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Gurudeva at the Parliament of World's Religions, 1993
Gurudeva speaks at the Parliament of World's Religions in Chicago, in 1993, where a hundred years earlier Swami Vivekanada entranced the audience with the wisdom of Hinduism. How bold, how ...
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Hinduism Today Oct/Nov/Dec 2009 Summary
The Editor-in-Chief of Hinduism Today magazine highlights the features of the October/November/December 2009 issue. Hinduism Today has been publishing articles covering Hinduism across the world for 30 years. It features ...
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Hinduism Today's Place in the Media
Our Editor-in-Chief, Paramacharya Palaniswami, describes the special place Hinduism Today magazine has in the world media and some of the ways official bodies and government committees have drawn upon our ...
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An Invasion through Conversion Part 2
Part 2 of 2: A video by the Dharma Raksha Samiti, Bangalore, presented here with their permission, to broaden awareness of the problem of conversion of Hindus to Christianity by ...
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Proselytization and Religious Freedom Part 2
Part 2 of 2: Presentation given by Sannyasin Arumugaswami, Managing Editor of Hinduism Today, at World's Religions After September 11: A Global Congress, held Sep 15, 2006, in Montreal, Canada, ...
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Proselytization and Religious Freedom Part 1
Part 1 of 2: Presentation given by Sannyasin Arumugaswami, Managing Editor of Hinduism Today, at World's Religions After September 11: A Global Congress, held Sep 15, 2006, in Montreal, Canada, ...
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2013 Midland Interfaith Event Video
On April 17, 2013, one Hindu (our own Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami), one Jew, three Christians and one Muslim sat together to answer questions submitted by the panelists themselves before an ...
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2014 Midland Interfaith Event Video
On February 19, 2014, one Hindu, one Jew and three Christians sat together to answer questions submitted by the moderator and the local community before an audience of mixed faiths ...
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Hinduism--Religion or Way of Life?
Our publisher confronts a long-standing misapprehension about our faith, showing us why Hinduism is more than a way of life. Religion is defined as a spiritual way of life and ...
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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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What Is a Religion?
Hindus believe there is one Truth, we just all don't agree on the name and nature of God. To compare Hinduism with other religions, you need to ask the orthodox ...
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Lama Norbu Visits Kauai Aadheenam
Ven. Norbu Lama came to the United States to explore the world, meet people from diverse backgrounds, and teach the essence of Buddha Dharma. His path brought him to Kadavul ...
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An Invasion through Conversion Part 1
Part 1 of 2: A video by the Dharma Raksha Samiti, Bangalore, presented here with their permission, to broaden awareness of the problem of conversion of Hindus to Christianity by ...
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Hinduism: Religion or Way of Life?
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the Apr/May/Jun 2013 edition of Hinduism Today magazine, confronting a long-standing misapprehension about our faith, showing us why Hinduism is more than a ...
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The Roots of Martin Luther King
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami honors Dr. Martin Luther King's accomplishments and offers insights into his experience and adoption of Gandhi's non-violent civil disobedience and the Hindu roots from which the world-changing ...
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Megatrends
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, ...
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The Mystic Mind and Music of Kabir
For over five hundred years, Kabirs poetry has been remembered, recited and sung throughout North India and today in various parts of the world due to the Indian diaspora. Sant ...
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Mrgendra Agama Vidya Pada English
Mrgendra Agama, Vidya Pada or knowledge section, translated to English by Dr. S.P. Sabharathnam. The knowledge sections of the agamas are very dense philosophically, this one dealing with, just for ...
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How the Major Religions View God
Beliefs about sacred matters God, soul and cosmosare essential to ones approach to life. As you will see from a perusal of this Educational Insight, the beliefs among the worlds ...
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Hinduism & Buddhism
Asias two spiritual titans, hinduism and Buddhism, have exerted profound influence on the planet and its people since their beginnings. They are unique in offering imperative moral direction alongside esoteric ...
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Humanities Diverse Faiths
If religions have ever confused & confounded you, take heart! This resource was written just for you. It is the humble attempt of the HINDUISM TODAY editorial team to gather ...
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Hindu-Christian Point Counterpoint
A Point-Counterpoint on Hinduism and Christianity ...
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Malaysia Conference
Bodhinatha speaks about an event he has been invited to by the Malaysia Hindu Sangam called "Hindu Renaissance Event," scheduled for January 26, 2003 in Kuala Lumpur. Hindus in Malaysia are faced ...
