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Prayer ritual performed by Hindus of devotional worship

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Vender en Internet con Innokabi - Alfonso Prim
Escalar campañas en Meta Ads sin quemar presupuesto (Manel Gómez)

Vender en Internet con Innokabi - Alfonso Prim

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 75:04


Prueba SIIL con el cupón INNOKABI (10% de descuento) para revertir los efectos de la edad en cabello y piel de manera 100% natural aquí https://getsiil.com/ Recursos sobre emprendimiento, formación, marketing online y lean startup: Libro "Emprendedor ágil" https://innokabi.com/el-metodo-emprendedor-agil/ Libro "30 errores que matarán tu negocio" https://innokabi.com/libro-30-errores-que-mataran-tu-negocio/ Únete a mi newsletter: Suscripción Newsletter Innokabi https://innokabi.com/ ▬▬▬▬ INFO GENERAL ▬▬▬▬▬ ► DESCRIPCIÓN: Me alegro que hayas decidido acompañarnos una semana más en el podcast de Innokabi. Soy Alfonso Prim y quiero ayudarte a lanzar tu marca, producto o servicio con éxito empleando lean startup, herramientas de marketing online y experiencias de otros emprendedores que ya lo han conseguido. ▬▬▬▬▬ CONTENIDO ▬▬▬▬▬ ► DESCRIPCIÓN EPISODIO: En este episodio nos acompaña Manel Gómez, referente internacional en Meta Ads para e-commerce y speaker habitual en eventos de Meta. Manel comparte su experiencia invirtiendo más de 25 millones de euros en campañas para marcas internacionales. Hablamos de estrategias de testeo, escalado y optimización, cómo ha evolucionado la plataforma y qué funciona hoy para hacer rentables tus campañas en Meta. ► MARCAS DE TIEMPO: 00:45 Cómo empezó con Meta Ads 02:20 Por qué dejó la universidad 05:15 Sus inicios con llamadas en frío 07:00 El evento que le cambió la vida 09:30 La evolución de Meta Ads desde 2018 12:00 Impacto del iOS14 en la publicidad 14:10 Cómo testear creatividades efectivas 16:25 Qué variables son clave hoy 18:40 Por qué se queman los anuncios 21:15 Qué es el ad quality y por qué importa 24:00 Cómo hacer testeo con sentido 26:10 Creatividades simples que convierten 28:35 Tipos de escalado que funcionan 31:20 Pujas manuales: cost cap vs bid cap 34:00 Qué es Advantage Plus y cuándo usarlo 37:10 Reglas claras para escalar campañas 40:30 Cómo combinar estrategias y crecer ▬▬▬▬ REFERENCIAS Y ENLACES ▬▬▬▬ Dónde encontrar a Manel Gómez: ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/manel.gomez/ ► Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ManelGomezOfficial Recomendaciones de Manel: Libro: Breakthrough Advertising de Eugene Schwartz Además... Si te gusta el Podcast de Innokabi, no olvides darle al ME GUSTA, dejarme un comentario en tu plataforma de podcasts favorita, y registrarte en la newsletter de Innokabi donde comparto experiencias, ideas de negocio y consejos sobre emprendimiento y marketing online: Únete a mi newsletter: Suscripción Newsletter Innokabi https://innokabi.com/ Recuerda… Prueba SIIL con el cupón INNOKABI (10% de descuento) para revertir los efectos de la edad en cabello y piel de manera 100% natural aquí https://getsiil.com/

