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Announcement of Divali celebration
Press Release Diwali Festival Amstelveen – live online on November 7, 2020 from 2 pm! Diwali Festival Amstelveen is being organized and celebrated for the 12th time! Only this year it will be celebrated slightly different than other years. The board of the Diwali Festival Amstelveen Foundation decided to cancel the live Diwali celebrations at […]
Link to Divali song by artist Raj Mohan
Song: ‘aaj divali’. Text, composition and song: Raj Mohan Divali message by Dr. Chinmay Pandya
Speech by Dutch Minister F. Grapperhaus, Non-Violence and Mahatma Gandhi
Ministry of Justice and Security Since 2007, the International Day of Non-violence is celebrated every year on 2nd October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi was not only the leader of the Indian independence movement but also a pioneer in the application of the principle of non-violence. The principle of non-violence – also called […]
Vedic inspirations for contemporary political leadership
On 16 July 2020, Mr. Z.E. Chan Santokhi took oath as the 9th President of Suriname. Although the ceremony was kept low profile due to Covid-19 restrictions and precautions, this ceremony caught the imagination and attention of Hindus across the globe17 18 including Indian people19 and notably the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. There are […]
Announcements
New Book Announcement Vedantic Hinduism in Colonial Bengal: Reformed Hinduism and Western Protestantism, By Dr. Victor van Bijlert This book proposes a Hindu modernity thesis which asserts that Vedantic scriptural Hinduism provided the ideological content to the modern individual Hindu Self, and that organised world renunciation facilitated the emergence of the modern collective Hindu Self.
Useful Links
Śrī Ādi Śaṅkara – consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta and credited with unifying and establishing major lineages in Hinduism. Know more 1983 Movie on Śrī Ādi Śaṅkara in Sanskrit (with English Subtitles): Dakṣināmnāya Śrī Śāradā Pītham is one of the four cardinal pīthams established by the Śrī Ādi Śaṅkara for Sanātana Dharma and Advaita […]
Reflections
Owing to a rich multidimensional heritage, Hindu ancient scriptures contain knowledge and wisdom pertaining to all dimensions of life – material and spiritual. The current wave of western interest in Hindu ancient scriptures can be traced back to the 1800s. The earlier interest was more on the spiritual or the existential aspects. However, in recent […]
The interplay of Jñāna, Karma and Bhakti
The following verses are from the Bhagavad Gītā: B.G. 3.3 श्रीभगवानुवाच |लोकेऽस्मिन्द्विविधा निष्ठा पुरा प्रोक्ता मयानघ |ज्ञानयोगेन साङ्ख्यानां कर्मयोगेन योगिनाम् || 3|| śhrī bhagavān uvāchaloke ’smin dvi-vidhā niṣhṭhā purā proktā mayānaghajñāna-yogena Sāṃkhyānāṁ karma-yogena yoginām O sinless Arjuna, in this world to achieve equanimity a twofold path has been enunciated by Me before, the path of […]
Reflections
What if we do perfect Yoga Asanas (postures): is it the end? What if we follow all 8 steps of Yoga: is it the end? Vishwamitra and many Rishis were far ahead of many contemporary Yoga experts, but they also got confused and deviated at places. So what should be the approach to Yoga? Arjun […]
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