Author Archives: gokulmuthu

Principles of Hinduism

Posted on February 19, 2008 by gokulmuthu

Recently on a mailing list a person posted the basic tenets of Jainism and Buddhism. He stated that Hinduism is too complex to have a distilled list of basic principles. Here is the list of the basic principles of Hinduism. … Continue reading →

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Supernatural powers

Posted on January 24, 2008 by gokulmuthu

Recently I saw the three parts of X-Men movie. It is about people developing supernatural powers by mutation. The question here is, “Are supernatural powers a blessing or a curse?” By watching the movies, I could learn a few things. … Continue reading →

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Identity

Posted on October 14, 2007 by gokulmuthu

I saw the movie “Bourne Ultimatum” a few days back. It was a good action movie. The core of the movie was about the identity of a person changed for military intelligence purposes and a lot of noise in the … Continue reading →

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Drg-Drsya-Viveka

Posted on August 13, 2007 by gokulmuthu

Drg-Drsya-Viveka I read a book on Advaita Vedanta named Drg-Drsya-Viveka a few months back. It is one of the most clear and straight forward logical framework to present Advaita Vedanta I have come across so far. The language is also … Continue reading →

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Why do good people suffer?

Posted on July 5, 2007 by gokulmuthu

Recently in a mailing group, a person asked the age-old question: Why do good peoplesuffer, when apparently bad people seem to enjoy. One classic reply given by Indian philosophers is based on the Doctrine of Karma. Theysay that they are … Continue reading →

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