Tag: devotees

• Highlights from Hinduism Conference – Part I

  The delightful dawn on the 6th September while driving from Durban, drew us close to one of the historically important town in the Northern part of KwaZulu Natal province, Ladysmith where the Conference on Hinduism was scheduled. A little more than 400 delegates started arriving in batches at the venue, Civic Centre Hall from 7.30…

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  8 Sep 2009

  Ashrama, Durban, Harmony, Hinduism, people, Ramakrishna, Religion, saints, sannyasa, Scriptures, Travel, women, worship

  Ashrama, children, conference, culture, devotees, Durban, heart, Hinduism, Ladysmith, love, mantra, monks, Natal, prayer, Ramakrishna, Sarada, South Africa, Swami Vivekananda, vedanta, Vimokshananda, women, youth

• A Hymn to Him!

  Happy Sri Ganesh Chaturthi greetings! A Hymn to Him? Him, whom the entire Hindu world remembers before beginning anything anew; Him, whom Gauri-shankar, the parents of the universe (jagatah pitarau) praised for His wisdom ; Him, whom all the Gods, Goddesses, humans and other beings bow for removal of obstacles; today is the auspicious Sri…

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  23 Aug 2009

  Durban, Gods, Hinduism, Mythology, Ramakrishna, Religion, Scriptures, worship

  Ashrama, children, culture, devotees, Durban, Ganesha, grace, heart, Hinduism, kozhukkattai, prayer, Ramakrishna, South Africa, Subbulakshmi, vedanta, Vimokshananda

• The Hit that doesn’t Hurt !

  Happy Krishna Ashtami greetings! Swami Vivekananda succinctly gives the central teaching of Sri Krishna when he says that “…the doctrine which stands out luminously in every page of the Gita is intense activity, but in the midst of it, eternal calmness. This is the secret of Work, to attain which is the goal of Vedanta…”…

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  14 Aug 2009

  Durban, Gods, Hinduism, Mythology, people, Ramakrishna, Religion, saints, Scriptures, website, worship, Yoga

  Ashrama, celebration, culture, devotees, Durban, Hinduism, janmashtami, Krishna, monks, prayer, Ramakrishna, South Africa, statistics, Swami Vivekananda, vedanta, Vimokshananda, Vivekananda

• Never to forget Nischalananda

  Gurudev Swami Nischalanandaji was the Founder of the Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa. Every year, during his birthday weekend some program or other is arranged in various ways. This year, on the 84th birth anniversary, our Centre held a Seminar on Religious Education. Following erudite Papers were presented to the delight of all the listeners…

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  27 Jul 2009

  Ashrama, Durban, Gods, Hinduism, Ramakrishna, Religion, saints, sannyasa, worship, Yoga

  Ashrama, celebration, Christ, culture, devotees, Durban, Germany, Ladysmith, monks, Newcastle, Nischalananda, Ramakrishna, satsang, South Africa, Vimokshananda, whites, women, Yoga

• Prodigious Pritida

  Today is the glorious Guru Purnima! A day to venerate worshipfully the vishaala-buddhi (vast-minded) Sage Veda Vyasa! A day to pay reverence prayerfully to one’s own spiritual preceptor! And all those tireless teachers from whom we learn any training lesson…On this auspicious occasion this is my humble homage to one of our late monks who…

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  7 Jul 2009

  Hinduism, people, Ramakrishna, Religion, saints, sannyasa, worship, Yoga

  andhra, Ashrama, Belur Math, devotees, hawan, heart, Hinduism, love, Puligadda, Ramakrishna, rehabilitation, relief, Swami Vivekananda, Vimokshananda