Now that the New Year's party is over, it's time to set yourself some goals for the benefit of your own self and the world around you. I have some suggestions that can help you hitch on to some healthy habits and spiritual refinements. Get wise, keep fit and have the faith! Remember, you have nothing to lose. Here're 12 resolutions you can take up this year.

Get Wise

• Be a better person in body, mind and intellect
• Attain peace of mind, and equanimity
• Kill pride, ego and arrogance and jealousy
• Start reading the scriptures

Stay Healthy

• Begin a breathing exercise
• Reap the benefits of yoga
• Make meditate part opf your daily routine
• Become a vegetarian

Live Spiritually

• Pray everyday of the year
• Learn about other faiths
• Set up a puja room of your own
• Go on a pilgrimage, or visit a temple

 

Hinduism is often described as a religion of fasts, feasts and festivals. Let's look at what's in store for us in the coming year. Here's a date-wise list of Hindu festivals and religious occasions for 2010 (Saka Era: 1931-32 / Vikram Era: 2066-67). Find out the dates of major Hindu holidays in our 2010 festivals calendar... Read more

Tirukkural, the great poetic work by saint Tiru Valluvar, embodies values that are ever relevant and unchanging. The greatest classic of the Tamil language, it dates back anywhere between 2 BC and 8 AD. It comprises two parts, 'Tiru' and 'Kural': 'Tiru' can mean sacred, as well as beautiful, and 'Kural' means concise. Brevity is the charm of this scriptural text with its terse and forcible verses like sutras or aphorisms.

It's Christmas week – a good time to reflect on the similarities between Christianity and Hinduism – the most prominent being the like lives of Jesus Christ and Lord Krishna. Although there is little historical evidence, it is hard to ignore a host of likenesses between Christ and Krishna. Analyze this!

1. Both are believed to be sons of God, since they were divinely conceived
2. The birth of both Jesus of Nazareth and Krishna of Dwarka and their God-designed missions were foretold
3. Both were born at unusual places -- Christ in a lowly manger and Krishna in a prison cell
4. Both were divinely saved from death pronouncements
5. Evil forces pursued both Christ and Krishna in vain
6. Christ is often depicted as a shepherd; Krishna was a cowherd
7. Both appeared at a critical time when their respective countries were in a torpid state
8. Both died of wounds caused by sharp weapons -- Christ by nails and Krishna by an arrow
9. The teachings of both are very similar -- both emphasize love and peace
10. Krishna was often shown as having a dark blue complexion -- a color close to that of Christ

What do you think?

There's a big debate going on about the Christ-Krishna connection. Post your views!

Also, do participate in the discussion about a recent theory that Jesus lived and died in India and studied Hinduism and Buddhism. Debate and discuss.