I have studiously avoided to speak or write for the public on matters of religion: There is great sense in the good old Sanskrit injunction that says: "Silance is victory where ten Buddhists are ...

Hinduism gained ground in the region in the early centuries of the Common Era because it provided elites with a fully-fleshed metaphysical package along with literacy.

Some of the world’s ancient faiths are having a rebirth—often to the discomfiture of an expanding Christianity. Perhaps the most spectacular renaissance is under way in Hinduism. Older than recorded ...

तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय। मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय॥ Most people don’t wake up one day and decide to “follow” Hinduism. They grow into ...

This story is part of a series by The Associated Press, Religion News Service and The Conversation on women’s roles in male-led religions. (AP) — When Sushma Dwivedi started seriously thinking about ...

Dr Hiro Badlani, a retired ophthalmologist from Mumbai, India has written this latest book in a series of his earlier books on the same subject Hinduism. The new hard cover book is especially made for ...

(RNS) — At the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago last week with the theme of defending human rights, several Hindu groups complained that, at an event that celebrates common ground among ...

My religion is Hinduism, which for me is the religion of humanity and includes the best of all religions known to me. — Mahatma Gandhi I was born and raised in the fold of Hinduism, which recognizes ...

The vandalism of a Hindu temple in Louisville has brought condemnation this week from officials and commentators in the local, national and international communities. It also brought together hundreds ...

The California State University system, America’s largest public higher education system, recently added caste, a birth-based social hierarchy system, to its anti-discrimination policy, allowing ...