Tag Archives: Tradition

Inside a Balinese Royal Wedding: Tradition Meets Modernity | Real Stories

For most mothers, organizing any wedding is stressful enough. But what if you are also an Australian-born Royal Princess and expected to supervise complex Hindu traditions stretching back centuries? As the first non-Balinese Royal bride, Princess Asri is also the buffer between her daughter-in-law to be and the rest of the Royal family, uncomfortable with […]

Video Nugget: Avatars In Hindu Tradition with Michael Cremo

This New Thinking Allowed “Video Nugget” has been excerpted from a longer conversation with Michael Cremo and Jeffrey Mishlove titled “A Vedic Alternative To Darwin’s Theory”. See https://youtu.be/SFB_ONZ8tRc For a complete, updated list with links to all of our videos — as well as many other opportunities to engage with and support the New Thinking […]

Pramanas are the root of valid knowledge in Hindu tradition | Nithin Sridhar | #SangamTalks

Bio: A Civil Engineer by profession, Nithin is a passionate writer, Chief Curator – Advaita Academy and Consulting Editor – Indic Today Magazine. He has authoured books on various aspects of Hindu philosophy, society and ethics including one on the notions and practices surrounding menstruation. Main Talk Link- Subscribe to our YouTube channels: YouTube English: […]

Hindu Hermeneutic Tradition and Methods | Prof Sreejit Datta | #sangamshorts

Main talk link: https://youtu.be/s6DAMK0ljWA Talk title: Interpreting Sacred Hindu texts: Case for a Hindu Hermeneutic Speaker: Prof Sreejit Datta The Vedic Saṃhitās are first & foremost a body of spiritual-sacerdotal texts, then they are literary texts due to the high aesthetic & poetic quotient of the mantras, and finally they’ve the element of ritual performative. […]

Essential Questions In The Hindu Tradition | Sankrant Sanu | Pranayama | Yoga | #SangamTalks

In these difficult times, Shri Sankrant Sanu talks about the three essential quests in the Hindu tradition, and then takes us through ‘Pranayama’ and guided meditation. Please visit grpr.in/hp for more details on the Happiness Program About Speaker: – Sankrant Sanu Ji is an entrepreneur, writer, and researcher based in Seattle and Gurgaon. His areas […]