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Sikhism
The turbaned Sikh cuts neither hair nor beard and encloses a wooden comb within the turban. All three serve as symbols of religious belief and group...
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Basics of Learning Devotional Hindu Dance
I present prerequisites for individuals who wish to be my students. These prerequisites develop from my ongoing self-study that explores pedagogy to...
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Avian Artistry: Decoding the Intertextuality Between Mahābhārata and Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa
Why do four birds narrate the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa ? Narrative enframement plays a crucial role in contextualizing Sanskrit literature. The narrative...
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The Flying Eyeball: The Mythopoetics of Rick Griffin
Rick Griffin was arguably the greatest artist to emerge from the maelstrom of psychedelic visual culture in California in the late 1960s. An early...
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Environmental Management in Transition: Lessons from Tantra
This paper analyzes the ideational factors behind the inefficiency of mainstream environmental management. The causes of the environmental crisis are...
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The Predicament of the Sant-Sipahi (Saint-Soldier): Sanctioned Violence and Martyrdom in the Sikh Tradition
This chapter explores Sikh understandings of violence through the concept of martyrdom and religiously sanctioned violence. Emphasis is placed on the...
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The Chinese Buddhist Approach to Science: the Case of Astronomy and Calendars
This study reviews the Chinese Buddhist approach to astronomy and calendars during the first millennium CE. I demonstrate that although Indian...
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The Academic Study of Yoga in India
In the past decade, many diploma and degree programs in Yoga Studies and Yoga Therapy have opened throughout India. This article provides an overview...
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Is the Goddess Haḍimbā Tantric? Negotiating Power in a Western Himalayan Sacrificial Arena
Neither the goddess Haḍimbā of the Western Himalayan Kullu Valley in Himachal Pradesh nor the frequent animal sacrifices that are offered to her are...
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Introduction
Hair is a unique body substance. It can be shaped and colored, removed from us without pain but yet still retain some essence of us, signal our age,...
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The Forgotten Consort: The Goddess and Kāmadeva in the Early Worship of Tripurasundarī
This article examines continuities between the Hindu Tantric tradition of Tripurasundarī, which later came to be known as Śrīvidyā, and the...
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Kāma, Preman, and Bhakti in Śrīdhara’s Commentary on Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa
Although the Bhāgavata Purāṇa presents an innovative soteriology of emotion that explicitly identifies kāma as the gopī s’ path to union with Kṛṣṇa, a...
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Translators’ Troubles: Seeking a Method that Suits the Bhāgavata Purāṇa
This paper discusses the particular challenges that face translators of the Bhāgavata Purāṇa , a text that is unlike any other Purāṇa, due to its use...
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Affective Enhancement and Spiritual Enhancement: Feeling Happier and More Spiritual
This chapter explores technological ways in which we are attempting to enhance ourselves emotionally and spiritually by feeling happier and more...
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Āyurveda and Mind-Body Healing: Legitimizing Strategies in the Autobiographical Writing of Deepak Chopra
This paper explores the early autobiographical work of the popular health and wellbeing guru , Deepak Chopra. The autobiography (entitled Return of the...
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The Mahābodhi Tree
The sacred pīpal, at whose foot the Buddha had attained Enlightenment, is generally known as the Mahābodhi Tree to distinguish it from the other...