Category Archives: Indian culture

Indian Style

Posted on November 19, 2015 by treadmarkz

When I was in kindergarten, one of the things I remember most clearly aside from the Reading Rocket (a big plastic silo-like structure, black with silver stars on it) was that whenever we were to sit down and listen to … Continue reading →

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Cleanliness is Next To Godliness and Godliness is Apparently Calculable

Posted on January 23, 2015 by treadmarkz

by Aranyakananda First off I don’t really believe that old aphorism that “cleanliness is next to godliness”. If that were true, I’d be going straight to Hell in a handbasket, I am sure. But the idea fits well with another … Continue reading →

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100 and 8

Posted on June 17, 2014 by treadmarkz

by Aranyakananda “Auspicious” is a word that I never heard until I began reading Hindu texts and commentaries on said documents. “Inauspicious” was a word I was familiar with, oddly enough. But I had never heard anyone employ its opposite, … Continue reading →

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Holi Colors as Abhishekam

Posted on April 6, 2014 by treadmarkz

by Aranyakananda I know I am several weeks late on this. And I also know that shortly after Holi I made a “solemn oath” not to write about Holi anymore this year. But being that nobody’s life is in danger … Continue reading →

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The Sacred Architecture of the Vastu Shastra

Posted on April 5, 2014 by treadmarkz

by Aranyakananda My father is a home builder. With his birthday having just passed when I started working on this post, and having visited my parents beforehand to take them both out for dinner, naturally I have been thinking about … Continue reading →

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Holi, High.

Posted on March 17, 2014 by treadmarkz

by Aranyakananda I have never taken part in Holi while high on cannabis. Am I being a prude? It would appear so by a simple survey of the news stories marking Holi that I have seen, that Holi is not … Continue reading →

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Holi Hai!…But Why?

Posted on March 16, 2014 by treadmarkz

by Aranyakananda I cannot just not write about Holi. I did so last year, I think maybe as many as three posts all Holi and Holika Dahan considered. But as far as Holi, I only wrote about Nrsimha, and Prahlada. … Continue reading →

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Manasa-tirthas

Posted on March 13, 2014 by treadmarkz

by Aranyakananda I left off in my last post discussing how the sacred can be found anywhere. Wherever you go, there you are.” Same thing. It is a recurring theme with me lately, it seems wherever I go, this subject … Continue reading →

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In Proximity of the Gods

Posted on March 13, 2014 by treadmarkz

by Aranyakananda I will never forget that the moment I began to see Hinduism as the path I wanted to pursue, I was reading a book by Neil Gaiman called “American Gods.” That being the case, it astounds me that … Continue reading →

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A Very Thorough Review of the Film “Enlighten Up”

Posted on March 12, 2014 by treadmarkz

by Aranyakananda This is a review of the film “Enlighten Up”, about the transformational potential of yoga. I will be going through the details of the film and giving my thoughts, so, you know, SPOILER ALERT!, and all that. This … Continue reading →

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