The Mahabharata recounts the struggles faced by the childless King Pandu who was without an heir. Rsi Kindama and his wife had taken the forms
Year: 2013
Pilgrimage for all Times & all Peoples: Initiated by Abraham
The pilgrimage (Pada Yatra) leading to the Kataragama Festival goes beyond India. This pilgrimage commemorates Lord Murugan’s (Lord Kataragama, Kartikeya or Skanda) pilgrimage when he
The convergence of Sanskrit and Hebrew Vedas: Why?
We looked at the similarities between the account of Manu in the Sanskrit Vedas and the account of Noah in the Hebrew Vedas. This similarity
How Mankind continued on – Lessons from the account of Manu (or Noah)
Previously we looked at the promise of Moksha given right at the very beginning of human history. We also observed that there is something about
The Promise of Moksha – Right from the Beginning
We have seen how how mankind fell from their initial created state. But the Bible (Veda Pusthakam) continues with a plan that God had right
Corrupted (Part 2) … missing our target
We last looked looked at how the Veda Pusthakam (Bible) describes us as corrupted from the original image of God that we were made in.
But Corrupted … like orcs of middle-earth
In our previous article we looked at how the Bible portrays ourselves and others – that we are made in the image of God. But
In the Image of God
We have seen how the Purusasukta goes back to even before time began and explains the mind of God (Prajapati) deciding to sacrifice Purusa. From
Sacrifice of Purusa: The Genesis of all things
After verses 3&4 Purusasukta changes its focus from the qualities of Purusa to focus on the sacrifice of Purusa. It does so in the following
Verse 3&4 – The Incarnation of Purusa
The Purusasukta continues from verse 2 with the following. (The sanskrit transliterations, and many of my thoughts on the Purusasukta, have come from studying the