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 […]
Spiritualiteit & Samenleving
Kashi Labh Mukti Bhawan: Een verblijf voor verlossing (Mukti)
In Hinduism, life and death are spiritual experiences. Death is considered as a matter of celebration which liberates a soul from the cycle of reincarnation. मरणं मंगलं यत्र विभूतिर्यत्र भूषणम् ।। कौपीनं यत्र कौशेयं काशी कुत्रोपमीयते ।। (स्कन्दपुराणम् – काशीखण्डः 4.2.53.87) maraṇaṃ maṃgalaṃ yatra vibhūtiryatra bhūṣaṇam ।। kaupīnaṃ yatra kauśeyaṃ kāśī kutropamīyate ।। (skandapurāṇam – […]
Inspiratie uit Yoga voor gezond leven
When we are too focused on the outer world, on our physical body and our ever-fluctuating emotions, we often do not pay attention to how different parts of our body work. We do not pay attention to the mutual coherence of our organs and glands and the way our physiologic processes work with our energy […]
Bhaja Govindam: Verminder stress door Indiase klassieke muziek
In less than six months the coronavirus has drastically changed our lives. All of us have experienced to some extent negative emotions due to this pandemic and nationwide lockdown. The socio-economic effects related to the coronavirus create a great amount of stress at a societal level. People are worried about their health, future and family. […]
Mededelingen
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.
Bruikbare 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 […]
Reflecties
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 […]
Van de redactie: Spiritualiteit, Management & Samenleving, Nummer 3 - Yoga
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Sri Aurobindo's Integrale Yoga
Sri Aurobindo stelt in zijn spirituele lessen dat de mensheid een punt van crisis heeft bereikt, een "evolutionaire crisis". Dit vereist dat de mensheid, in ieder geval een kritische massa ervan, een transformatie moet ondergaan. [...]
Yoga, een helende verbinding: over beteugeling en vrijheid
‘De Ene, geboren uit zichzelf, boorde openingen, gericht naar de wereld buiten. Daarom kijkt een mens naar buiten en niet naar binnen, in zichzelf. Een zekere wijze echter die op zoek was naar onsterfelijkheid, keerde zijn blik binnenwaarts en zag het Zelf.’ (Katha Upanishad, II, 1.1) [...]
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