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Aug 04 2020

Raksha Bandhan & Shravan Purnima During a Pandemic

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Yesterday, in addition to Raksha Bandhan, we celebrated the last Somvaar of Shraavan Maas (also known as Shravan Purnima) and World Sanskrit Day. In honor of these auspicious days and of reconnecting ourselves with the Divine, Parmarth Niketan organised a special live stream of a sacred Rudrabhishek that included divine blessings and messages from Pujya Swamiji and Sadhviji and beautiful Vedic chanting from Mataji and our wonderful Rishikumars. After HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji performed the sacred Rudra Abhishek and tied two Rakhis - the first Rakhi to the Shivlinga and...

Jul 02 2020

Giving Sanskaras (Values) to our Children

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Your child will follow your example, not your advice. How to make your kids respect elders? How to make kids meditate? ow to teach them love? How to teach them discipline? Not by giving them orders, but by showing them how to do it, by your example. Pujya Swamiji tells us how kids need a ‘velvet’ touch instead of a ‘violent’ touch. Our spiritual texts like Mahabharata, Gita and Ramayana teach us the art of living, the art of doing and the art of dying or leaving this...

Aug 30 2018

Raksha Bandhan Blessings

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Pujya Swamiji shares a beautiful message about unity and connection to our roots. He graciously reminds us that a leaf is beautiful and alive only when it is part of a tree. When it disconnects from the tree, it dies. In the same way in our lives, when we are connected to our roots, sanskaras, traditions and our global family, only then do we stay healthy and full of life. Pujya Swamiji also gives a beautiful message against female foeticide, encourages the protection of the girl child and honouring her...

Aug 26 2018

Special LIVE Raksha Bandhan celebrations

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Aug 26 2018

Raksha Bandhan: A Festival of Love, Affection and Protection

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The holiday of Rakhsha Bandhan, or Rakhi, is a celebration of the bond of love and the bond of family. On this day, sisters tie sacred threads around their brothers’ wrists, symbolizing their love and affection. In return, the brother promises to protect his sister and to always be there for her. Rakhsha means protection or security and bandhan means a bond or relation. Thus, Rakhsha Bandhan symbolizes the bond of security and protection between brothers and sisters. Indian Culture – the world is one family However, on Rakhi, the brothers and...

Jun 16 2016

Leading A Meaningful Life

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Pujya Swamiji tells us the key to leading a meaningful life by living what we know and by starting now with whatever we have. He says sometimes we read so much and accumulate so much knowledge about how to live and how not to live but never actually get around to applying it. He shares that we should be guided by our own intuition, our internal GPS, through awareness and meditation our inner voice will get clearer. He says if we start with ourselves first, then family will follow. He emphasizes...