Relax with Meditation
Episode 33 Total defeat

Relax with Meditation

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2024


 In our North India Tour with our Ashram, we had a 5-day event with Darshans (personal meeting with the Guru), Pujas (worship of Deity) and Bhajan (Hindu Gospels) singing…100,000 Indian devotees were coming…Our group, about 20 men, of strong and big Western men, had to put the people in waiting lines for the Darshans and give space for sitting and meditating…I had the most experience to do so and was leading our group of partially inexperienced men…Imagine a place size of 1 square Km, with a tribune, height of about 4 meters, size: 200 square meters, and stairs in front of it… and hidden stairs in the back.We tried our best to put the Indians in waiting lines… and the local Indian devotees have given them waiting numbers for the Darshan…Not a so easy task?!As usual, the crowd was hard to control…I didn't care, and tried my best to control the waiting lines…And when a line didn't work out, I rushed to that line and helped …Then it escalated, the crowd got upset and we got into huge trouble…I asked several Indians that I could trust, what is the problem?And they told all the same… the Indian locals had given the people token-numbers, who were waiting at longest and arrived early the highest token numbers instead of the lowest token-numbers for the Darshan, …And in front of us were about 100000 impatience Indians…I told the Indians, please hold this line I will inform our staff. I squeezed through the crowd as fast as possible to go to our staff…Explained them our problem and said we have to calm them down..Give them new numbers.They said, no chance anymore, hold on, the police are coming…I rushed back, the Indians did a good job…It became worse and worse every minute…We decided to go to the entrance of the tribune, we divided our group, one group on the right path one group on the left path to the tribune, and one in front of the stairs..100,000 people were storming the tribune …And the police were not coming …We positioned ourselves strategically on the left and right path to the Tribune's stairs and in front of the stairs to hold our last stronghold. Our other defense lines were already broken and we were running out of time. That sounds professional?!First, the right path to the tribune was knocked down and then the left path (with me) to the tribune was stormed…I lost my consciousness, I can't remember anything…Somehow later, I gained back my consciousness and watched in slow motion when the stairs with my friends on top broke down…It was so devastating to see that…I felt I was responsible for that, could not do anything, because I could not go up and help…A friend who helped me to gain back my consciousness …Asked, are you okay, can I go to the stairs… Yes!Are you sure?Yes, go…I asked myself, what if they are severely in-juried?…The ambulance and police came and luckily no man in my group was severely in-juried…We had wounds, and black spots, and these are easy to heal.Our white cloth was dirty, bloody, and torn…Then one from our staff (Brahmachari ) was coming, we should go on the tribune, our Guru is waiting… I said wait we are so dirty and in front of us so many people, let's go first to the nurse, wash, and change the cloth…The Brahmachari went back to our Guru, and our Guru said we should come immediately…“Rudi, can you go up?”I felt dizzy and had an urge to vomit…“I will try…”I lost my consciousness again…I can't remember anything.Later we were on the stage and explained what happened…We looked like a gang after a street fight…I had to go to the doctor, and then to rest for some days…Our Guru scolded the local Indians and said my devotees will never help you again…And so we never did this task again. My Video: Episode 33 Total defeat  https://youtu.be/8CUSAyv1LeIMy Audio: https://divinesuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/Podcast4/Episode-33-Total-defeat.mp3

Mysticast
FROM CHERNOBYL TO CHENNAI: Dr. Q's Quest for Healing and Truth with Nadi Reading

