Tag: heart

• Digital Delights

  If Sri Ramakrishna was a leaping flame of spiritual realization, Holy Mother was a steady glowing fire of God-consciousness. To the Master, Sri Ramakrishna, she was the goddess of wisdom in human form. To her disciples she was the Divine Mother herself. To her devotees she was a more real mother than their own earthly…

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  8 Dec 2009

  Ashrama, Durban, Gods, Hinduism, Ramakrishna, Religion, saints, Scriptures, women, worship

  Ashrama, celebration, conference, culture, devotees, digital, dream, Durban, grace, heart, Hinduism, Holy Mother, love, monks, prayer, Ramakrishna, Sarada, South Africa, tithi puja, vedanta, Vimokshananda, women

• Be like a Bee!

  Today we celebrate Gita jayanti. The Bhagavad Gita forms part of the great Indian Epic, the Mahabharata. The words of this “song celestial” have flowed from the Lord, Sri Krishna Himself. The Gita chanting is generally preceded with what is known as “Gita Dhyanam” – nine introductory verses in praise of Bhagavad Gita. Originally published…

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  28 Nov 2009

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

  Ashrama, bee, culture, devotees, Durban, Gita, grace, heart, Hinduism, Krishna, Lotus, love, monks, nectar, prayer, Ramakrishna, satsang, South Africa, Vimokshananda

• Speaking silently!

  A picture is worth a thousand words indeed! So, who would not want to see the pictures speaking silently? Diwali in Durban was as fascinating as freshly laden fragrance. Its joyful feelings of care and share wafted in the air everywhere. In all the functions that I attended, hamper distribution to poor families was the…

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  23 Oct 2009

  Ashrama, Durban, Harmony, Hinduism, people, Ramakrishna, Religion, women, worship

  Ashrama, celebration, children, culture, devotees, Durban, heart, Hinduism, monks, Ramakrishna, Service, South Africa, Swami Vivekananda, vedanta, Vimokshananda, women

• 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