Explore the stories, practices and ideas that shape Hindu culture. Search the journal or choose a subject below.
Explore varna and ashrama as historical religious frameworks, their textual audiences, and critiques of inherited hierarchy and exclusion.
Varnashrama Dharma: History, Life Orders and Criticism Read More »
Understand the four ashramas as religious ideals of learning, household life, withdrawal and renunciation, with room for history and different lives.
The Ashrama System: Changing Models of Hindu Life Read More »
Explore dharma through Hindu teachings on responsibility, virtuous conduct and moral deliberation, with clear attention to context and difference.
Dharma: Responsibility, Conduct and Moral Questions Read More »
Explore brahmacharya in studentship and yoga, with clear distinctions between a chosen vow, everyday discipline and unsupported health claims.
Brahmacharya: Student Life, Celibacy and Discipline Read More »
Explore Hindu creation through the Nasadiya hymn, Hiranyagarbha, the Chandogya Upanishad and Vishnu imagery, each in its own setting.
Hindu Creation Accounts: Wonder, Being and Divine Origins Read More »
Explore early ritual calendars, Aryabhata’s mathematical astronomy and modern panchanga calculations without mixing historical periods.
Indian Astronomy: Vedic Calendrics and Later Learning Read More »
Explore Mount Meru in Puranic sacred geography, distinguish it from Mandara, and learn how to read cosmological descriptions in context.
Mount Meru: Sacred Geography and Puranic Texts Read More »
Read Hiranyagarbha through Rigveda 10.121: its golden germ, images of creation, recurring question and later Upanishadic interpretation.
Hiranyagarbha: Reading the Rigveda’s Golden Germ Hymn Read More »
Discover how Hindu texts describe many universes and cosmic realms, and why lokas, liberation and scientific multiverses need careful distinction.
Many Universes and Lokas in Hindu Texts Read More »
Compare Hindu pilgrimage and Hajj through sacred places, devotion, religious obligation and community, while keeping Umrah and other visits distinct.
Hindu Pilgrimage and Hajj: Sacred Journeys in Context Read More »
