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November 2024
October 2024
A Tradition of Immediate Blessing | Sampūrṇa Gītā Pārāyaṇam | Soundarya Lahari – 2 | Vedanta Camp in Rishikesh | New Course: Bhagavad Gita by Swamini Brahmaprajnananda | Bhakti – The Heart of Wisdom | Vedānta Sāra Course | Guidelines for online Śravaṇam | Vedānta Camp 2024 | V L Narayanan | Navaratri & Deepavali | Heritage Hub | Samyak Krtam | Closing with a smile
September 2024
The Vedic View and Way of Life| Karmaṇā na Mokṣaḥ| Vedānta Sāra Course| New Bhagavad Gita Course | SHINE Tejasvi training | Sampūrṇa Gītā Pārāyaṇam | Janmashtami celebrations report | Ganesh Chaturthi | Swaminiji’s birthday celebrations | Samyak Krtam | Heritage Hub | Closing with a smile
August 2024
Pujya Swamiji’s Teaching| Vedanta Camp| New Bhagavad Gita Course| Impact of SHINE| Sampūrṇa Gītā Pārāyaṇam| Gita Parayanam experience | Krishna Janmashtami celebration | Celebrating Swaminiji’s birthday | Samyak Krtam | Heritage hub | Closing with a smile
July 2024
Guru Seva| Guru Purnima offerings| An ode to Swaminiji | To sir, with love | New Gita Class | New class Manoshakti | New Gita class by Swaminiji | Sampurna Gita Parayanam | Heritage hub
June 2024
Dharmam Śaraṇam Gacchāmi| Tīrthayātrā to Srisailam| Celebration of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya Jayanti | Sampurna Gita Parayanam | New Gita Class | Heritage Hub
May 2024
Jaya Jaya Shankara| Ādi Śaṅkarācārya Jayanti| 6-months Vedanta course Rishikesh| Śri Natarāja Stotram| Poem | Sampurna Gita Parayanam | New Gita Class | Heritage Hub
April 2024
Happy Hindu New Year! | Saṃvatsara | New Courses | Being a SHINE Tejasvi | Sā Kāśikāham Nijabodha Rūpa | Rama Navami | Shankara Jayanti | New Gita Class | Heritage Hub
March 2024
4 Essential Factors for Learning| Mahashivaratri| Sri Nataraja Stotram| Heritage Hub| Pashupatinath Yātra| Vedanta Camp | New Gita Class
February 2024
Prāṇa-Pratiṣṭhā of Sri Rama| Vedanta Camp|New Gita class| Narmada Parikramā| Mithyā & the movie called Life| Living our Traditions – Vasant Panchami | Sampurna Gita Parayanam
January 2024
Sowing the seeds for the garden of 2024 | Vedanta Camp 2024 | Svadharma – Discovering and Living our Life Purpose | Vedic Wisdom Festival-2023 – A Report | Sampūrṇa Gītā Pārāyaṇam on Moksha Ekadashi 2023 | Narmada Parikramā – Towards the Origin | Sw Brahmaprajnananda and Caito G, a Vedanta student from Brazil
Looking back on 2023 | The Lie of Objectivity | Vishnu Krupa | Narmada Parikramā – Along the South Bank | Samyak Krtam – Subhāśitam | Closing with a smile…
Pradakṣiṇa and the centre of our lives | Narmada Parikramā – An Introduction | Vedanta Camp, August 2023 – A Report | Samyak Krtam – Subhāśitam | Closing with a smile…
Oneness with the Universe | 7 Stages of Knowing God – Report on Talks by Swami Brahmavidananda | Trigunas as a journey of Self-Reflection – Report on Talks by Swamini | Sampūrṇa Gīta pārāyaṇam on Janmāṣṭamī | Samyak Krtam – Subhāśitam | Closing with a smile…
The Power of a Vedanta camp | Vedanta Camp in London by Swami Brahmavidananda | Value Of Values – tattva-jñānārtha-darśanam | A trip to Varanasi – The spiritual capital of India | Samyak Krtam-Subhāśitam | Closing with a smile…
You were always free | The Sacred kṣetra of Jyotirlinga-s and Śaktipīṭha-s of Bhārat | One year impact of SHINE (Spiritual Heritage of India for Next-gen Empowerment) August 2022 – July 2023 | Samyak Krtam – Subhāśitam | Closing with a smile…
YOUr Guru … because of YOU | Living Our Traditions – Yātrā to the abode of Lord Ayyappa | Bhakti – the Heart of Wisdom course | Samyak Krtam – Subhāśitam | Closing with a smile…
Opening Words | Guru Purnima in July | New HUA course: Self-knowledge and the quest for Happiness | Value of Values – Adhyātmajñānanityatvam | Vedanta with Swamini Brahmaprajnananda in Dubai | Samyak Krtam – Subhāśitam | Closing with a smile…
May 2023
Swami Brahmavidananda ji’s 70th Birthday Celebrations in Mumbai | Swami Brahmavidananda ji’s 70th Birthday Celebrations in Rishikesh | Swamini Brahmaprajnananda conferred a Ph.D (Philosophy) on Sankara Jayanti | Samyak Krtam – Subhāśitam | Namaḥ to Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya – on Shankara Jayanti | Closing with a smile…
