Tag Archives: God

Is God Compassionate?

I got a mail from a friend with a question: I was once a theist and after a prolonged period of open-minded inquiry I was able to give up theism and became agnostic. Ever since then I was wobbling between … Continue reading

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Vacation trip

I am just back from a vacation to Delhi and its surrounds. Unexpectedly, the trip turned out to be a bouquet of the religious and spiritual diversity of India. Here is the list of religious and spiritual places visited in … Continue reading

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Gödel's God

A friend referred me to a Wikipedia page where Kurt Godel has claimed to have proven that God exists. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gödel’s_ontological_proof The proof says 1. Existence is a positive property in all worlds. 2. God of a world is defined as … Continue reading

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Seeing God Everywhere

(An edited version of this article was published in the June 2019 issue of Vedanta Kesari, the monthly magazine published from Ramakrishna Math, Chennai.) There is a nice story in the book “Hindu Symbology and Other Essays” by Swami Swahanandaji … Continue reading

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What is Moksha?

Swami Paramarthanandaji is in Bangalore for a week giving a series of evening talks on Bhagavad Gita 7th Chapter. The topic of the 7th chapter is to see the world as God, and thus be free from raaga and dvesha … Continue reading

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