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Practice Makes Perfect - Publisher's Desk
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the January/February/March 2011 edition of HInduism Today magazine. Five core disciplines for bringing our inner perfection into our intellectual, emotional and instinctive nature. ...
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Practice Makes Perfect
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives a presentation on a topic entitled "Practice Makes Perfect" which featured in the Jan/Feb/Mar 2011 Hinduism Today. In this Presentation Bodhinatha explains that deep inside we are perfect ...
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Six Levels of Practice
Bodhinatha's presentation is drawn from Gurudeva's teachings on daily practice and is entitled "Six Levels of Practice". In this presentation, Bodhinatha explores each of the six practices, namely (1) Making Dharma Your ...
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Hindu History, Chapter Four
This Educational Insight is the fourth chapter in our series on Hindu history intended for use in US primary and secondary schools. Like preceding chapters, it openly discusses topics that ...
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Hindu History, Chapter Four, Lesson Plans
Professional teacher's lesson plan for a series of 45-minute classes on each chapter of The History of Hindu India, with exercises, discussion points and teaching tips. Useful for parents and ...
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Hindu History, Chapter Five, Lesson Plans
Professional teacher's lesson plan for a series of 45-minute classes on each chapter of The History of Hindu India, with exercises, discussion points and teaching tips. Useful for parents and ...
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Hindu Wedding
In this Educational Insight, we present a pictorial summary of the Hindu wedding ceremony, with text drawn from a new book, Vivaha Samskara, designed particularly for Hindus living in the ...
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Modern Matchmaking
From Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswamis Living With Siva, with excerpts from Kavita Ramdyas Bollywood Weddings; Rajini Vaidynathans We Just Clicked; and The Eight Steps of The Traditional Matchmaking Process ...
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Rites of Passage
For the hindu, life is a sacred journey; and every step from birth to death is marked, and thus acknowledged, through traditional ceremony, called samskara. A samskara is an enduring ...
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Importance of Samskaras
Today Gurudeva talks about the importance of samskaras, how beginning with the name-giving sacrament at one month through first feeding, ear boring, coming of age, and marriage, these religious ceremonies ...
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Samskaras, Love and Kindness
Cybertalk: Today Gurudeva talks about the importance of samskaras, how beginning with the name-giving sacrament at one month through first feeding, ear boring, coming of age, and marriage, these religious ...
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Samskaras
Today Gurudeva first answers a question about chronically ill and terminal patients and suffering. He advises that from the Hindu point of view it is best to let the suffering ...
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Sacraments, Scripture, Death
Gurudeva continues his discussion of sacraments, which are a ceremony in honor of you, he says, in all religions. They impress the subconscious mind in a powerful way. Everyone looks ...
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How Do We View Other Faiths?
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads from Lesson 68 of the Himalayan Academy publication Path To Siva, discussing how Hindus view other religions ...
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Observances of Birth, pt.1 (with Tamil)
Today Gurudeva responds to a question about the Hindu Observances of Birth, such as not going to the temple or worshiping in the home shrine. Isn't birth supposed to be ...
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Observances of Birth, part 2 (with Tamil)
Today Gurudeva responds to a question about the Hindu Observances of Birth, such as not going to the temple or worshiping in the home shrine. Isn't birth supposed to be ...
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Samskaras: Birth to First Learning
Cybertalk: Today Gurudeva talks about the importance of samskaras, how beginning with the name-giving sacrament at one month through first feeding, ear boring, coming of age, and marriage, these religious ...
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Sacraments, Scripture, Death
Gurudeva continues his discussion of sacraments, which are a ceremony in honor of you, he says, in all religions. They impress the subconscious mind in a powerful way. Everyone looks ...