremonies performed to help the Jiva, who has put off his visible body in death, by those who remain in this world. The diva that has... Read more

SANATANA DHARMA. PART II. CHAPTER I. The Samskaras. EVERY religion prescribes a number of ceremonies, or rites, to be performed by its followers. The use of the ceremonies, speaking generall... Read more

CHAPTER VI. The Worlds – Visible and Invisible. WE all know one world, the world around us, which we can see, and hear, and touch, and taste, and smell. Science tells us of many parts... Read more

C H A P T E R V. Sacrifice. THE idea of “offering sacrifices” is very familiar in India, but a student needs to understand the principle which underlies all sacrifices, so that he may realis... Read more

CHAPTER 4. K a r m a. KARMA is a Sanskrit word which means action, but it is generally used to mean a certain definite connection between what is being done now and what will happen in the f... Read more

Chapter3. Rebirth. THE evolution spoken o£ in the last chapter is carried on by the Jiva passing from body to body, the bodies improving as his powers unfold; this is called re-birth, re-inc... Read more

C H A P T E R II. T he Many . WHEN Ishvara shines out on Prakrit! and makes it fall into shapes, the first Forms that appear are those of the Trimurtih, the three Aspects of Ishvara, manifes... Read more

CHAPTER I. T he One E x i s t e n c e. T H ERE is one Infinite Eternal, Changeless Existence, the All. From That all comes forth ; to That ALL returns. “One only, without a second”. That inc... Read more

Sanatana Dharma – A beautiful publication by the Central Hindu collage, Benaras, giving the basics of Hinduism. S A N A T A N A D H A R M A INTRODUCTION PART 1 BASIC HINDU RELIGIOUS IDEAS. T... Read more