Mysticast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 72:38


In a revealing episode of the Mysticast, hosts Jack Stafford and Dr. Q explore the ancient practice of Indian Palm Leaf Reading, known as Nadi Readings, and its profound impact on modern healing and spiritual growth. Originating from Tamil Nadu, India, these readings were crafted by sages who envisioned the future to assist individuals on their life paths. The narrative follows Dr. Q's journey into discovering Nadi Readings, detailing the process from identifying one's leaf to uncovering remarkably accurate life insights and future predictions. It showcases personal transformations, like Sam's life-altering experience, underscoring the readings' power in promoting personal development, karma understanding, and enlightenment. The discussion extends to accessing these readings through the Indian Palm Leaf Reading Institute, emphasizing the spiritual evolution and service to humanity engrained in this ancient wisdom, now available globally.00:00 Welcome to Mysticast: Bridging Worlds00:20 Introducing Dr. Q: A Journey into Nadia Readings03:00 The Fascinating World of Indian Palm Leaf Reading04:06 Dr. Q's Life Story: From Iran to Indian Mysticism23:32 The Search for Palm Leaves: A Detailed Process29:46 The Magic of Matching: Finding Your Leaf37:53 The Power of Reading: Transforming Lives38:30 Understanding the Nature of Readings39:07 The Raw Truth of Readings: Unfiltered Insights39:27 Life's Challenges and Readings: A Reality Check40:45 Navigating Life's Blocks with Readings41:29 The Power of Remedies in Readings42:01 The Significance of Pujas and Energy Shifting45:37 Personal Stories of Transformation51:46 The Global Reach and Ethical Foundation of the Institute59:46 Karma, Service, and the Journey to Moksha01:03:59 Exploring the Aetherius Society's Teachings www.indianpalmleafreading.com - - - - Resources related to The Aetherius Society and advanced teachings - - - - - The Aetherius Society - https://www.aetherius.org/ Aetherius Radio Live - https://www.aetherius.org/podcasts/ Spiritual Freedom Show - https://www.aetherius.org/the-spiritual-freedom-show/ King Yoga FB Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/awakeningthroughkingyoga The International Mystic Knowledge Center - http://www.mysticknowledge.org/ IMKC youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/MysticKnowledge

Relax with Meditation
Episode 32 women are smarter than men…

Relax with Meditation

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2024


 We were with the Ashram on the North India tour for many weeks.We traveled with 8 Busses full of Western and Indian devotees and equipment… around 400 people, which is only possible in India… to different cities. With Darshans (personal meeting with the Guru), Pujas (worship of Deity), and Bhajan (Hindu Gospels) singing… …I usually picked up the worst job, this was Indian toilet cleaning during the rush hours… Then I had to close the toilets for a short time and the Indians were protesting like crazy…Somehow a group of wealthy Indian Students approached me… We want to clean the toilets, and you should not do that.I never have experienced in all of my lives that rich Indians like to clean toilets, they hate that… Somehow the entire atmosphere changed … became Divine...I thought I had so much trouble sorting out the problems with Western devotees, even it was not my job …Then I don't do anything, only meditation...The Tour organizer Jnani (a woman) who was the embodiment of injustice, gave mostly all of the toilets to the ladies and the same to the sleeping place..Even worse she said: Lady first… I encountered her, So not… Somehow we could distribute the toilets and sleeping room equally for both genders…I wanted to be in silence all the time, but again and again, the males bothered me and I had to solve their problems even though I was not responsible for them, as I thought… There was another guy who was responsible for the males, but he had no interest in doing the job.After 2 days full of bad consciousness that I didn't work, I went to the job desk, and said the Indians are cleaning now the toilets… She looked up and said furiously, the Indians have complained about that, you never should do this job again… You are already set up as assistance for Jnani…And I thought, “This awful dragon… I want to be in silence and not communicating like crazy with this Bitch.”Why me?She wants you!So I had to look for the males and for the place where we could sit separately from the women, during the Darshan.There was not enough space for everyone like usually, how to separate the genders?One side males, one side females and one-meter distance between both…I went through the rows and pushed the ladies out of the male's space to get this 1-meter separation…I felt great, to be strictly and harsh to gain respect…Finally, it was done…I turned around and the women were sitting again in that space of the males!Over frustrated that my commanding didn't work out,I sat down and meditated close to the separation line...I felt again and again pushes, and touches … I ignored them, continued with my meditation, and thought maybe some Indians…The young ladies had surrounded me and were in touch with my body…That was sinful… I hated them… And they became my enemies.In the evening when I had plenty of space, young Indian ladies surrounded me, touching me, even sitting on my lab, when I was meditating .…Their motto, what Western ladies can do, we can do better…I looked helplessly at Big Swami, he smiled and was talking to their parents…Swamiji knew I was living in Celibacy for years…I didn't want to get tempted by young beautiful Ladies!And Swamiji loved to do pranks …When I was during a big event totally tired, I looked where I could sleep… I found an empty storage tent, laid down on the ground, covered with my Doti, and slept immediately.I woke up and was surrounded by a group of wealthy Indians, sitting on the ground, who were talking with Big Swami…It was so embarrassing.What to do?Pretending to sleep and wait?Or go up and leave the tent?After 15 minutes I stood up … the Indians laughedWordless I left the scene…Similar happened on a bus, we should sit between young Indian ladies… No way…I said that is not possible … No lady should touch us…Then one lady after the next went to me and touched me…And it was going even worse…The bus, where I sat, broke down because of too much load and the males had to be distributed on the other buses…They gave me a seat in the Luxury bus, and it was full of wealthy Western Ladies…I should squeeze between two young attractive ladies...I said, so not and went straight to Jnani …She said this was the only seat that fit your long legs…But what should think the Indians about me…I don't care… The Ladies agreed … Finish.I had no choice…One lady from the left was resting her head on my shoulders. The other lady put her hand on my thigh… I complained … after 15 minutes they did the same…In the night I woke up, one lady embraced me and kissed me …I pretended to sleep.What for a disgrace…?And I had to sit there during the rest of the journey…The enemies outnumbered me what should I do? Complaining was no way…So I had to become kind and lovely with my enemies… to get things done…Love your enemies?When I was fighting with my long curly hair and tried to comb them…A Lady said, I can't see, how you do that...I show you how you should do it…The Ladies loved to comb my hair and I learned a lot…Impatience doesn't work out.My Video: Episode 32 women are smarter than men…https://youtu.be/Ap-_ucjoArwMy Audio: https://divinesuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/Podcast4/Episode-32-women-are-smarter-than-men.mp3

