How can Islam be potentially assimilated as a sub-sect within Hinduism, considering the historical and cultural context? Islam and Hinduism are two religions often viewed as being at odds. However, considering the diverse nature of Hinduism and its historical connection to the Indian subcontine...

This chapter of Bhagavatha Purana mention about Vishnu's incarnation, Sisumara. From Kṛttikā, another wife of Agni, came the son named Skanda, Kārttikeya, whose sons were headed by Viśākha. From the womb of Śarvarī, the wife of the Vasu named Doṣa, came the son named Śiśumāra, who was an expansi...

Skanda Purana 5.3.200.6, there's a verse वेदोच्चारणमात्रेण क्षत्रियैर्धर्मपालकैः । जिह्वाछेदोऽस्य कर्तव्यः शूद्रस्येति विनिश्चयः ॥ ६ ॥ vedoccāraṇamātreṇa kṣatriyairdharmapālakaiḥ | jihvāchedo'sya kartavyaḥ śūdrasyeti viniścayaḥ || 6 || Source:https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/skanda-purana-...

If someone has sun in the 9th house, should they chant Aditya Hridayam Stotra? I met two astrologers and they gave opposite advice and I am confused. One said - it will help the sun get powerful. Another said - because your sun is weak and it's not in good house - chanting it will be make it stro...

Came across a post recently by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, where he says that dvija means an enlightened person: “Enlightened ones have always been referred to as dwijas or ‘twice born.’ May you obliterate the creaturehood and blossom into a Being.” However, in most scriptural references, dvija is t...

my family's financial condition has been quite bad since a very long time(10+ years), we are in huge debts and are in a hand to mouth situation living by just by the grace of god. can i chant the 108 names of Maa Lakshmi to benefit a bit financially? and i searched the names on the internet but i...