https://sah.hcommons.org/members/sudhavedanta/activity/ Activity feed for Narasimhananda Swami. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:00:00 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 9392ff2c423904b72527002b23148c16 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1723051/ Thu, 14 Jan 2021 02:23:49 -0500 This paper follows Francois Laruelle’s non-philosophy and his non-religion and non-theology to suggest a non-philosophical approach to the sociology of religious pluralism. The entanglements of experiences of the religious end-user are analyzed vis-a-vis Laruelle’s thought and a dogma-free inclusive approach to religion is envisaged.

]]> 0 99530e2ae7e858e5c7f8e72b45152606 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1723050/ Thu, 14 Jan 2021 02:23:47 -0500 This paper follows Francois Laruelle’s non-philosophy and his non-religion and non-theology to suggest a non-philosophical approach to the sociology of religious pluralism. The entanglements of experiences of the religious end-user are analyzed vis-a-vis Laruelle’s thought and a dogma-free inclusive approach to religion is envisaged.

]]> 0 21b5660dd897f3367b4111b4d3c71211 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1723049/ Thu, 14 Jan 2021 02:23:38 -0500 This paper follows Francois Laruelle’s non-philosophy and his non-religion and non-theology to suggest a non-philosophical approach to the sociology of religious pluralism. The entanglements of experiences of the religious end-user are analyzed vis-a-vis Laruelle’s thought and a dogma-free inclusive approach to religion is envisaged.

]]> 0 3227b1a05f7eeb8d11c679c0e706d422 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1722929/ Wed, 13 Jan 2021 08:06:37 -0500 This paper follows Francois Laruelle’s non-philosophy and his non-religion and non-theology to suggest a non-philosophical approach to the sociology of religious pluralism. The entanglements of experiences of the religious end-user are analyzed vis-a-vis Laruelle’s thought and a dogma-free inclusive approach to religion is envisaged.

]]> 0 c157ad04ce02ec2bde9e5004e32d3610 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1714047/ Thu, 22 Oct 2020 02:24:12 -0400 Is ethics innate to human nature? In Ethical Life Webb Keane tries to answer this question on the basis of empirical research. He attempts this through an analysis of natural and social histories—that is, the analyses of naturalistic research like “neuroscience, cognitive science, linguistics, developmental psychology, and biological ant…[Read more]

]]> 0 56d3b3c2d68ed3384b8d84505fe239c9 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1714046/ Thu, 22 Oct 2020 02:24:04 -0400 Is ethics innate to human nature? In Ethical Life Webb Keane tries to answer this question on the basis of empirical research. He attempts this through an analysis of natural and social histories—that is, the analyses of naturalistic research like “neuroscience, cognitive science, linguistics, developmental psychology, and biological ant…[Read more]

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]]> 0 2cc060b991a51916d9948f78efcd0433 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1714043/ Thu, 22 Oct 2020 02:23:47 -0400 Catholicism: The Story of Catholic Christianity begins at the inception of the Catholic Church and deals with the election of the present Pope, and thus is contemporary yet rooted in history. Histories of religious traditions need not be unwieldy. They could be pointers to all the important references to literature on the subject. This book is a…[Read more]

]]> 0 589dd6dce2b798ed09ff70f19c3d835d https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1713968/ Wed, 21 Oct 2020 14:55:14 -0400 Is ethics innate to human nature? In Ethical Life Webb Keane tries to answer this question on the basis of empirical research. He attempts this through an analysis of natural and social histories—that is, the analyses of naturalistic research like “neuroscience, cognitive science, linguistics, developmental psychology, and biological ant…[Read more]

]]> 0 b71013446f605fd47bb03f313de0a441 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1713963/ Wed, 21 Oct 2020 14:47:26 -0400 Catholicism: The Story of Catholic Christianity begins at the inception of the Catholic Church and deals with the election of the present Pope, and thus is contemporary yet rooted in history. Histories of religious traditions need not be unwieldy. They could be pointers to all the important references to literature on the subject. This book is a…[Read more]

]]> 0 2c9fe34588491b62c313a017f5d0bf53 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1706859/ Mon, 31 Aug 2020 02:23:59 -0400 e popular idea, especially among the young, is that religion and spirituality are things of the old age. We generally think that spirituality is a post-retirement plan; something which has to be enjoyed with the gratuity, provident fund, and pension that you get after retirement. This is not true. Spirituality is something we need when we are…[Read more]

]]> 0 9a9543a3c5137b5622e0b3f880ddd71d https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1706858/ Mon, 31 Aug 2020 02:23:53 -0400 e popular idea, especially among the young, is that religion and spirituality are things of the old age. We generally think that spirituality is a post-retirement plan; something which has to be enjoyed with the gratuity, provident fund, and pension that you get after retirement. This is not true. Spirituality is something we need when we are…[Read more]

