Home Shrine

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      Making Your Home God's Home - Publisher's Desk

      Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the Oct/Nov/Dec 2011 edition of Hinduism Today magazine. Establish a formal shrine room as the family's place of communion with the Divine through ...

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      Temple as the Source of Culture - Publisher's Desk

      Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the Oct/Nov/Dec 2013 edition of Hinduism Today magazine. Gurudeva guided at least 37 temples across the world from 1970s as he firmly believed ...

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      Hinduism Today Jul/Aug/Sep 2009 Summary

      The Editor-in-Chief of Hinduism Today magazine highlights the features of the July/August/September 2009 issue, including Bodhinatha's explanation on the purpose of having a home shrine and atma mandiram; testimony of ...

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      Bodhinatha Speaks at Nimbark Jayanti

      Hinduism Today publisher Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami speaks at the ceremony honoring Nimbark Jayanti at Shri Golok Dham Ashram in New Delhi, November 19, 2010. Recorded from Aastha TV. Bodhinatha draws ...

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      Publisher's Desk: Three Kinds of Temples (Part 2/2)

      Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, publisher of Hinduism Today magazine, reads his Publisher's Desk article from the Jul/Aug/Sep 2009 issue on camera. He focuses on the importance of keeping the house clean ...

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      Bodhinatha Veylanswami Speaks at BAPS Chino Hills Pratishtha Assembly

      On December 23, 2012, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, publisher of Hinduism Today, was an honored guest at the inauguration of the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Chino Hills, California. He gave ...

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      Our Three Kinds of Temples

      The community temple, the home shrine and the sanctuary inside you are readily available to stabilize and uplift your daily life. If an individual finds fulfilment in the community temple, ...

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      Approaching God

      Excerpts from Stephen P. Huylers Classic Work: Meeting God, Elements of Hindu Devotion ...

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      Home Puja

      A Simple, Traditional Worship Ceremony to Lord Ganesha that Anyone Can Perform?with English Translation, Illustrations And Internet Resources to Facilitate Learning the Chants ...

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      The Home Shrine

      What is the center of your home? the kitchen, the workshop, the living room, the den? The ancients designated the crucial part of the home as a sacred sanctuary, a ...

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      The Importance of Worshipping in the Home Shrine

      Bodhinatha explains the importance of having a physically well thought out home shrine. Equally important is regular worship at the shrine. Bodhinatha also discusses the importance of the worship of ...

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      Yama 10 - Saucha, Purity

      Yama number 10, saucha, purity. Purity includes clean clothing, good character, physical surroundings and no foul language. Physical purity is important, especially washing clothes regularly, or putting them in the ...

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      Niyama 5 - Ishvarapujana, Worship

      Bodhinatha speaks on the niyama of Ishvarapujana, worship of the Gods. Cultivate devotion by having a home shrine so that God and the Gods live with you all day long. ...

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      Bodhinatha Speaks at Goodlands Temple - the importance of temple worship

      A talk given by Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami at the Goodlands Temple during the 2014 Mauritius Innersearch. He discusses the importance of temple worship and the power of the home shirne. ...

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      How Do We Strengthen Our Temple?

      Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads from Lesson 62 of the Himalayan Academy publication Path To Siva, discussing our ability to strengthen our Hindu temples by how we approach them ...

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      Placement of Deities in Shrine

      Today Gurudeva answers a question about which Deities should be present in the home shrine room and whether it is appropriate to have pictures of relatives who have passed on ...

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      Where to do Puja

      A devotee read about doing temple puja in the ancient Tirumantiram yoga text and wonders if he should be doing more than his home puja. Gurudeva explains that the temple ...

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      Placement of Deities in Shrine

      Today Gurudeva answers a question about which Deities should be present in the home shrine room and whether it is appropriate to have pictures of relatives who have passed on ...