This reading features thematic comparisons among texts of the great world religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confuciansm, Christianity, Daoism, Islam, Judaism and Shinto. The purpose is not to compare ...

The Isha Upanishad is one of the shortest of the ancient Sanskrit scriptures known as the Upanishads, meaning “sitting down near” – the manner by which the student learned from the master. Hinduism, ...

When freed (from the senses) the wise, on departing from this world, become immortal. The eye does not go thither, nor speech, nor mind. We do not know, we do not understand, how any one can teach it.

Aside from the purely visual pleasures they provide, the Cleveland Museum of Art’s new Chinese, Indian and Southeast Asian galleries constitute an invitation to learn about Hinduism and Buddhism, the ...

Routes pictured are based on maps from the map collection at Cornell University Library (with special thanks to Nij ...

Rohith Vemula was never able to escape the trappings of his "low birth." He was a "Dalit" -- a term that roughly translates to "broken" -- a grouping of lower castes once referred to as "untouchables.