Reincarnation is called samsara in the classic Vedic texts of India. The word samsara is Sanskrit and means being bound to the cycle of repeated birth and death through numerous lifetimes. How this works is that those who are materially conditioned transmigrate through different bodies according to one’s desires and past activities (or karma) and […]

On the spiritual path, there are several reasons why a person is recommended to be vegetarian. One primary reason is that we need to see the spiritual nature within all living beings and that includes the animals and other creatures as well. Universal brotherhood means nonviolence to both humans and animals. It consists of understanding […]

Bhagavad-Gita is one of the most sacred Indian scriptures and is part of the Indian epic Mahabharata. It forms a very important part of Vedic literature. Bhagavad-Gita, also known as Gitopanishad has 701 verses across 18 chapters. The Bhagavad-Gita has the teachings of Lord Krishna to the great warrior Arjuna at the time of the […]

The OM mantra is a most sacred syllable in Vedic culture. The Vedas glorify OM as the origin of the Vedas, or the seed from which all of the Vedas grew. This is why OM precedes every Vedic mantra. OM expands into the vyahritis (bhuh, bhuvah and svaha) which indicates the three planetary levels of […]

Hinduism is, basically, the modern name for the Vedic way of life, especially the spiritual path usually associated with India. Previously, those who followed the Vedic system were also called Aryans. It is often considered that the Vedic Aryans were a race of people.
However, Aryan actually means a standard of living, an ideal. It was […]