IMO, Ayurveda is completely on-topic. because Ayurveda is ancient and originated from Hinduism. Posts which are completely about Ayurveda should also be welcomed with a tag lik ayurveda. I don't agree on having Ayurveda topic on different site as this is a sub-branch of Hinduism itself.

I'm a member of the Community Management team here at Stack Exchange; we're the ones responsible for determining when each new site is ready to move on to the next stage of its lifecycle. It's been a week today since this site entered private beta. I'm really impressed by the enthusiasm here, a...

Ayurveda is indeed a part of Hinduism and the literal translation means "life knowledge". As Wikipedia also suggests, it is a system of Hindu traditional medicine and several old Sanskrit texts are known to exist which are among the foundational and formally compiled works of Ayurveda. Avurveda...

I completely agree with @shog9 here... First, as an active member of the community, I'll list down the bad points which am seeing here since day one, which somewhat holds back the community.... Copy pasting from external sources (sometimes without referencing the original source) Poor Grammar (...

The word 'Shaastaanga' can be split-ted as Sha + Ashta + Anga, which means the 8 parts of a body touches the floor. The eight parts are, 2 shoulders. 2 Hands. 2 chest. 2 knees. This type of Namaskaar is performed in temples, to spiritual Guru and elders. The special meaning for this type of...

As we know, astrology is a major part of Hindu culture but is also a far broader topic by itself. Wikipedia differentiates between eastern and western beliefs and has a separate entry on Jyotisha Vidya as well. Hence I believe we must make a decision and reach consensus as to whether Astrolog...

Numerology is any belief in divine, mystical or other special relationship between a number and some coinciding events. It has many systems and traditions and beliefs. Wikipedia does not define specifically Hindu numerology, but still we know that it is a widely accepted practice in India and he...

As we know, Hinduism dharma is filled with superstition and beliefs of people, so should we consider them on topic? To clarify my point, I will post few examples like — Does using salt prevents evil eye and black magic? Does using lime and chilly help to ward off evil eyes Should we prevent ge...

There is no end to the amount of superstition which flows around in the world these days. Some of this is common in India as well. In fact, Wikipedia has a proper list of cases where superstition in India is observed. The common one rupee superstition i.e. not ending things in a zero, the lemon ...

I am currently confused between these alternatives: the sum total of all traditions followed in modern day India? the value system of Canakya Pandita, the principal creator of the modern-day India? the value system of Mahatma Gandhi? the value system of emperor Ashoka, whose emblem India still ...

As we all know Hinduism has its own music and dance. For example, "Sa re ga ma pa da ne" and in dance, we have our own God "Nataraj" (who knows more than 100 dances). So, shall we keep music and dance related to Hinduism On-topic? PS: Sorry, I don't know much about so, I couldn't have enlarge...

There are many kings and famous poets who contributed their roles in nurturing Hinduism. So, shall we consider asking questions regarding the famous people as on-topic? For example, Vikramaditya Prithviraj Chauhan Kalidas Tulsidas Chatrapathi Shivaji

Here's a few of resources from our tradition: http://www.aimwell.org/dependentorigination.html - a book by the Mahasi Sayadaw, one of Burma's greatest meditation teachers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_llBSCXt6c - a video by me, some monk from the Internet http://www.sirimangalo.org/teachin...

I know very less from my childhood memories, that Mohammed Ghori, an emperror, makes King Prithviraj a prisoner and makes him blind by removing his eyes with two hot rods. But still Prithviraj chauhan manages to kill Ghori. How did he managed to kill Ghori?