TARDE ABIERTA
TARDE ABIERTA T05C079 Recuperan en Lorca el baile de pujas, a beneficio de Cáritas (26/12/2023)

TARDE ABIERTA

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2023 12:06


Para ello acompañan a nuestro compañero Alfonso Martínez el presidente del Grupo de Coros y Danzas Virgen de las Huertas, Luis González, la presidenta de la sección juvenil, Ana Belén Sánchez, y José Francisco Ortega.

The Goddess Activation Podcast with Nikita Anand
77. The Ancient Indian Tradition of Puja

The Goddess Activation Podcast with Nikita Anand

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2023 10:21


What is the ancient Indian tradition of Puja? How my parents taught me about it since was 6 years old and 3 powerful Pujas you can try out by yourself.Want to work deeper with Pujas?I shared the Mirror Puja and the Love Letter Puja inside my online course that guides you step by step into healing deep-rooted shame, guilt and traumas from your body especially around the topics of body-image, sexuality, owning your feminine energy and your sensuality.This course is here for the women who are saying yes to living a liberated life on THEIR terms. Creating the most supporting and deeply loving relationship with themselves where they become their own biggest fans!Click here to learn more.Want to dive deeper in person?The SOUL Retreat in Mallorca is a 5 day Women's Retreat guiding you through Ceremonies, Pujas and deep reclamation work of remembering that you are OF worth, activating your voice and becoming the SOUL leader that you came here to be.Click here to learn more and grab your spot at the table of trailblazers and "Fuck yes, I'm doing this for me"-Sisters!

Marketing Digital para gente como uno.
1378 Curso Google ADS: Estrategia de pujas.

Marketing Digital para gente como uno.

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 9:59


Puja, subasta ¿Sabés que significan estos términos en las campañas de publicidad? Si no lo sabés llegó el momento de aprenderlo. En este episodio del minicurso de Google ads veremos la importancia de elegir la puja correcta y cómo se relaciona la misma con nuestros objetivos de marketing y comerciales.

