Virtue

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      Making Dharma Your Own - Publisher's Desk

      Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the October/November/December 2016 edition of Hinduism Today magazine. "Dharma is a complex and comprehensive term with many meanings, including religion, divine law, law of being, way of righteousness, ethics, duty, responsibility, virtue, justice, goodness and truth." Bodhinatha refers to Auvaiyar's Atti Chudhi verses - first verse focusing on the desire ...

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      Noninjury, the Foremost Virtue

      Noninjury is the foremost virtue, the highest dharma or truth from which all dharma proceeds and the first ethical principle of Hinduism.Every indivdual must aim to avoid causing injury to ...

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      Noninjury: the Foremost Virtue - Publisher's Desk

      Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the Jul/Aug/Sep 2014 edition of Hinduism Today magazine. Nonviolence or ahimsa is the first and foremost ethical principle of Hinduism and the highest ...

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      Growing Up Without Prejudice - Publisher Desk

      Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the April/May/June 2016 edition of Hinduism Today magazine. "Conflict and violence have their roots in hatred learned during youth. By teaching children tolerance, we create a more peaceful future." In order to build a peaceful world and society, we must refine our character ...

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      Gurudeva's Werkzeugkasten

      Gurudevas Werkzeugkasten fr ein spirituelles Leben wurde von den Mnchen des Kauai Hindu Klosters anlsslich Gurudevas Todestages 2005 als Andenken und zu Ehren seines Vermchtnisses und seiner Lehren zusammengestellt. Bei ...

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      Hail Hindu Heroes!

      Beginning two centuries ago, there arose throughout India a retinue of talented, highsouled and dedicated men and women who were great by any standard in the history of humankind. They ...

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      Vows (Foundation) part 1 of 4

      Bodhinatha talks about the necessity of a proper foundation for spiritual progress, drawing on the example of how skyscrapers are built. This was Gurudeva's strong message when he returned from ...

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      How Do We Treat the Environment?

      "The Divine is present everywhere and in all things. All Hindus feel they are guests on the planet with responsibilities to nature." Hindu prayers don't stop with people. Caring for the elements is found right in our various ...

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      Why Should We Learn a Cultural Art?

      Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads from Lesson 66 of the Himalayan Academy publication Path To Siva, discussing the importance of Hindu Art and Culture ...