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Relax, Be Quiet, and Watch the Parade

Live Vedanta - February 27, 2021 14:32 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
With the intellect prepared, we learn how to start the process of meditation in this next episode of Meditation in Life. Vivekji explains the beginning steps of praying, relaxing the body, quieting the mind, and watching our parade. Want to catch up on the first year of Meditation in Life? Star...

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Recommencing Meditation in Life

Live Vedanta - February 16, 2021 13:46 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Welcome to the re-commencement of Meditation IN Life! In the second half of this series, Vivekji introduces us to the inner preparation required for meditation. We learn how to take notice of our weaknesses and convert them into strengths. Want to catch up on the first year of Meditation in Lif...

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Retirement and Beyond

Live Vedanta - February 03, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
In this final episode of the Significance of Our Samskaras, our understanding of retirement and death is clarified. We come to appreciate how living a lifestyle with the right purpose and vision from birth onward helps one become peaceful at this stage in life. The significance of rituals at the...

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Marriage: A Divine Pillar

Live Vedanta - January 29, 2021 17:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Marriage, or vivaha, is one of the most important samskaras in Sanatana Dharma. In this episode of the Significance of Our Samskaras, we learn from Vivekji the opportunities for growth that marriage gives to the couple and their role in supporting, sustaining, and uplifting dharma. With the righ...

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Graduation and Gratitude

Live Vedanta - January 23, 2021 11:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
As the student comes to completion of their formal learning, how do they know if they are ready? They have learned how to be responsible and become global citizens, so what's next and how do they demonstrate gratitude for all they have gained? In this next episode of the Significance of Our Sams...

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Ready to Learn!

Live Vedanta - January 19, 2021 11:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
In this next episode of the Significance of Our Samskaras, the child is ready to become a student of the gurukula. What is the purpose of the thread ceremony? Why are there 3 strings and what is the significance of the knot tied around those strings? Vivekji provides an in-depth explanation abou...

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Directed to the Divine

Live Vedanta - January 04, 2021 11:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Piercing the ears, cutting the hair, and the first written word carry deep significance. In this next episode of the Significance of Our Samskaras, Vivekji explains these childhood samskaras that bring to focus the child’s mind and intellect which are to be directed to the divine. For those on ...

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Remembering and Giving Purpose

Live Vedanta - January 01, 2021 20:54 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
This next episode on the Significance of Our Samskaras takes us through the samskaras performed during the child’s first year of life. The child’s first look at the sun and the moon, their first visit to the temple, and their first bite of food are infused with powerful meaning when we understan...

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What's in a Name?

Live Vedanta - December 25, 2020 19:09 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Why do we feed a child honey, ghee, and yogurt when they are born? What does it mean to give a child a name? In this episode, we focus on the childhood samskaras. This continues "Significance of Our Samskaras," a series first delivered by Vivekji in 2012 in Frederick, MD. For those on the journ...

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Significance of Our Samskaras

Live Vedanta - December 21, 2020 17:18 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Why do we do what we do? What is the purpose of the sacred thread, or upanayana? What is the meaning of a child's first bite of rice? We're beginning a very special series of discourses first delivered by Vivekji in 2012 in Frederick, MD. Welcome to Significance of Our Samskaras! For those on t...

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Shifting to the Higher

Live Vedanta - December 11, 2020 11:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
In this final episode of the Embracing Love series, we are given the means to reach the highest form of love. Achieving this, will lead to independent joy and loving others once and for all!! For those on the journey of self-development, Chinmaya Mission Niagara provides a community forum to li...

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Hridaya 5: Entering the Heartspace

Hridaya Podcast with Durga Dasi - December 07, 2020 22:00 - 31 minutes
What does it really look like to enter into the heartspace? What do we do with the traumas that we encounter along the way? Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher, Durga Dasi, shares her personal experience and tools for this sacred navigation.  Support the Show.

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Starting Tonight: The Happiness Series IV

Live Vedanta - December 01, 2020 20:29 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Being home for the holidays might have its own challenges, right? With the whole family at home, increased responsibilities, and a lack of external structure, it is easy for our emotions to escalate, distractions to cause distress, communication to complicate matters, and application of value-ba...

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Deepening Our Love

Live Vedanta - November 19, 2020 12:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
The Embracing Love series continues as we are taken deeper into how to develop pure love. Letting go of negativity and our ego allows our true, pure nature to shine through. Living for and loving others then becomes natural. For those on the journey of self-development, Chinmaya Mission Niagara...

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True Prayer

Live Vedanta - November 13, 2020 16:43 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
The Embracing Love series continues as we learn what true prayer entails and how it helps us evolve. Through prayer we invoke virtues and start to better ourselves. Through our evolution, those we love grow as well! For those on the journey of self-development, Chinmaya Mission Niagara provides...