]]> 0 a7067aec83902e64b87bcec43527de0e https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1706857/ Mon, 31 Aug 2020 02:23:52 -0400 e popular idea, especially among the young, is that religion and spirituality are things of the old age. We generally think that spirituality is a post-retirement plan; something which has to be enjoyed with the gratuity, provident fund, and pension that you get after retirement. This is not true. Spirituality is something we need when we are…[Read more]

]]> 0 4c20dc0e4ff261c44c169e4d7290e630 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1706856/ Mon, 31 Aug 2020 02:23:51 -0400 e popular idea, especially among the young, is that religion and spirituality are things of the old age. We generally think that spirituality is a post-retirement plan; something which has to be enjoyed with the gratuity, provident fund, and pension that you get after retirement. This is not true. Spirituality is something we need when we are…[Read more]

]]> 0 4ab02fb3f973476ca253d2c0c77e7a95 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1706855/ Mon, 31 Aug 2020 02:23:38 -0400 e popular idea, especially among the young, is that religion and spirituality are things of the old age. We generally think that spirituality is a post-retirement plan; something which has to be enjoyed with the gratuity, provident fund, and pension that you get after retirement. This is not true. Spirituality is something we need when we are…[Read more]

]]> 0 55dd19261724e682e51d2f1722f2f5cc https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1706838/ Sun, 30 Aug 2020 16:16:37 -0400 e popular idea, especially among the young, is that religion and spirituality are things of the old age. We generally think that spirituality is a post-retirement plan; something which has to be enjoyed with the gratuity, provident fund, and pension that you get after retirement. This is not true. Spirituality is something we need when we are…[Read more]

]]> 0 5b7e61164ad23aba5545d100b6717549 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1690549/ Thu, 11 Jun 2020 01:08:48 -0400 0 a440ad1ec06092a74fb1e8a9eea11add https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1685806/ Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:25:27 -0400 I was intrigued by the title of this book. Finally, I thought, the Western academia has come to terms with the incorporeality of the individual soul as presented in Indian philosophy. Richard Swinburne’s introduction dispelled my delusions. He proposes that individuals are not bodies but are souls and implies that these souls have properties and t…[Read more]

]]> 0 dd83002a07cab7b6cabca7bd20fbe7eb https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1685805/ Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:25:26 -0400 I was intrigued by the title of this book. Finally, I thought, the Western academia has come to terms with the incorporeality of the individual soul as presented in Indian philosophy. Richard Swinburne’s introduction dispelled my delusions. He proposes that individuals are not bodies but are souls and implies that these souls have properties and t…[Read more]

]]> 0 a4d4255c5ce4c4fc111661e3f39a13a4 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1685804/ Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:25:21 -0400 I was intrigued by the title of this book. Finally, I thought, the Western academia has come to terms with the incorporeality of the individual soul as presented in Indian philosophy. Richard Swinburne’s introduction dispelled my delusions. He proposes that individuals are not bodies but are souls and implies that these souls have properties and t…[Read more]

]]> 0 50f42d47ddde2f39841ab99def9f41af https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1685673/ Wed, 29 Apr 2020 15:21:09 -0400 I was intrigued by the title of this book. Finally, I thought, the Western academia has come to terms with the incorporeality of the individual soul as presented in Indian philosophy. Richard Swinburne’s introduction dispelled my delusions. He proposes that individuals are not bodies but are souls and implies that these souls have properties and t…[Read more]

]]> 0 6616d743a1e74ab00382de208a2a67f4 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1683388/ Wed, 08 Apr 2020 16:30:12 -0400 Throughout this book, Hernández Sandoval emphasizes the schism between the leadership of different Catholic parishes that supported conservative, anti-communist, and even military governments, and the missionaries who worked directly among the citizenry and who defied prevailing structural and political restraints and at times participated…[Read more]

]]> 0 6fa93f77421b241cafa38ec42886e7a3 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1683387/ Wed, 08 Apr 2020 16:30:06 -0400 Throughout this book, Hernández Sandoval emphasizes the schism between the leadership of different Catholic parishes that supported conservative, anti-communist, and even military governments, and the missionaries who worked directly among the citizenry and who defied prevailing structural and political restraints and at times participated…[Read more]

]]> 0 7e42170a53753a91540b206eb824079d https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1683386/ Wed, 08 Apr 2020 16:29:56 -0400 Throughout this book, Hernández Sandoval emphasizes the schism between the leadership of different Catholic parishes that supported conservative, anti-communist, and even military governments, and the missionaries who worked directly among the citizenry and who defied prevailing structural and political restraints and at times participated…[Read more]