Sacred Sutra Podcast with Savina Leo

One of the most sacred practices in Hinduism is a Puja! It's a divine act of worship. But do you know what you're doing and why you are doing it? Being a Hindu, pujas are a huge part of my life and their spiritual importance can not be understated. My insights into pujas on the spiritual level will change every puja you will partake in or go to after this episode. Don't skip it!Manifestation MastercourseCourses/WorkshopInstagramWork with meFreebie: 21 Radical Affirmations for Manifestation

Los Mediatizados: emisiones regulares
Mediatizados 357 - Previa del EGM y segunda ronda de pujas para la Champions

Los Mediatizados: emisiones regulares

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 60:01


#LosMediatizados357 (22/06/2023) Previa del EGM y segunda ronda de pujas para la Champions

Les Grosses Têtes
LE LIVRE DU JOUR - "Le rire urbain" de Sophie Pujas

Les Grosses Têtes

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2023 5:51


Aujourd'hui les Grosses Têtes parlent de street art avec l'autrice Sophie Pujas et son livre "Le rire Urbain. Quand le street art fait de l'humour". Découvrez la page Facebook Officielle des "Grosses Têtes" : https://www.facebook.com/lesgrossestetesrtl/ Retrouvez vos "Grosses Têtes" sur Instagram : https://bit.ly/2hSBiAo Découvrez le compte Twitter Officiel des "Grosses Têtes" : https://bit.ly/2PXSkkz Toutes les vidéos des "Grosses Têtes" sont sur YouTube : https://bit.ly/2DdUyGg

Excelsior
Pujas morenistas por poder en la CDMX…

Excelsior

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 3:07


Lejos aún el momento de las grandes decisiones “sucesorias” a nivel federal, la confrontación entre las distintas fracciones lopezobradoristas en la capital parece acercarse al punto en que, más allá de la autopromoción, con o sin la “bendición” de la regenta o del único y verdadero gurú, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, quienes aspiran y se consideran con merecimientos para, en el futuro próximo, alcanzar alguna posición relevante de poder, han comenzado a enderezar ataques en contra de quienes consideran sus potenciales adversarios…Igual en la puja por una curul en Donceles que en San Lázaro o en el Senado, que en la previsible “rebatiña” por la candidatura a alguna de las 16 alcaldías de la Ciudad de México —nueve de ellas bajo control hoy de la oposición— o, incluso, por la principal oficina del exPalacio del Ayuntamiento, los intereses y ambiciones de morenos se encuentran francamente desatadas, al grado que hace ya no pocas semanas desbordaron todo intento de control de la impresentable Claudia Sheinbaum y quienes operan en su círculo íntimo.

