Description: The first one-day Master Course youth seminar has been held by Sivaneswaran and Aravidraj in Malaysia. These two ...
Time: Between 4 and 8 minutes
Megatrends
Description: The Pittsburgh Venkateshvara temple is having an event on "Hinduism Past, Present and Future" in a few months. I have been asked to come and speak to the group. The title of my talk, an outline of ...
Time: Between 4 and 8 minutes
Nartana Ritau
Description: Saiva Dharma Shastras talks about the Nartana Ritau and says it is a period of creation. It's key word is planning, ...
Time: Between 4 and 8 minutes
Vows (Foundation) part 1 of 4
Description: Bodhinatha talks about the necessity of a proper foundation for spiritual progress, drawing on the example of how ...
Time: Between 4 and 8 minutes
Vows (Vegetarian) part 2 of 4
Description: Part 2 of 4: Bodhinatha talks on vratas, or vows. There are two kinds of vratas, vows that are taken for specific periods of time, such as festivals, and permanent vows. He gives examples of various ...
Time: Longer than 8 minutes
Vows (Parampara) part 3 of 4
Description: Part 3 of 4: Bodhinatha continues his talk on vratas, vows, with the parampara vrata, vowing loyalty to one's lineage and not studying the teachings of other lineages. This powerful vrata can harness ...
Time: Between 4 and 8 minutes
Vows (Tithing) part 4 of 4
Description: Part 4 of 4: Bodhinatha continues his talk on vratas by elucidating the dasama bhaga vrata, the tithing vow. ...
Time: Between 4 and 8 minutes
"Good" and "Evil" People
Description: That there are good and evil people who should be treated differently is not the correct Hindu perspective, and we don't want this to go into the minds of our children. This is the subject of ...
Time: Longer than 8 minutes
Gurudeva's Mahavakya Part 2
Description: Bodhiantha continues in Part 2 of his talk on the mahavakya, or great sayings, of our guru parampara. This part is on Gurudeva's mahavakya, split into five groups, with a wonderful look at ...
Time: Longer than 8 minutes
Gurudeva's Mahavakya Part 1
Description: Bodhinatha welcomes everyone to the first annual observances of Gurudeva's mahasamadhi with a talk on the mahavakya, or great sayings. Citing several classics from the Upanishads, Bodhinatha ...
Time: Longer than 8 minutes
Hindu Culture and the Temple
Description: Bodhinatha speaks on Hindu culture, the theme of the Jivana Ritau, and begins with Gurudeva's central thoughts on culture which are captured in the five Living with Siva sutras on cultural accomplishments. ...
Time: Longer than 8 minutes
Strengthening Hinduism in Your Community
Description: Bodhinatha delivers a wonderful talk which he will be giving at the Hindu Renaissance 2, the second rally on Hindu Rennaisance organized by the Malaysian Hindu Sangam. Gurudeva encouraged Hindus ...
Time: Longer than 8 minutes
Ethical vs. Unethical Conversion
Description: Bodhinatha reviews some of the important points of the Hindu Renaissance talk, including ethical vs. unethical conversion, which Gurudeva documented very thoroughly in How to Become a Hindu, and reenergizing ...
Time: Less than 4 minutes
