I noticed a question whose title had been edited to Hindi and changed it back to English. Wanted to bring this to attention as I'm not sure what was the intent of that edit. If there're any best practices to editing for HSE, kindly share them.

I am given to understand that sensory perceptions received from the Manas are compared by the Buddhi with the impressions, memories and experiences saved in Chittha and when there is a match, the buddhi instructs the Manas to set in motion the desired organs of actions as required. What happens w...

I am born in a Brahmana family.Yesterday I said I am muslim twice to for some analysis as to how a Muslim would react to certain situation.After that I behaved like a normal hindu..i.e taking Lord's name etc..there is an instance in Mahabharata where King Yayati curses his son that his descendant...

I have indirectly blasphemed the vedas by saying I am Muslim(as manu smriti holds all darshanas apart from Vedas are false)..I heard that there is no atonement for blaspheming the vedas..but is it atonable if committed unintentionally..what is atonement for unintentional sin? Kindly answer in the...

What is manin suffix in Sanskrit? (Since the derivation of word Atman is अत्+मनिण्). मनिण् प्रत्ययः कः अस्ति? यतः 'आत्मन्' शब्दस्य व्युत्पत्तिः अत्+मनिण् अस्ति।

https://youtu.be/65z2bWyjfQg?t=419 This is a Hindi talk in which the speaker says (around 6:59) (1) A faith that opposes another faith is not a faith but a heresy (2) Only a faith that doesn't oppose any other faith is a true faith.

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/madhya-pradesh/video/india-not-columbus-discovered-america-claims-madhya-pradesh-education-minister-inder-singh-parmar-2598056-2024-09-11 While addressing students at a program at Bhopal's Barkatullah University, Madhya Pradesh Education Minister Inder Singh Parmar...

Hinduism has two prime deities shiva and Shakti . Shiva represents the masculine qualities and Shakti the feminine qualities. What are the masculine qualities that are represented by shiva?

Mahabharata Section CCCXIX Mokshadharma Parva "Yajnavalkya said, 'You have asked me, O monarch, of that Supreme Brahma which resides in the Unmanifest. Your question relates to a deep mystery. Listen to me with close attention, O king! Having conducted myself with humility according to the ordin...

ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूत: सनातन: | मन:षष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति || 7|| Krishna here says jivas are his eternal fragments. Fragments(amshas) can only take place when the jivas were undifferentiated whole(i.e there was only god before and jivas physically seperated from him like sparks ...

Is it true that one should not perform Achamanam while facing west? If so, why, and what is the proper way to perform Achamanam for sayam sandhya (at dusk)?