It is an eternal question. The Self—that is I—was never born. The Self is the Brahman which we refer to as I in everyday parlance. So I was never born. I will never die. Then, I see that I am existing ...

Brahman Life after death What does Hinduism teach about life after death? Why do Hindus believe in life after death? What does this mean in practice?

aSri Adi Sankaracharya says in the crest jewel of distinguishing between the Self and not Self -Vivekachoodamani - that the result of past actions is alive only when there is identification with the ...

In the Chandogya Upanishad (c. 7th century BCE), Indra, king of the Vedic gods, and his nemesis, Virochana, king of the asuras (anti-gods), go to the temple of the creator god, Prajapati, to learn the ...

In a time defined by anxiety, burnout, and constant change, Priya Arora—author, survivor, spiritual seeker, and a devoted student of Vedanta—presents her latest book, Life Is a Battlefield: Insights ...

Prajapathi instructs Indra on the nature of the atman. He tells Indra that the body is mortal. It perishes. But it is the abode of the atman, which is imperishable. Good and evil do not affect the ...

Sarat Chandra Chatterjee’s cult classic Devdas first took its celluloid form in 1935 in Bengali. Ever since, there have been as many as 16 movie versions of the novel in various Indian languages.

As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones. — Bhagavad Gita 2.2 The physical body is like clothes for the ...