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Buddhism

News Reports

Town near Tokyo was named after Goddess Lakshmi, but there’s more that bind Hinduism and Japanese Buddhism

OpIndia Staff - 13 August, 2018

Japan worships a host of Hindus Gods and Goddesses although they are not always aware of their origins.

News Reports

Reuters displays blatant Hinduphobia by comparing Hindu Swastika to the Nazi Hakenkreuz

Jhankar Mohta - 30 June, 2018

There is a significant difference between the two symbols, which they have ludicrously compared and have in turn hurt the Hindu sentiments.

Opinions

The Swastika in Charlottesville: the symbol needs to be reclaimed from Nazis

Shrideep Biswas - 15 September, 2017

This article elaborates upon the Indic perspective regarding the 'Swastika Controversy' in the Western world.

News Reports

On Guru Purnima: Thirty-four meanings of the word ‘Guru’

Nityanand Misra - 9 July, 2017

The origin and various meanings of the word 'guru' that commonly is used for 'teacher' or 'learned'.

Culture and History

Series | Decoding Indian Belief Systems: Does Hinduism believe in one God or 33 crore Gods?

Guest Author - 2 December, 2015

While the texts might have meant 33 Supreme Gods (including elements of nature and the abstract aspects of the self), they have been lost in translation and many Indians since then believe that Hinduism has 33 crore Gods.

Culture and History

Series | Decoding Indian Belief Systems: Is this world just a dream?

Guest Author - 12 November, 2015

The purpose of the lives of the Indian philosophers was the exploration of the eternal truth. And the eternal truth was not to be found in the world outside, but the world within.

Culture and History