The word Aryan was forged by Europeans from the Hindu (Sanskrit) word arya meaning “noble”. Apparently the word does not occur in anything other than in its adjective form (“arya”); that is, hardly does it occur in the sense of the proper noun “Aryan” (as in to describe a certain group or race of people). [...]
Art Films On art films, by the great Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky: Tarkovsky felt his task was to unveil relationships between images and events that were created by God in the universe, rather than imposing relationships upon an audience in order to manipulate them into a prescribed point of view. Tarkovsky was especially drawn to [...]
A short list of some of my favorites. Bhakti Poetry Spiritual poetry by god-intoxicated bhakti saints. The beauty and the decorations used to convey the knowledge/vision of the Self (whether it be Siva, Narayana, Kali, Krishna, Murugan, Nature,…) and our relationship to Self is deep and enlightening. Most of these poems are conversational with Self [...]
It is interesting to note how well the four varnas match the four broad categorizes of yoga (jnana, raja, karma, and bhakti). Note that none of these were mutually exclusively (in fact in the past all forms of yoga were accompanied by a good amount of bhakti).It is said that the difference between the kshatriya [...]
Videos They’re Made Out Of Meat Brilliantly funny short-film. The Knack Deep Space Naan Neither have you tasted my Jesus Somebody edited this girls talk, enhancing it with mocking/animated stick-figure. Jesus Will Survive – The Musical Another funny Jesus video. Laughing Yoga The Knights who say Ni Some good old Monty Python silliness. The Sign [...]