Tag: women

• 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

• Magnanimous Mother

  From The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (To M.) “One must accept the forms of God.  Do you know the meaning of the image of Jagaddhatri? She is the Bearer of the Universe.  Without her support and protection the universe would fall from its place and be destroyed.  The Divine Mother, Jagaddhatri, reveals Herself in the heart of…

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  27 Oct 2009

  Ashrama, Gods, Hinduism, Mythology, people, Ramakrishna, Religion, Scriptures, women, worship

  Ashrama, celebration, culture, devotees, Hinduism, Jagaddhatri, monks, prayer, Ramakrishna, Ranchi, tribal, Vimokshananda, women

• 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 II

  Today is September 11. In 1893, on this same date Swami Vivekananda addressed the Parliament of Religions at Chicago, USA. This lecture practically catapulted him as an international figure. The last line of his famous lecture succinctly gives the gist of Hinduism: I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honour of…

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  11 Sep 2009

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

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

• 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