Opening Words – The blessing of Darshan | Darsana | Sādhana for Mahashivaratri | Value of Values – Viviktadeśasevitvam Aratirjanasaṁsadi | Samyak Krtam – Subhāśitam | Closing with a smile…
Opening Words |Living Our Traditions – Rama Navami | Value of Values – mayi cānanya-yogena bhaktih avyabhicariṇī | Vedanta Camp – Narrative of a First-Time Attendee | Samyak Krtam – Subhāśita| Closing with a smile…
Opening Words – Groups we belong to | Living Our Traditions – Mahashivaratri and How to celebrate it | Spotlight – Why Shivalingam ? | Body Intelligence – Vibhūti of Īśvara | Samyak Krtam – Subhāśitam | Closing with a smile…
Opening Words | Vedanta Camp Announcement | New Course: Bhakti – The Heart of Wisdom | Svadharma Course at Hindu University of America | Value of Values – Nityaṁ Samacittatvam Iṣṭāniṣṭopapattiṣu |Vedic Wisdom Festival – a Report | Samyak Krtam – Subhāśitam
Opening Words | Vedanta Camp Announcement | Tejasvi – SHINE Teacher Training Course | Value of Values – Anabhiṣvaṅgaḥ | Glory of Gṛhasthāśrama | Samyak Krtam – Subhāśitam | Closing with a smile…
Opening Words | Value of Values – Asaktiḥ | Glory of Gṛhasthāśrama | Devī Mahatmyam – The Glory of Devī | Samyak Krtam – Subhāśitam | Closing with a smile…
Opening Words| Spotlight – Hinduism is more than a ‘way of life’| Value of Values – janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam| Parenting in the Light of Dharma| Samyak Krtam – Subhāśitam| Closing with a smile…
Opening Words | Welcoming Ganesha into our homes and hearts | Launch of SHINE for Bharat@75 | Glimpses from the UK trip | Glory of Gṛhastāśrama | Vedanta Camp Report | Samyak Krtam – Subhāśitam | Closing with a smile…
Opening Words | Celebrating Janmashtami | Value of Values – Indriyārtheśu Vairāgyam | Calling for SHINE teachers | Joining the Dots – How Vedanta touched my life | Samyak Krtam – Subhāśitam | Life as an offering; Ode to Karma Yoga | Closing with a smile…
Opening Words | Living Our Traditions – Gurupāda Pūjā | Gurupūrṇimā | Gurupūrṇimā Celebration | Vedanta Camp Announcement | Was it not enough to raise children? – The journey of SHINE | Calling for SHINE teachers | Prayāg – A sacred dip in Vedanta | Samyak Krtam – Subhāśitam | Closing with a smile…
Gurukulam update | Living Our Traditions – Ganga Dassera & Vata Savitri Purnima | Khar Bhagavad Gita classes by Sw Brahmavidananda | Dhyaanam – Meditation and the Meditator by Sw Brahmaprajnananda | Importance of International Yoga Day | How Yoga helped my pursuit of Vedanta | Samyak Krtam – Subhāśitam | Closing with a smile…
Editorial – Shankara Jayanti & Akshaya Tritiya | Living Our Traditions – Shankara Jayanti| Value of Values – Ātmavinigrahaḥ | Joining the Dots – Uttamam Rahasyam| Sādhana for 40 days|The Heart of DhaRama| Samyak Krtam – Subhāśitam| Closing with a smile…|Announcement – SHINE Camps & Stotra Chanting Course
Editorial – Śubhakṛta Saṁvatsara | Living Our Traditions – Rama Navami | Living Our Traditions – Hanuman Jayanti| Bengaluru Vedanta Retreat | New Online Course Announcements | Joining the Dots – How Vedanta changed my life | Value of Values – Sthairyam | Samyak Krtam – Subhāśitam | Mahashivaratri Celebration Report
Editorial – Ānanda from two perspectives| Living Our Traditions – Mahashivaratri | Panch Kedar – A journey to the land of Shiva | Vedanta Camp Report | Holi
Editorial-India that is Bharat | Spotlight-Parama| Joining the dots-How Vedanta changed my life| Living our traditions – Vasant Panchami | Value of Values – Śaucam | Samyak Krtam-Namaskāraḥ & Daṇḍavata Praṇāmaḥ | Visit to Badami-Aihole-Pattadakallu
Editorial | Makara Saṅkrānti| Value of values – Ācāryopāsana | 26 Ways to contribute to Bharat | Vedic Wisdom Festival Report |Samyak Krtam-Shloka on Lord Kārtikeya
Value of values – Arjavam | Course offered by Hindu University of America| Editorial | The Glory of Grhastashrama | FPJ Column | The importance of Parayanam on Bhagavad Gita Jayanti| Podcasts | Report on The Meaning of Lalitā Sahasranāma Course | Samyak-krtam | Videos published
Editorial | Deepavali | How Vedanta opened my heart | Kshetram – Śweta Vināyagar | kṣāntiḥ | maṅgalācaraṇam | Camp Highlights| Podcasts | Videos | FPJ Column
Devi| Celebrating Navaratri| Shakti | Online Lalitā Sahasranāma Course | Samskrtam | Podcasts|Videos | FPJ Column | Janmashtami Report
Ganesha| Can vedanta rewire the brain | Svarga | Śrāddhā (pitṛ yajña)| Temple | Ahimsā| Podcast | Videos | FPJ Column