51 Percent
#1694: Women Religious Leaders, Part Three | 51%

51 Percent

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2022 29:14


On this week's 51%, we speak with Sangeetha Kowsik, a Hindu Chaplain at New York University, as part of our series speaking with women religious leaders and scholars. Kowsik discusses the multitude of ways Hinduism is practiced, her love of pujas, and her thoughts on how the religion is depicted in popular culture. Guest: Sangeetha Kowsik, Hindu Chaplain at New York University 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. It's hosted by Jesse King. Our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is "Lolita" by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue. Follow Along You're listening to 51%, a WAMC production dedicated to women's issues and experiences. Thanks for joining us, I'm Jesse King. This week, to kick off your new year, we're continuing our series speaking with women religious leaders and scholars, to celebrate the different ways that we worship. Our guest today is Sangeetha Kowsik, a Hindu Chaplain and founder of the Hindu Center at New York University. Kowsik has a lot of loves: she's an artist and fashion designer by profession, a scholar of Arabic calligraphy, an activist, and even a trained dancer. But she says her faith plays a role in every aspect of her life — and it has for as long as she can remember. The daughter of Indian immigrants, Kowsik says her father helped start three Hindu temples across the U.S., including her childhood temple in Livermore, California. Tell me about growing up by the temple. What was it that you connected with in Hinduism? Unfortunately in the West, there's a negative connotation, that they call our deities “idols,” and that Hindus are idol worshipers – which is not correct. The correct term for the statues, the deities that you see inside the temple, is “murti,” which is a symbolic representation of the divine. So these murtis stayed at my house and our puja room – a puja room is a special room, or a corner, or a cupboard, or anything in your house that you dedicate just for worship. We have an extra bedroom downstairs, so that's our puja room. So before the temple was consecrated, the deities stayed in our home. And for me, as a child – I'm a very small child here, [about] 4-years-old – these deities, I thought they were my friends. Just like I would play with my Barbie dolls and my stuffed toys, I would feed them, I would play with them. I gave them tea, played tea party with them. I loved them, and especially Durga. Hinduism is the only religion in the world that sees the divine as not just an almighty father, but almighty mother. So this murti, Durga, stayed in our puja room, and I thought she was my friend. I thought she was my bestie. I loved her so much. So when the deities – I think I was four – when the deities got moved, the temple was consecrated, I remember throwing a huge temper tantrum. Because you took my friends away. You took my dolls away, basically, right? But as I got older, I realized how much they mean to me, and how much Hinduism means to me. I'll give you an overview. So, India is the birthplace of Hinduism – South Asia, basically this giant landmass. So what is now India: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, parts of Iran, Nepal, Afghanistan. They were all one giant landmass before partition and lines occurred. So Hinduism has no historical founder, like the three Abrahamic religions. Islam, Christianity and Judaism all come from the prophet Abraham, peace be upon him. [But] we don't have that. Hindus don't have that. What I thought was so cool, is that you can see the divine in so many different ways. It's not some scary being in the sky, with a huge beard, telling you like, “This is wrong. That is wrong.” It could be the soft, sweet, beautiful deity like Ganesha – the elephant I'm wearing, it's written in Arabic here, right? So Ganesha, he's so sweet and gorgeous that you just want to pick him up and play with him, like a child. Or you see Lord Shiva, almighty Shiva, who is the mighty father. So whenever you have an issue or problem, you can call to Lord Shiva – like your dad, “Go kick his ass,” you know what I mean? It's like, “That dude is rude. Go kick his ass.” You can pray to Lord Shiva. You can see beautiful Mahalakshmi dressed in her gorgeous robe… And the fact that the songs that my mom taught me, the meaning behind them, is so beautiful – it's a very personalized relationship with God. That's why I love Hinduism so much. It's very personal, like you can feel it. You can feel him / her/ it, I don't know all these pronouns, [but] we believe in all the pronouns. So it's like all of them in your heart, and Hinduism doesn't state that something is wrong. It gives LGBTQI rights. It gives women's rights. It gives rights to all creation, because everything in this world is created by the mighty divine. Like paper, pens are all of the goddess Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge and learning. So we don't step on any paper or step on paint brushes or musical instruments with our feet – feet are nasty and gross, you walk outside with it – I always thought that was so cool, and wonderful, that we respect everything. Everything is divine. When you say namaskar or namaste to somebody, it literally means, “I bow to the divine in you.” The fact that you can