Swami Vivekananda – Manu Smriti is OBSOLETE. Laws Not Applicable Today
Discover 5 Little Known, Yet Crucial Facts About Our Smritis such as the Manu Smriti “The old Smritis (such as the Manusmriti) are now obsolete. It is time to write a new Smriti according to the need of the present age.” – Swami Vivekananda’s remark to his guru-bhai (brother-disciple) Swami Vijnanananda. So why did Swami […]
Laws of Manusmriti Regarding Menstruation Are No Longer Applicable (VIDEO)
In this video I discuss how: The laws of the Manusmriti, which describe menstruation as a time of sutak (or impurity), are no longer applicable in modern times. Manusmriti being a Smriti contains many temporary laws which are valid ONLY for certain times & under certain conditions. When these times & conditions change these laws […]
How Does a God-Realized Sage View Women? Does He Fear Losing His Brahmacharya in Their Company?
What is the attitude of a God realized sage towards women? How does he look at them? Does he shun women, because they would cause him to lose his brahmacharya (celibacy)? What if a sex worker came before such a sage? How would he treat her? The answers to all these questions is found in […]
Sabarimala – Just Because a Custom is OLD, Does Not Mean It Is RIGHT (VIDEO)
Every old custom handed down by history, cannot be blindly accepted as being approved by the Hindu scriptures and being a part of Hinduism. We must use our sense of “vivek” (good judgement) and determine whether it is truly in keeping with scriptural teachings of “Oneness and equality” and “Perfection and Impartiality of God”. Otherwise […]
Can I Do Pooja During Menstruation? Can I Meditate or Visit the Temple During Periods? (VIDEO)
Can I do puja during menstruation? Can I meditate while having my periods? Can I visit the temple during my periods? Almost all Hindu women unfortunately face these dilemmas and spend their lifetimes feeling insecure and unworthy before God merely on account of their periods. Their insecurity regarding a natural biological process, arises because there […]
Are There Temples in India Which Ban Men? Fake News About 4 Temples Exposed
Does the Brahma temple in Pushkar ban married men from entering its premises? Does the Kamakhya Devi temple in Assam allow only women to enter? Are the priests at Kamakhya all female? Does the Trimbakeshwar temple prohibit both men and women from its inner sanctum in order to promote gender equality? Are married men and […]
Is Sabarimala an Occult Temple With Energies that Harm Women? Myth Debunked!
What does the Tantric (Occult) Process of Prana-Prathishtha of the Idol in the temple entail? The answer in this post. Post the upliftment of the ban on women of menstruating age from entering the Sabarimala temple, a section of India’s citizenry has come up with an entirely new explanation to justify the ban. According to […]
Can Lord Ayyappa’s Brahmacharya Shake if Women Enter the Sabarimala Temple?
In this 2 part video series we examine the Vedantic validity of the top 3 justifications that have been submitted by the Sabarimala Temple Authorities before the Supreme Court, in support of the temple’s practice of banning women in the menstruating age group of 10 and 50 years from entering the shrine. In this particular […]
Merely Visiting Temples is NOT Religion – When Unholy People Gather, Holiness of Tirtha Vanishes!
The following talk was delivered by Swami Vivekananda at India’s famous and most ancient Rameswaram Temple which is dedicated to Lord Shiva. This talk was given in the year 1897, when Swami Vivekananda had just returned back to India, after introducing Vedanta to the West. To the enclosed talk of Swamiji’s, paragraph headings have been […]