Dharma in the Academia
Never before in history has Indian culture been studied by more students than it is today in the curricula of formal education systems in America. It is an integral part of the today’s World...
View ArticleThe Dharma Traditions of India
Among the religious and spiritual traditions of the world, the traditions born in the Indian sub-continent, belong to a family. They were all born from the great mother tradition called “Sanatana...
View ArticleThe Three Motivations for DCF’s work
There are fundamentally three motivations for funding the study of Dharma in general and Hindu Dharma in particular, in main-stream academic Universities that underlie the work of Dharma Civilization...
View ArticleThe Why of DCF
One of the foundations of Indian Civilization (also called Indic or Bharatiya – to use a Sanskrit word) is the conception of the human potential for spiritual and transcendental realization. The...
View ArticleConstitutional Confusion
Article 28-1 of the Indian constitution says that “No religious instruction shall be provided in any educational institution wholly maintained out of State funds”. In other words, any State funded...
View ArticleThe Two Visions of India
There are two dominant ideas of India, at least, playing out as the great Secular–Communal divide in the theater of India’s political battleground – its own modern day Kurukshetra. On the one hand is...
View ArticleThe Lens of Suspicion
When approaching the systematic academic study of Religion in academic settings, there are two fundamental positions that a scholar may lean towards – the position of a believer of the faith tradition,...
View ArticlePujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati(1930-2015) – A Tribute
Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati was a great visionary and global leader who transcended the confines of a sect, religion, or a nation. His many contributions in various arenas will be analyzed and...
View ArticleThe Future of Hinduism in America’s Changing Religious Landscape
The recent PEW Research Center findings on America’s religious landscape revealed that approximately 56 million Americans are religiously unaffiliated and belong to the category of religious “nones”....
View ArticleReflections on studying Hinduism and what India has to offer
It is said that during a service at an old synagogue in Eastern Europe, when the prayer was being said, half the congregants stood up and half remained sitting. The half that was seated started yelling...
View ArticleMany Truths of the One Reality
There is a well-known, much celebrated Hindu adage. It is often engaged as a Hindu way of understanding the diversity of religious traditions in the world. This adage is often worded in the following...
View ArticleSilencing the Voice of the Indigenous: The Aryan Invasion/Migration Theory
This Roundtable discussion at the World History Association Conference, examines the ongoing problems associated with the Aryan Invasion/Migration Theory, and the controversies involving the late-18th...
View ArticleThe Transmission of Dharma
Dharma ChintanaUltimately, a civilization rests on its ability to transmit its values, goals and aims, priorities, practices, rituals, art, science and knowledge systems, spirituality, festivals and...
View ArticleUCI expresses continued interest
After sustained engagement with the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity (OEOD), the University of California has issued a letter to Dharma Civilization Foundation, expressing both regret for...
View ArticleDCF Response to UCI’s rejection of its Gifts
The UCI School of Humanities’ Ad hoc Committee (Download report) and the Humanities Executive Committee (Download Statement) have acted hastily to reject the gifts from Dharma Civilization Foundation,...
View ArticleAryan Invasion-Migration of India and German Anti-Semitism
A debate has been raging between proponents of the view that the Aryans migrated into India, and those who hold the opposite view. In this blog, I do not attempt to resolve that debate; indeed, I make...
View ArticleThe Hindu University of America
This year, 2018, Dharma Civilization Foundation has resolved to revitalize and renew the Hindu University of America, Florida. This project shall be DCF’s flagship project at least for the coming few...
View ArticleThe Hindu University of America
This year, 2018, Dharma Civilization Foundation has resolved to revitalize and renew the Hindu University of America, Florida. This project shall be DCF’s flagship project at least for the coming few...
View ArticleAryan Invasion-Migration of India and German Anti-Semitism
A debate has been raging between proponents of the view that the Aryans migrated into India, and those who hold the opposite view. In this blog, I do not attempt to resolve that debate; indeed, I make...
View ArticleSilencing the Voice of the Indigenous: The Aryan Invasion/Migration Theory
This Roundtable discussion at the World History Association Conference, examines the ongoing problems associated with the Aryan Invasion/Migration Theory, and the controversies involving the late-18th...
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