Nithin Sridhar
Practicing Hindu. Speaker. Author of Six Books. Director & Chief Curator @advaitaacademy. Former Editor @IndiaFactsOrg. Writes on Religion, Culture & Politics.
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1. Pursuit of Artha causes one to acquire wealth, resources, and prosperity. Pursuit of Kama causes one to acquire pleasure derived from enjoyment of worldly objects.
1. In Manusmriti chapter 9, there is discussion about what the texts call Mahapatakas- great crimes that brings upon great Paapam (karmic demerit) to the performer and causes injur...
1. What Hindu scholarship should aim at is not an accomplishment of Hindu modernity, but contemporisation of Hindu worldview and way of living anchored in its inherent continuity.
1. Here is a thought: Equality & Egalitarianism in all dimensions of socio-cultural life as ultimate ideal to strive for is particularly an idea of modernity that has its origins...
My previous thread of #Manusmriti generated some interesting questions/observations. Here I list some with my response to it. 1/n
1. Hindus have deep confusion about the role of Shastras in Hindu Dharma. There is a great resistance towards accept Hindu Shastra as being central to Hindu life, philosophy, world...
1. One of the biggest threat to Hindu practices in contemporary times is the so called 'Scientific Temper' which by its very definition and its ideological underpinnings is deeply...
1. Everything is wrong in this video. A marriage is not a social transfer of ownership. It is a Samskara that purifies both bride & bridegroom and makes them eligible for Grihasta...
Four Pillars of becoming 'Practicing Hindu', the 4S as I call it: A. Shraddha: In Shastra and Guru (who lives & teaches according to Shastra) as the Pramana/ authentic-trustworthy...
1. I don't think that is a fair representation of the so called 'neo-trad' position. Rather there is a modern tendency to define Hinduism- its tenets and practices in terms of its...
1. One of the reasons why Smriti guidelines are misunderstood is because we forget that those stipulations and prohibitions are from the standpoint of Dharma. However, on the groun...
People want to use Shastras to justify their life choices and will discard and demonize them if what Shastras say does not sit well with people's choices. This is where we err....