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How we are motivated by Kama and propelled by Yama
Published on 6th September, 2019, in Economic Times Shiva is called the destroyer because he …
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Desire’s bow and destiny’s noose
Published on 7th April, 2019, in Mid-day. Elections are a time to express desire, while …
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Nachiketa’s question
Yama said it was a very difficult question to answer, even the gods were not sure of the answer…
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Bypassing the womb
In Puranic literature, we come across the concept of ayonija, someone who is not born from the womb, and consequently, is able to bypass or rise above the cycle of birth and death…
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Who is a Hindu? Life, death and afterlife
Rebirth and liberation are the twin fates that await the Hindu dead, but there are temporary sojourns to heaven and hell as well…
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Descendants of Chitragupta
In one story, popular in the Gangetic plains, the god of death, Yama, wanted a scribe to help him keep a record of people’s karma. And so Brahma created Chitragupta (he who knows the secrets of diagrams i.e. scripts), who held in his hand a pen and inkpot…