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Mini-Episode: Loving Through Service

Live Vedanta - November 05, 2020 12:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
In this mini-episode, we get a succinct comparison of selfish vs. selfless service. When we embrace our relationships as a means to grow in virtues like love, we are able to express that love through selfless service. This continues our series on Embracing Love. For those on the journey of self...

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The Power of Nobility

Live Vedanta - October 29, 2020 15:28 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
In this episode, learn about the power of being in the company of those who are noble. In such an environment, the best in us is expressed. The impression left on our minds by being in such company brings about a subtle peace that leads to inner transformation. This continues our series on Embra...

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Stepping Up to Divine Love

Live Vedanta - October 24, 2020 01:07 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
We continue to dig deeper into how to express divine love in this episode. Vivekji describes the simple ways of divine love and the steps we can take to cultivate this highest form of love. For those on the journey of self-development, Chinmaya Mission Niagara provides a community forum to list...

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Tuning Into Love

Live Vedanta - October 15, 2020 15:55 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
In this second episode of our Embracing Love series, Vivekji explains the vision of divine love. From there, we take the next step and learn how to love others through sensitivity, tenderness and acceptance. For those on the journey of self-development, Chinmaya Mission Niagara provides a commu...

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Hridaya 4: Surrender (Trauma Specific)

Hridaya Podcast with Durga Dasi - October 13, 2020 04:00 - 34 minutes
What is surrender in the life of a Bhakta? Join Durga Dasi for an intimate conversation about surrendering to the Divine Mother in very practical ways. This episode deals specifically with trauma and how to change our relationship with the way it shows up in our lives, allowing it to become an o...

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Racial Privilege: An Unraveling of the Farce

Hindu Heritage Hub - October 09, 2020 05:00 - 29 minutes
Can privilege be ascribed to an entire race or community? What is privilege? Are all forms of privilege bad? 

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Love Is...

Live Vedanta - October 07, 2020 12:27 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Love. What is it? Does it just happen? Who should we love the most? Questions that constantly pop up at various stages in life. This episode begins our new series, Embracing Love, wherein Vivekji starts us on a journey to get the answers to these questions once and for all. For those on the jou...

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Picking the Right Candidate

Hindu Heritage Hub - September 25, 2020 07:00 - 15 minutes
This riveting podcast delves into the depths of topics that matter to Hindus across the globe, including the United States. Join me as I uncover the truth on Hinduphobia, champion Hindu Human Rights, unravel Indology, dissect Politics, and unveil the rich History of Hindus and India. In concise...

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Hindu & Sikh Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide

Hindu Heritage Hub - September 18, 2020 07:00 - 32 minutes
This riveting podcast delves into the depths of topics that matter to Hindus across the globe, including the United States. Join me as I uncover the truth on Hinduphobia, champion Hindu Human Rights, unravel Indology, dissect Politics, and unveil the rich History of Hindus and India. In concise...

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Hindu Genocide

Hindu Heritage Hub - September 18, 2020 07:00 - 32 minutes
This riveting podcast delves into the depths of topics that matter to Hindus across the globe, including the United States. Join me as I uncover the truth on Hinduphobia, champion Hindu Human Rights, unravel Indology, dissect Politics, and unveil the rich History of Hindus and India. In concise...

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Anti Brahminism

Hindu Heritage Hub - September 12, 2020 20:00 - 29 minutes
Brahmins are a minority with no economic or political clout in India or America. But, the colonists, Marxists, and Christian religious fundamentalists have all hated and continue to hate the Brahmins. Why?

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What is Hinduphobia?

Hindu Heritage Hub - September 04, 2020 16:00 - 34 minutes
Hinduphobia is real. Hindus are not able to identify it in all cases. Thus, they end up helping to further sometimes.

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Anti-CAA Riots and Res. - Zealotry and Bigotry Exposed

Hindu Heritage Hub - August 28, 2020 15:00 - 37 minutes
The loss of life in Delhi was tragic. The impatience behind anti-India resolutions from some US city councils was maddening. All seemed to be doom and gloom. But was it really? Or, is there a glimmer of hope in the darkness of the anti-CAA movement? Is there a pattern behind the hate-filled tumu...

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Angry and Disoriented - Will Hindus take counsel?

Hindu Heritage Hub - August 21, 2020 07:00 - 35 minutes
Hindus are increasingly showing their anger. But they don't know how to turn their anger into meaningful action. Only agencies with reputation and experience, such as the Hindu American Foundation (HAF), have the wherewithal to direct and lead the Hindu voice.

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Looking Back

Live Vedanta - August 14, 2020 13:38 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
As we approach the end of our year-long Meditation in Life series, we take a moment to look back and review. For those on the journey of self-development, Chinmaya Mission Niagara provides a community forum to listen, reflect, and contemplate. This podcast is produced by young adults of Chinmay...

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