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May 14 2020

Global Day of Prayer

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On this Global Day of Prayer, Pujya Swamiji, Sadhvi Bhagawatiji, and the Parmarth community gathered to pray for an end to not only the coronavirus, but the virus of separation and division in our minds. Together we prayed for health and freedom from this virus, for broader health for the entire planet, and also for freedom from all the threats that are lining up to wreck havoc upon our lives unless humanity wakes up and wises up to realise our inherent Oneness with all of creation! We prayed for front-line workers who...

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May 14 2020

Celebrating Life on Endangered Species Day

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Endangered Species Day along the holy banks of Mother Ganga - freshly-rejuvenated and alive with all manner of aquatic species - reminds us of how each life is unique, perfect and divine, and that we are all One and interconnected. Each life is a gift, and a beautiful expression of God's grace, and each life should be cherished, protected and nurtured. Pujya Swamiji and Sadhvi Bhagawatiji encouraged us all to become active in preservation efforts in our communities and wherever there is a need, and urged us to take a sankalp...

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May 11 2020

Mother’s Day Celebrations

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In celebration of Mothers all over the world, Param Pujya Swamiji carried out a beautiful Ganga Aarti in his Jyopri (garden) for Maa Durga and gave a Divine Satsang for our online community with Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji. Pujya Swamiji so perfectly reminded us, “When I say “Mother,” I mean many things. Of course I mean the actual Mother who gave birth to you. I also mean your Mother land, and your Mother tongue. Most importantly, I also mean the Divine Mother of all — the Goddess. In this Mother, we...

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May 07 2020

Africa’s Faith Leadership in Times of Crisis: Ramadan Response to COVID-19

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Eminent Muslim leaders of Africa and India along with heads of international interfaith organisations came together in unity and oneness to discuss the important role of Faith Leaders at this time, especially during Ramadan, in urging communities to stay safe, well and uplifted. Faith can keep us both spiritually grounded and physically safe if we are living consciously but also conscientiously following guidelines and rules. Hosted by Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA), with technical support from UNICEF Tanzania, UNICEF Africa, and in partnership with United Religions Initiative and Water Supply &...

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May 05 2020

Interfaith Leaders Call on Faiths to Come Together in the Face of Covid-19

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The #Covid19 virus has become a global challenge not seen since world wars twice engulfed the planet in conflict. It tests us all to rise above the limits and boundaries that we have created, not just in beliefs and between nations, but between each other and between us and God. It demands that we recognize that we are all interconnected, that we are all One. This is why Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, President of Pararth Niketan and Founder/Chair of the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, was glad to join nearly two-dozen interfaith...

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May 01 2020

Ganga Saptami Celebrated on the Rejuvenated Banks of Maa Ganga!

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On the divine holy day of Ganga Saptami, we celebrated with an incredible livestream of Ganga Aarti and special Meditation and Mantras by HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and Pujya Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji from the banks of Maa Ganga at Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh as they shared and appealed to us to pledge that once this Lockdown is lifted we will continue to allow our sacred Rivers to flow freely and unpolluted for all. On the auspicious occasion, Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji expressed His joy to find Maa Ganga in...

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Apr 28 2020

Adi Shankaracharya Jayanti Celebrations Enliven Parmarth Niketan

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLA1Gtb_p7I Adi Shankaracharya ji is credited with unifying and establishing the main tenets of thought in Hinduism. His two core ideals – that there isn’t one God or many gods, there is only God and that, unlike Buddhist beliefs, the soul (Atman) does exist – form the foundation of His consolidation of the Advaita Vedanta. It’s no wonder, then, that His Jayanti – the anniversary of the date of His incarnation – is celebrated throughout India and around the world. In a divine Satsang and a beautiful puja peppered with the...

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Apr 27 2020

Special Akshay Tritiya Celebrations at Parmarth

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Akshaya Tritiya is a sacred springtime festival in the Hindu and Jain traditions. It is considered to be one of the most auspicious days in the Hindu calendar to begin a new venture, project or resolution, or undertake any new beginning, as whatever is begun on this day is believed to achieve eternal success. The day of Akshaya Tritiya is also Parasurama Jayanti, the birthday of Parasurama, the sixth incarnation of Vishnu. It signifies the turn of the Satya Yuga to Treta Yuga. With all these incredible changes happening on...

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Apr 23 2020

Ramazan, Jaan Aur Jahan

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Appeal from Faith Leaders to Stay Home and Stay Safe During the upcoming Festivities of Akshay Tritiya and Ramazan A special and powerful online panel entitled “Ramazan, Jaan aur Jahan” was organised by Parmarth Niketan and the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, presided and inspired by Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, today from 3:30-4:30pm to encourage positive messages and crucial appeals by India’s prominent Muslim leaders calling to their followers and congregations to observe Ramazan from their homes during the Lockdown. Blessing and gracing the panel was: Presiding over the session HH Pujya Swami...

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Apr 22 2020

Earth Day 2020: Planting Seeds for a New Normal

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Powerful Online Earth Day at Home Webinar on  "Planting the Seeds for a New Normal" Brings Together Faith Leaders, the United Nations and Leading Faith Based Organisation to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Earth Day  GLOBAL: Today on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, Parmarth Niketan and the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance brought together Faith Leaders, the United Nations and Leading Faith Based Organisations from all over the world to unite with one vision of how humanity can move forward from this Covid 19 crisis into a period of healing and harmony...

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drops of nectar

  • Don't worry so much about giving your children cars. Worry about giving them Sanskaras!

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • We must not only light the oil lamp in our temples, but also light the lamp in our own hearts.

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • Do not wait for miracles. You ARE the miracle! Never forget the miracle of yourself!

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • Come to nature, be with nature, and change your nature.

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • Be happy, be peaceful. Embrace all, include all, exclude none.

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • Always cultivate an attitude of gratitude.

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • Accept whatever comes as Prasad from God. Whatever He gives us, a hut or a castle, is His divine gift.

    - Pujya Swamiji

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