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.

Hindus are the world’s fourth-largest religious group, after Christians, Muslims, and the religiously unaffiliated. According to Pew Research Center (Hackett et al., 2025), the number of Hindus ...

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

-- Friedrich Max Müller, the German scholar of comparative religion. There are many wisdom traditions across the world, and each has its own thoughts and rules as to judging personality, including ...

Dharma is often translated as “duty”, but its meaning is far richer. Dharma is living in alignment with what is right, appropriate, and balanced for your age, role, abilities, and circumstances. A ...

There are many stories and legends about animals in the Hindu religion. Dogs, in particular, are sacred, and killing or mistreating them is considered a sin. In Nepal and parts of India, dogs are even ...

Hinduism is not something you believe in. It’s something you live. This is where most people get it wrong. They think it’s like other religions—bound by rules, defined by a single book, led by one ...