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गीताजी मात्र एक आध्यात्मिक पुस्तक नहीं बल्कि उसमें जीवन का, रिश्तों का, आत्मा और परमात्मा, सद्भाव और सद्विचारों का ऐसा माधुर्य समाहित है जिसका पान करने पर जीवन की सारी कड़वाहट दूर हो जाती है। गीता जी वास्तव में एक श्रेष्ठ गुरू, पथ प्रदर्शक और मार्गदर्शक है।...
शांति और विकास हेतु विश्व विज्ञान दिवस पर्यावरण संरक्षण की दिशा में नई इबारत लिखने का समय स्वामी चिदानन्द सरस्वती आज शान्ति और विकास हेतु विश्व विज्ञान दिवस के अवसर पर परमार्थ निकेतन के अध्यक्ष स्वामी चिदानन्द सरस्वती जी ने कहा कि विज्ञान के बिना विकास सम्भव नहीं परन्तु टिकाऊ, सतत और नैसर्गिक विकास के बिना जीवन में शान्ति की कल्पना नहीं की जा सकती। वर्तमान युग विज्ञान का युग है, जहाँ विज्ञान के विकास ने एक तरफ मानव जीवन को सरल एवं सुलभ बनाया है तो वहीं दूसरी ओर न केवल महाविनाश...
“On this Ganga Utsav," HH Param Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji avers, "the day that we commemorate Mother Ganga being named India's National River, it is time that we must all come together - all faith leaders, all faith-based organisations, all stakeholders...
“When Lord Indra sent torrential rains to punish the people of Goverdhan for not worshipping Him," HH Param Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji shares on this sacred day of Govardhan Puja, "it was Lord Krishna and Mother Nature that protected them. This divine act shows us how God protects all devotees who take singular refuge in him. "Our mountains, our trees, our animals – all are part of the divine creation. And, just as God protected the people of Goverdhan, we must protect that creation. To honor the natural world for its protection...
On this beautiful Festival of Light, Deepawali, HH Param Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji so beautifully says: "Instead of asking Maha Lakshmi for the bounty of wealth, let us instead ask how we may restore that bounty for the world. In planting a tree, we are planting the grace of Maha Lakshmi. In cleaning our rivers, we are cleaning Her glorious form. In stopping any instances of violence against women and girls, we are protecting Her. "Each diya that we light tonight not only brings individual light, but it also can be used...
"We must clean out our hearts," declares HH Param Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji on the auspicious occasion of Choti Diwali. "We must rid them of darkness and bitterness; we must make them clean and sparkling places for God to live. We must be as thorough with ourselves as we are with our homes. Are there any dark corners in our hearts we have avoided for so long? Are we simply 'sweeping all the dirt under the rug?' God sees all and knows all. He knows what is behind every wall of...
"On this auspicious day of Dhanteras," declares HH Param Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, "let us understand the true meaning of prosperity and focus on filling only our Self, not only our shelf! In life, you either focus on your shelf or you focus on yourself. If we spend our lives trying to fill our shelves, at the end of it we realize that our self feels pretty empty. “So, we must return to the old values. These aren’t just Hindu values; they are universal values. Values that tell us that True Wealth...
"The festival of Navaratri," shares HH Param Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji is a glorious time of the year, filled with joy, celebration, and also with great lessons for our lives. Navaratri means “nine nights". "Indian tradition is one of the few traditions in which the Feminine aspect of the divine is worshipped with as much reverence as the Masculine aspect. Throughout India you will see thousands of temples dedicated to various manifestations of the Divine Mother. You will find hundreds of thousands of people who are 'Shakti worshippers.' Shakti is the energy...
On this International Day of Peace, HH Param Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji so beautifully shares that, in order to bring deep and lasting peace to our world, we must begin from the inside and move outwards. He says, "In our search for internal peace, we must realize that peace is our true, divine nature and that we must remove the obstacles that are obscuring it from our view – our egos, expectations, desires and emotions. "The more we can free our divine self from ourselves, the closer we will be to...
It's Pitru Paksha, a 16–lunar day period in the Hindu calendar when we pay homage to our ancestors, and today HH Param Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji pays tribute to all of our ancestors, and shares that "Pitru Paksha is an important part of Indian tradition. For the peace of the departed ancestors, Shradh is performed at a holy place or on the bank of a river and, according to our scriptures, the Shradh performed during Pitru Paksha reaches the ancestors immediately and their soul gets peace, while the ancestors bestow...