see multiple ways of the divine is something that always appealed to me. Like whatever you're feeling inside, there's space for you. There's room at the table for you. There's room for you in the temple. Kowsik says the Shiva-Vishnu Temple in Livermore showcases that inclusivity with a range of languages and priests, as well as a combination of North and South Indian architecture. When Kowsik moved to New York City, she found herself attending and volunteering at another temple her father had a history in: The Hindu Temple Society of North America in Flushing, Queens. Kowsik says her work with youths there caught the attention of NYU — that, and her participation in another, what she calls “more hipster” temple at the time: Eddie Stern's Broom Street Temple in Brooklyn. Tell me about your work at Broom Street Temple and NYU. Well, I got 80 white people to sing [in service]. Pat on my back. Yeah, pronunciation was wack, but whatever. God accepts everything, you know. It's the intention behind the prayer, not your pronunciation. Anywho, NYU – they'd never met anyone who was born and raised in the U.S. who knows Hindu scriptures. Because generally, Jesse, most people who go to Hindu temples in the U.S., you just see older people. You see grandmas and grandpas, aunties and uncles. More people from India going to temples – you rarely see people born and raised here [in the U.S.] going to temple, because it's not clearly explained. I get it, I totally get it. You take a kid into a temple, the priest is doing something for like 40 minutes, he doesn't get what he's doing. He's bored, and thinks, “I'm gonna watch The Simpsons or some s***." You know what I mean? So it's like, I get it. Hinduism, it might be the oldest religion in the world, [but] it's still very much a baby religion in the United States. It's brought by immigrants. And so it's going to take a while for people to understand what this faith is. So I help the students [by] not just having events to teach about Hinduism [and] take part in worship, but also if they need spiritual advice, if they're having an issue, [I help them] solve that. I can refer them to a scripture passage, or teach them a mantra, or teach them a saying to help them get through their darkness as well. For those who might not know, what do Hindu prayers and services look like? OK, so again, Jesse, this depends on how you were born and brought up and raised – whether you're South Indian, North Indian, East Indian, this and that. “Puja” means ritualistic prayer. In Hinduism, when we're praying, we're not worshiping the idol. We're worshipping what this murti represents. We're asking the divine to come and inhabit this Ganesha, for example. Let's set Ganesha as an example, right? We're asking Lord Ganesha to inhabit this. And you have to go back into history: South Asia was very rich with gold, as well as agriculture, back in the day before colonization and partition. And so to express gratitude, they used to give everything to the temple. And they imagine that Ganesha is sitting right in front of them. We worship as though God is sitting right in front of us. So like the exalted king, or the exalted queen, these words that we're saying in the puja: “Avahayami, avahayami,” means, “Please come forth, my beloved.” So like a king or a queen, you offer them a seat, you offer them food, you offer them ritualistic bathing. At the end is the Aarti. People might be familiar with Aarti, because of all the Bollywood films. Everyone does it, right. But again, it's beautiful because when they sing it, it's saying, “You are my mother, you are my father, you are my friend, you are my beloved.” “You are my everything,” is what they are calling to the divine. So that's what a puja is. Puja is ritualistic prayer. Everything has to be neat and clean. Like, for example, before the priest starts the prayer, he cleanses himself with water, he'll drink the water to clean his insides, clean his heart, clean his brain, his ears – you know, to let only good thoughts [in] and let [him] be pure and clean when [he] offers these prayers. So a priest, he leads the prayer – but he's not God. Anybody can do this, that's another thing. But priests are trained, because they go to special schools in India where they study all these mantras, these chants, prayers. And then they come to the United States, and they lead it. And they're not chaplains. Like, you know how in Christianity, there's a pastor, and he goes up there, and he takes a Bible verse, and then he explains it? Or then he talks about day-to-day life, what's going on, and helps people? We don't have that. The priest, that's not his job to do something like that. His job is to lead the prayer rituals. And then he gives you the offering, the flowers, or the food that you offered, and stuff like that. So that's what puja is like. Pujas are very high flown in South India – because again, they didn't have the Islamic influence, they didn't have the Christian influence, because there's a mountain range that protects South India. Where my parents are from, it's called the Temple State. So these rituals for years on end, eons on end, have remained the same. Because they didn't have an influence from anybody else. North India, they have the Islamic influence. So a lot of North Indian women, they cover their hair when they go to prayer. And in North India, Sanskrit is the language, [they