]]> 0 718e2beaceb05cb5d5a877409f569f85 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1683337/ Wed, 08 Apr 2020 09:08:26 -0400 Throughout this book, Hernández Sandoval emphasizes the schism between the leadership of different Catholic parishes that supported conservative, anti-communist, and even military governments, and the missionaries who worked directly among the citizenry and who defied prevailing structural and political restraints and at times participated…[Read more]

]]> 0 4094cd86ba191d562ac9f499657f5334 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1673204/ Sat, 21 Dec 2019 16:26:36 -0500 Kashmir weaves a rich tapestry of geographical, cultural, and spiritual heritage. Kashmir Shaivism is the crowning jewel of this spiritual tradition, of which Lal Ded is a brilliant gem, being one of the earliest women gurus of the valley. Shonaleeka Kaul translates 101 teachings of Ded and arranges them in the four chapters of ‘Life of I…[Read more]

]]> 0 32eb81c97f6110d8511b920aefe75630 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1673203/ Sat, 21 Dec 2019 16:26:35 -0500 Kashmir weaves a rich tapestry of geographical, cultural, and spiritual heritage. Kashmir Shaivism is the crowning jewel of this spiritual tradition, of which Lal Ded is a brilliant gem, being one of the earliest women gurus of the valley. Shonaleeka Kaul translates 101 teachings of Ded and arranges them in the four chapters of ‘Life of I…[Read more]

]]> 0 096ec8e1fa198c5a5a60f72a5ef91d16 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1673202/ Sat, 21 Dec 2019 16:26:26 -0500 Kashmir weaves a rich tapestry of geographical, cultural, and spiritual heritage. Kashmir Shaivism is the crowning jewel of this spiritual tradition, of which Lal Ded is a brilliant gem, being one of the earliest women gurus of the valley. Shonaleeka Kaul translates 101 teachings of Ded and arranges them in the four chapters of ‘Life of I…[Read more]

]]> 0 0c5c0bb9c676e8add7b77c74ecd1107d https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1673154/ Sat, 21 Dec 2019 03:36:53 -0500 Kashmir weaves a rich tapestry of geographical, cultural, and spiritual heritage. Kashmir Shaivism is the crowning jewel of this spiritual tradition, of which Lal Ded is a brilliant gem, being one of the earliest women gurus of the valley. Shonaleeka Kaul translates 101 teachings of Ded and arranges them in the four chapters of ‘Life of I…[Read more]

]]> 0 4bfa81ef1190dd11f185ab4e1480b2d3 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1667258/ Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:32:44 -0400 Through The Making of Early Kashmir, Shonaleeka Kaul, who teaches in the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, deftly presents a new discourse on Kashmir’s culture and history and successfully argues not only that a traditional Sanskrit text can indeed function as a historical text, but that the very fact that s…[Read more]

]]> 0 a90cc98fcb6e9d4547b36be0f822f304 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1667257/ Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:32:33 -0400 Through The Making of Early Kashmir, Shonaleeka Kaul, who teaches in the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, deftly presents a new discourse on Kashmir’s culture and history and successfully argues not only that a traditional Sanskrit text can indeed function as a historical text, but that the very fact that s…[Read more]

]]> 0 482030e3d08a32d4e5caace7b73dad28 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1667251/ Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:25:25 -0400 Ruwen Ogien pleasantly reminds us the pleasures of doing philosophy through this extremely lucid and accessible primer on ethics. Presenting nineteen moral puzzles and seven chapters on moral intuitions, Ogien shows the readers that philosophy is not the distant and dry discipline far from life that it is made out to be. Philosophy has to do with…[Read more]

]]> 0 81525e8826b81afad1ec4fb7ef6bdfe8 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1667250/ Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:25:23 -0400 Sri Ramakrishna (1836–1886) has been variously considered a mystic, a prophet, a devotee, and an early modern propounder of the harmony of religions. However, this spiritual luminary has seldom been considered a philosopher. Academic engagements with his life and precepts have been negligible. In Infinite Paths to Infinite Reality: Sri R…[Read more]

]]> 0 78b34decbaef8da2502380abb0ae7816 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1667249/ Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:25:22 -0400 Sri Ramakrishna (1836–1886) has been variously considered a mystic, a prophet, a devotee, and an early modern propounder of the harmony of religions. However, this spiritual luminary has seldom been considered a philosopher. Academic engagements with his life and precepts have been negligible. In Infinite Paths to Infinite Reality: Sri R…[Read more]

]]> 0 78b34decbaef8da2502380abb0ae7816 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1667248/ Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:25:22 -0400 Sri Ramakrishna (1836–1886) has been variously considered a mystic, a prophet, a devotee, and an early modern propounder of the harmony of religions. However, this spiritual luminary has seldom been considered a philosopher. Academic engagements with his life and precepts have been negligible. In Infinite Paths to Infinite Reality: Sri R…[Read more]

