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The new self-styled social justice intellectuals and parties do not want an India without castes, they want castes without dharma.
In Western thought, the body holds the soul; in Indian thought, the soul holds the body.
On Hinduism (2000)
European Imperialism and European Christianity were twins. It is difficult to say whether the flag followed the cross or the cross followed the flag.
Meditations. Yogas, Gods, Religions (2000)
Widespread vegetarianism in Hinduism is a practical expression of this jīva-dayā, of the sense of larger unity.
“Perhaps a creed is best known by what it does when it holds political sway.”
But foreign should not be defined in geographical terms. Then it would have no meaning except territorial or tribal patriotism. To me that alone is foreign which is foreign to truth, foreign to Atman.
"Religious harmony is a desirable thing. But it takes two to play the game. Unfortunately such a sentiment holds a low position in Islamic theology."
Dharampal is now perhaps the best authority on a most significant period of India's history....
Hinduism and monotheistic religions (2009)
Great truths have to be seen and lived and revealed again and again.
Meditations. Yogas, Gods, Religions (2000)
Time Must Have A Stop, which belongs to this period, is probably his best novel and certainly the one which, as he himself says, he "most enjoyed doing".
On Hinduism (2000)
I must say that the Pagan movement will have a lot to do. The opposing forces are very powerful, and they have a long tradition of using force and repression. But I believe that a new spirit is rising and once the Pagans begin to speak, they are going to be heard.
The fact is that the truth of harmony and human brotherhood derives not from an absorbed trance but from an awakened prajñâ or wisdom; and its validity depends not on any dramatic ecstatic visions but it belongs to man’s deeper vision and even to his natural reason unspoilt by theologies of exclusiveness.
But the meaning of a word does not reside in this last, visible part.... Indeed, in this status, it is the cause of the world, jagannidanam, and is Brahman Itself.
The World As Revelation: Names of Gods (1980)
Samkhya tells us that it is not the eyes that see but it is the seeing that creates the eyes
The World As Revelation: Names of Gods (1980)
He only quotes from Rabia, Bayazid, Abu Sa'id and Rumi who do not properly represent even the sufi silsilas, the mainstream Islamic Sufism.
On Hinduism (2000)
The current ideology of religious harmony emphasizes similarity—different religions are harmonious because they say the same thing; The older doctrine of multiple paths lays stress on their diversity—these paths are valid because they serve genuine different needs and answer to different natures. In short, they serve humanity not by being the same but by being different.
Ramakrishna Mission (1986)
History moves in strange ways.
Hindu View of Christianity and Islam (1992)
As it saw in the Self all Godly attributes, it saw in Gods the truth and powers of the Self; indeed, it taught that one who worships a God as other than himself becomes his sacrificial animal, his draught-animal. He is driven and ridden by him.
On Hinduism (2000)
It is obvious from the foregoing discussion that Sikhism belongs to the mainstream of Hinduism in its theology and cosmology, in its fundamental vision of man, deity and the universe, in its spiritual doctrines and praxis.
Hinduism and monotheistic religions (2009)
Therefore, he developed an ethical theory which had room both for instincts as well as the intellect. He said that man is not one but multiple; He is not one self, but a colony of selves. He must live all his selves and all his parts, and live them not moderately but fully.
On Hinduism (2000)