Bal Gangadhar Tilak Born in a well-cultured Brahim family on July 23‚ 1856 in Ratangari‚ Maharashtra‚ Bal Gangadhar Tilak was a multifacet personality. He is considered to be the ‘Father of Indian Unrest’. He was a scholar of Indian history‚ Sanskrit‚ mathematics‚ astronomy and Hinduism. He had imbibed values‚ cultures and intelligence from his father Gangadhar Ramchandra Tilak who was a Sanskrit scholar and a famous teacher. At the age of 10‚ Bal Gangadhar went to Pune with his family as his father
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Ethics: Its relation with Indian Scriptures and Business Sachin Kapoor1 Dr. Navkiranjit Kaur Dhaliwal2 Introduction “Business ethics‚” a subject that for years has been low profile in business publications and business school curriculum‚ has suddenly gained status. The word “ethics” was once considered irrelevant by corporate loyalists‚ but now discussion of it is increasingly seen as not only important but also as critical to a company’s success. Till
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Swami Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda‚ his earlier name was Narendranatha Dutta was born on 12th january 1863‚ the auspicious day of Makarasankranthi. His father‚ Viswanatha Dutta was a lawyer. Mother Bhuvaneshwari Devi considered her son as a gift of the Lord Shiva. From the childhood days itself he has a deep desire to help others. As Naren grew‚ his sharp intellect and spirit of inquiry began to raise many doubts about the existence of God. The meeting with Sree Ramakrishna changed Naren’s
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oldest of all living religions. It was not man-made and is based on a set of dogmas. Unlike Islam or Christianity‚ it was not started as a system. It was developed by the teachings of such teachers as Avataras‚ Rishis‚ Vedas‚ the Upanishads‚ the Gita and Itihasas. Hindus fundamentally believe that there is a peculiar and mysterious spiritual force that guides them. Hinduism is a religion of freedom. It allows absolute freedom from the rational mind of man. It never requires any limits
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Mahatma Gandhi: (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) (Father of the Nation‚ Rashtrapita‚ राष्ट्रपिता) was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of satyagraha—resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience‚ firmly founded upon ahimsa or total non violence—which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi led nationwide campaigns to ease poverty‚ expand women
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Anthropology of Religion DD Kosambi: The Marxist Historian “Marxism is a tool of analysis and not a substitute for thinking.” Kosambi’s writings urge today’s historians to also take an intellectual leap with the creative use of Marxism. He explored the essential relationship between faith and socio-economic factor‚ which gives us yet another facet of understanding Ancient Indian Religion and History. What set him apart from the others was his determination to maintain‚ indeed the increase
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Definitions of Education: The Concepts of Education as given by prominent Indian educationists are as follows. 1. Rigved: "Education is something which makes man self-reliant and selfless". 2. Upanishad: "Education is for liberation". 3. Bhagavad Gita: "Nothing is more purifying on earth than wisdom." 4. Shankaracharya: "Education is the realization of self’. 5. Gunrunner: "Education is self realization and service to people". 6. Kautilya: "Education means training of the country and love
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Every religion says that God created this entire world. Since there is only one world‚ there should be one God‚ who must be impartial to all the children in the universe. That one God must have preached the same spiritual knowledge in different languages and different countries which were disconnected and had no communication in olden times. At that time‚ had he preached the true spiritual knowledge to one country only‚ God would become partial because some generations in other countries would have
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Question 1 2 out of 2 points A Mahayana legend says that Buddha was conceived when his mother dreamed that a: Answer Selected Answer: a. white elephant entered her body Correct Answer: a. white elephant entered her body Response Feedback: Good! Question 2 2 out of 2 points This elephant-headed deity is Shiva’s son by Parvati (Shiva’s consort). Answer Selected Answer: b. Ganesha Correct Answer: b. Ganesha Response Feedback: Right! Question 3 2 out of 2 points
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Cited: 1. Bulcke‚ C.1960 “The Characterization of Hanuman.” Journal of the Royal Oriental Institute 10‚ no. 4: 393–402 2. The Bhagavad-Gita‚ Translated by Sir Edwin Arnold. Vol. XLV‚ Part 4. The Harvard Classics. New York: P.F. Collier & Son‚ 1909–14; Bartleby.com‚ 2001. 3. Philip Lutgendorf (11 January 2007). Hanuman ’s Tale: The Messages of a Divine Monkey. Oxford University
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