Shanmugam P.'s Blog, page 9
March 20, 2020
Old Memories and a New Miracle – A Poem About Love
I wrote this poem on 21.10.02. Those days I always wrote the date whenever I wrote poems. I don’t have to do that anymore because now I am posting my new poems in Facebook and WordPress which already show the dates posted. Anyway, this was written 18 years before (and when I was about 18 … Continue reading "Old Memories and a New Miracle – A Poem About Love"
March 4, 2020
Pappankulam – A Village of Brahmins and Four Vedas
Note: This article is very long. You can download it as an Ebook if you want. Click on the ‘Free Download’ button or the link below. Pappankulam is a small village near Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, India which has some beautiful temples and beautiful stories associated with them. It is my own native place and I had … Continue reading "Pappankulam – A Village of Brahmins and Four Vedas"
February 21, 2020
Corona Virus and Its Crazy Healers (The Religious Fanatics from Hinduism, Christianity and Islam)
Once the new coronavirus strain was detected in China’s Wuhan City in December 2019, conspiracy and pseudoscientific theories have started to circulate. There has been many from religious fanatics. Christian fundamentalists have bizarrely linked the epidemic to prophecies in the last book of the New Testament, the Book of Revelation. Coronavirus has been likened to the … Continue reading "Corona Virus and Its Crazy Healers (The Religious Fanatics from Hinduism, Christianity and Islam)"
Who is Anti-Hindu and Anti-Indian? Some Logical Questions
The complete surrender, complete karma yoga and a permanent state of flow with a feeling of boundlessness, peace, fulfillment, balanced energy state, highest possible clarity, a mind devoid of conflicts and wandering incessant flow of thoughts, a feeling of harmony and synchronicity towards existence, and a feeling of oneness in everything as if one is … Continue reading "Who is Anti-Hindu and Anti-Indian? Some Logical Questions"
February 19, 2020
Did Hinduism, Christianity, Islam and Judaism Copy from Each Other?
Every culture has influenced every other culture during mutual interactions. It is only because of this influence that humanity has achieved a lot. But many people today call such cross-cultural interactions, influences, adaptations etc as ‘copying’ or ‘plagiarism’ which is both sad and stupid. For example, today Indians wear shirt and pant, celebrate birthdays using … Continue reading "Did Hinduism, Christianity, Islam and Judaism Copy from Each Other?"
February 11, 2020
A Rebuttal to Ram Ablo’s answer on Hindu Misconceptions – Quora
I recently came across the answer of Ram Ablo who says that people who claim that all religions lead to the same truth are some confused and ignorant Hindus. Well, then looks like the list would include the following people too: The list of Ignorant and confused people who claimed that all religions lead to … Continue reading "A Rebuttal to Ram Ablo’s answer on Hindu Misconceptions – Quora"
February 7, 2020
What is Advaita Vedanta? – Advaita For Dummies
You may have already heard that advaita talks about oneness, the oneness of the existence that exists without a second; it says that this oneness is your true nature! But this is not a theory and not something that is meant to be just intellectually understood. This oneness is realized in one’s living experience which … Continue reading "What is Advaita Vedanta? – Advaita For Dummies"
February 6, 2020
Real Life Lessons in Bhagavad Gita – Things that can be Taught to Children
(I am republishing an answer that I wrote on Quora) The concept of karma yoga in Bhagavad Gita actually insists that one should do the required action without getting attached too much on the results. Because getting hung up and attached to the fruits of action rather than giving your full attention on the actions … Continue reading "Real Life Lessons in Bhagavad Gita – Things that can be Taught to Children"