]]> 0 ac92628448b0c8a660a07b0d2216d2dc https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1667211/ Wed, 23 Oct 2019 03:43:58 -0400 Through The Making of Early Kashmir, Shonaleeka Kaul, who teaches in the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, deftly presents a new discourse on Kashmir’s culture and history and successfully argues not only that a traditional Sanskrit text can indeed function as a historical text, but that the very fact that s…[Read more]

]]> 0 d35cf954f3857039a32fbedb7c225be8 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1667162/ Tue, 22 Oct 2019 17:04:22 -0400 Ruwen Ogien pleasantly reminds us the pleasures of doing philosophy through this extremely lucid and accessible primer on ethics. Presenting nineteen moral puzzles and seven chapters on moral intuitions, Ogien shows the readers that philosophy is not the distant and dry discipline far from life that it is made out to be. Philosophy has to do with…[Read more]

]]> 0 b6f071afd300dc3527ad78af793c90c9 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1667159/ Tue, 22 Oct 2019 16:49:04 -0400 Sri Ramakrishna (1836–1886) has been variously considered a mystic, a prophet, a devotee, and an early modern propounder of the harmony of religions. However, this spiritual luminary has seldom been considered a philosopher. Academic engagements with his life and precepts have been negligible. In Infinite Paths to Infinite Reality: Sri R…[Read more]

]]> 0 53c0aa83669f8d2dd8138d4aeb1cefd9 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1661228/ Sat, 24 Aug 2019 16:26:01 -0400 India has been the seat of deep philosophical engagements since the Vedic period. However, Indian philosophical wisdom, albeit different from Western philosophical in many respects, was not widely known to the rest of the world before colonial thinkers started their dialogue with Indian philosophy through their translations and academic exegeses.…[Read more]

]]> 0 31f77cb28740ea1161e2f9ac2b2b892c https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1660979/ Fri, 23 Aug 2019 15:51:37 -0400 India has been the seat of deep philosophical engagements since the Vedic period. However, Indian philosophical wisdom, albeit different from Western philosophical in many respects, was not widely known to the rest of the world before colonial thinkers started their dialogue with Indian philosophy through their translations and academic exegeses.…[Read more]

]]> 0 05f94bc044952b1629142c4b2a71a8af https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1643047/ Sat, 22 Jun 2019 16:46:38 -0400 Religions are widely accessible in the digital community and Hinduism and Hindu Nationalism Online engages with some of the internet’s representations of Hinduism, with a focus primarily on political and politico-nationalist representations. Juli L. Gittinger focuses on three organizations throughout the book: Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), R…[Read more]

]]> 0 2dcde7d74b3238511700317ef077c8bf https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1643046/ Sat, 22 Jun 2019 16:46:37 -0400 Religions are widely accessible in the digital community and Hinduism and Hindu Nationalism Online engages with some of the internet’s representations of Hinduism, with a focus primarily on political and politico-nationalist representations. Juli L. Gittinger focuses on three organizations throughout the book: Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), R…[Read more]

]]> 0 a15cf189ad0e41a6b34d4500a3bf5fc7 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1643045/ Sat, 22 Jun 2019 16:46:36 -0400 Religions are widely accessible in the digital community and Hinduism and Hindu Nationalism Online engages with some of the internet’s representations of Hinduism, with a focus primarily on political and politico-nationalist representations. Juli L. Gittinger focuses on three organizations throughout the book: Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), R…[Read more]

]]> 0 a15cf189ad0e41a6b34d4500a3bf5fc7 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1643044/ Sat, 22 Jun 2019 16:46:36 -0400 Religions are widely accessible in the digital community and Hinduism and Hindu Nationalism Online engages with some of the internet’s representations of Hinduism, with a focus primarily on political and politico-nationalist representations. Juli L. Gittinger focuses on three organizations throughout the book: Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), R…[Read more]

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]]> 0 8248a2d70807ea85fbae86f2207b3bbe https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1642916/ Thu, 20 Jun 2019 18:46:53 -0400 Religions are widely accessible in the digital community and Hinduism and Hindu Nationalism Online engages with some of the internet’s representations of Hinduism, with a focus primarily on political and politico-nationalist representations. Juli L. Gittinger focuses on three organizations throughout the book: Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), R…[Read more]

]]> 0 b476846fcd3b69094a745f97e6b50419 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1634302/ Thu, 07 Mar 2019 16:25:31 -0500 Yoga-Taravali of Acharya Shankara
Translated by Swami Narasimhananda

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Translated by Swami Narasimhananda

]]> 0 9a85cb36e70d5acb30949555aa4bb4d4 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1634300/ Thu, 07 Mar 2019 16:25:28 -0500 Yoga-Taravali of Acharya Shankara
Translated by Swami Narasimhananda

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