Vedas and Upanishads are often used interchangeably and this gives an impression that these are twin words, which means they might have the same meaning. However, the fact that Vedas and Upanishads ...

The Sanskrit ligature for "Om" Source: Neel Burton The national motto of India, Satyameva Jayate (Truth Alone Triumphs), is from the Mundaka Upanishad. “Upanishad” means something like “hidden ...

The Catholic Church is coming out with a version of the Bible with verses from ancient Indian texts like the Upanishads and Vedas to explain the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: ...

The Gita is the gist of the Vedas. It is not our Bible; the Upanishads are our Bible. It (the Gita) is the gist of the Upanishads and harmonises the many contradictory parts of the Upanishads. The ...

Hindus believe that the Vedas texts were received by scholars direct from God and passed on to the next generations by word of mouth. These are the most ancient religious texts which define truth for ...

Many decades back I wrote a story on Amba, a character from the Mahabharata. The story travelled around, collecting rejections all the way. Only one editor gave me a reason: when most readers would ...

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the country’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru would also quote religious texts in speeches, but would be careful about his public display of religiosity. The ...