At their wonderful countryside retreat in Dorset, England, Pujya Swamiji beautifully sings mantras and discusses the subject of suffering, our sadhana, how we can change it, the importance of meditation and actions to help with this....
At their special summer retreat in Dorset, England, Pujya Swamiji discusses the concept of living in a state of us vs them which is an unhealthy way to live. He explains how we should live mindfully and that living as one in harmony is the key....
At their beautiful retreat in Dorset, England in July 2016, Pujya Swamiji explaining his name and the meaning of it....
At their beautiful retreat in Dorset, England in July 2016, Pujya Swamiji & Sadhviji discusses how to experience the true self & the importance of it. Sadhviji also advises on how to maintain our connection to the Divine even when we are in our less spiritual, busy worlds outside of retreats and ashrams and away from our Guru. We end with Pujya Swamiji explaining his name and the meaning of it....
At their special retreat in Dorset, England, Pujya Swamiji sings some beautiful mantras followed by satsang discussing the purpose of our life, spirituality & happiness & techniques to help achieve this....
Everyday the service projects and initiatives blossoming and thriving under HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji’s leadership are centered and geared towards not just praying for peace but also providing and serving to bring about long-term, sustainable peace in our own lives and within our communities. Today, on the beautiful occasion of the International Peace Day yoga students in Parmarth Niketan’s Intensive Yoga Course from many different countries, including but not limited to Germany, India, United Kingdom, China, America, Hawaii, Spain, Czech Republic, Russia, Sweden, Argentina and many others, joined Pujya Swamiji...
The second day of the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA)- UNICEF Worship for WASH (Sarva Dharma Swachhta Evam Sadbhavna Sankalp) Summit concluded with a historic pledge and water blessing ceremony on the banks of the Sindhu River, at the Sindhu Darshan Ghat,in Leh-Ladakh. GIWA’s leaders representing India’s diverse faith traditions gathered together to offer the water of the Indus River onto the globe as a symbol and a prayer that all of humanity should have access to safe and sufficient water, sanitation and hygiene. Hon’ble Dr. Harsh Vardhanji, Minister of Science and...
Providing Facilities to Nuns and Girls in Ladakh During the Worship for WASH Summit in Ladakh, DSF’s President visited the Mahabodhi International Meditation Centre with interfaith leaders and the Hon’ble Science & Technology Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhanji to inaugurate a special Interfaith Peace Garden and ceremoniously perform the ground breaking of a toilet structure near the centre’s Meditation Hall, which previously lacked access to nearby sanitation facilities. At the ground-breaking, Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji said,“This toilet structure symbolizes the union of Meditation and Sanitation, which is the need of the hour. No...
The Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA) India, in association with UNICEF India, held a two-day Summit in Ladakh. The “Worship for WASH” GIWA-UNICEF Ladakh Summit initiated a dialogue on critical issues of WASH (Water, Sanitation and Health), specifically in the Ladakh region. The Summit discussed the inter-linkage of multiple issues of inequity, lack of access and other related issues in the region, with special focus on minority populations. Speaking at the summit, the convener of the programme, Founder of GIWA India and the President of Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh, Pujya Swami Chidanand...
Krishna Janmasthmi celebrations at Parmarth Niketan (Rishikesh) started with a massive clean up, inspired and led by HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, with a message that in addition to the global celebrations of this auspicious day, reenactments of Krishna’s Birth, we should also simulatneously work to make the world we live in a place which Baby Krishna would like to inhabit, play and lead his beautiful leelas. Hence, we started our massive clean up along the Neelkanth Yatra Marg, in the Rajaji National Forest, where tons of waste laid strewn from...