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Malaysia Conference Part 2
Bodhinatha continues his talk about unethical and ethical religious conversion and cites a number of very useful quotes from Gurudeva's recent book, How to Become a Hindu. Gurudeva encourages religious ...
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The Summit of All Religions; Regular Meditation
Religion has a oneness in mysticism but has major differences in terms of beliefs and practices. Unrelenting effort, working on the outside with our faults and weaknesses, allows us to ...
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All Religions Not the Same; Right Beliefs; Accepting
"Truth is one, paths are many." Some religions feel that it's their duty to try and convert, that theirs is the only true path. For someone starting on the path they need to discard the ...
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Negative Impressions
Gurudeva brings up Halloween and how this can impress the subconscious mind with negative affirmations. Swear words and their effects are also discussed. Gurudeva compares the subconscious mind with a ...
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How Do We View Other Faiths?
Hindus can accept and love the peoples of all religions yet not seek to convert them, although, we accept sincere seekers into the fold. All religions revere the One Truth ...
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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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Mysticism and Religion
Sadasivanathaswami imparts how mysticism is an integral part of Hinduism and compares Gurudeva's teachings to other religions' views on meditation, yoga and mysticism in general. Master Course Trilogy, Living with ...
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There Is No Eternal Hell
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads from "Dancing With Siva," lesson 53, discussing the Saivite Hindu view of the concept of Hell. ...
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Purifying a home, Anger is inexcusable, Is Self-realiztion for humans only?
Cybertalk: A cybercadet asks today how one can purify a home. Gurudeva says it would be customary to invite a priest of the family's religion to come and bless and ...
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Treatment of Priests, Part 2 (with Tamil)
Gurudeva continues to stress the importance of Hindu Priests: Servants of the Gods. He points out the disparity in how Hindu priests are regarded by the Indian community as compared ...
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The Company We Keep
A Hindu Saivite Brahmin in London tells Gurudeva about his roomate--a jolly good chap, overall, except for when he explains how Hindus will go to hell unless they accept Jesus. ...
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Reforming a Religion
The Editor of Jain Spirit asked Gurudeva a series of questions. Here Gurudeva responds to a question about how to reform a religion such as Hinduism or Jainism and still ...
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Live as an Evolving Indestructible Soul
Today Gurudeva talks about a visit by a local evangelist who thinks the world will end in 2000. Gurudeva then talks about joining Saiva Siddhanta Church and the guidance this ...
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Mauritius Elections; Avoid Those Angry People
Gurudeva tells a little story today about one of his sishya in Mauritius who was recently elected to Parliament. He based his platform on the injunctions for politicians and parliamentarians ...
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A Destiny with Suicide; Whose Nada do I hear?
A cyber cadet in Chennai asks if it is in our destiny to commit suicide then what should we do. Gurudeva says that the concept of destiny has nothing to ...
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Arthur Pacheco interviews Gurudeva Part 10
Today's cybertalk is part ten of a radio interview with Gurudeva conducted by Arthur Pacheco. Arthur Pacheco conducts a weekly radio show in Honolulu, Hawaii and is also a trans-medium. ...
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What Is Religion?
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads from Lesson four of the Himalayan Academy publication ...
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How to progress in meditation?; How to know more about Hinduism?
A cyberspace devotee wants to know what is the next thing he should do to advance his mediation. Gurudeva says that all we can do is get our awareness quiet ...
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God and Guru Among Religions
A cyberspace devotee from Michigan, USA asks about the difference in Guru as God between Islam and Hinduism. Gurudeva explains how it is a different view of God. ...
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Inner plane activities of becoming a Hindu
A cyberspace devotee from California asks about becoming a Hindu and how that relates to a long-term pattern of inner plane evolution and activites. Gurudeva explains how Hindus on Earth ...
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Teaching Tolerance to Children
Terrorism has brought forth hatred on TV. We need to teach children tolerance, teach them to love and trust. The qualities we create in our children create the future we ...
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Church and State
Today we offer part of an impromptu talk by Gurudeva in which he discusses the issues of separation of Church and State in the context of the upcoming "Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders" to ...
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Hindu versus Christian Practice
Doing good works is not enough. Practicing Hinduism, believing that we are all divine beings, we to come closer to God, have experiences of God . Good conduct, selfless service, ...
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We Are Not Sinners
The idea of redemption is not really the case in Hinduism. Being already exists deep in the soul. Part of us is becoming, getting more refined, more spiritual. Get into ...