use] Sanskrit prayers. Sanskrit is supposed to be the mother of all languages – that's where Hindi came out of, Urdu came out of. Everything, all of our prayers and rituals, came out of Sanskrit language and came down here. But Tamil people also have a unique way of worshipping. So do Bengali people. So do Punjabi people. That's what makes Hinduism so cool, is its diversity, and multitude of practices. For example, if you took the New York City area: in Manhattan, there's only the Hari Krishna center, the Bhakti Center, which is in the East Village. So their main deity is Radha-Krishna, and they follow the sayings of the saint who started the Hari Krishna movement. But that's it. If you want to see a South Indian ginormous temple, you haul yourself on the seven train to go to Flushing, Queens, and then you can see the Flushing Ganesha temple. And then across the street from Flushing temple, there's a North Indian one that's there too. They have marble deities. And there's an Afghan Hindu temple, also. Afghan people were Hindus back in the day, and there's still some Afghan Hindus left. And the way they do things vary. But Flushing temple, you go on their website, and ever since COVID, they've been live streaming their prayer rituals every single day. And it's beautifully done. It starts on time ends on time, no Indian Standard Time, no brown standard time. Everything starts and ends on time. Why Jesse? Because it's run by a woman. Dr. Uma Mysorekar, for 45 years, she's been the president of flushing temple. Everything starts and ends on time, you know, complete efficiency. Well, on that note, is it becoming more common to see women becoming priests or taking leadership roles in temples? I think so. Like I read about in the New York Times, there's a – I think she's a North Indian lady – who married LGBTQI couples. She was featured in the New York Times, so that was pretty cool. I know another two or three like pujaris – “pujaris” means “lady priests” – in Chicago and in the New York area. So there are some people taking the initiative to learn these prayers and hymns and to be able to lead puja. Slowly but surely things are changing now in the community. You've mentioned some of the misconceptions about Hinduism. What are some other things that you feel people confuse between Hinduism in practice versus other societal or cultural norms? Of course, like, for example, the idea of arranged marriages. Did you see that crappy show, that show Indian Matchmaking on Netflix? Yes, I have. Yeah, I hate binge watched it along with Amina, my Muslim lady chaplain friend. We hate binge watched it, OK? Because, first of all, what she's saying – not all Indian people act like that. Not all Hindu people act like that. In fact, in Hinduism, none of our deities were arranged marriages. Goddess Parvati, who is the embodiment of beauty, and who's Shakti – “Shakti” means “energy,” like no male deity can live without his female counterpart, the energy, the almighty mother, right? Parvati won Shiva through penance. And her penance was so intense that the entire world shook. She chose Lord Shiva. She chose Lord Shiva. Lakshmi, she came out of the churning of the ocean. She chose Lord Vishnu. So not an arranged marriage, right? And Ganesha is technically Parvati's kid, Parvati didn't need Shiva to have a kid. Ganesh came out of a piece of Parvati's body, right. So why do we make fun of single mothers? Why is it such a taboo to be a single mom, when technically Parvati is a single mom? Subramanya, Kartikeya, [Ganesha's] younger brother came from the six sparks of Lord Shiva. So this is a modern-day family. Shiva and Parvati are a modern-day family because you have a father, you have a mother, and they have these two children. Ganesha's the first deity, you can't get around him. Every prayer begins with Lord Ganesha, can't get around him. Ganesha and Subramanya are brothers, but technically, they're not even half-brothers. They're brothers who came, one from Lord Shiva, one from Goddess Parvati. So why do we judge single parents? Why do we judge divorced people? Another cool thing, Lord Ayyappan – Ayyappa is a deity of South India, Kerala. He is the son of two male deities, Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva. So why is there so much animosity towards the LGBTQI community, when Ayyappa is the son of two fathers? Even though Vishnu took the form of the enchanter Mohini, the lady, to have the baby, still. It's like, why do we have these stigmas and taboos? Arranged marriages, it's a cultural phenomenon. It's not a religious phenomenon. And why is it always considered a Hindu thing, when the tutors in the European dynasties also had arranged marriages, in order to keep wealth in the family? Why is it a taboo that, “Hindus believe in arranged marriages?” No, we do not. It's a cultural thing. Maybe it's an Indian practice, or South Asian practice, you can say, but it's not a Hindu practice. That's something that I firmly believe in. Also, and we have Brahmacharya deities, celibate deities. Hanuman is a celibate deity. He didn't want to get married. Ganesha's technically a celibate deity. You know how he got out of marriage? They were pressuring him to get married. And he's like, “OK, fine.” He's also the lord of wisdom, right? It's like, “Alright, fine. Find me a woman more accomplished than my mama, more beautiful than my mama, and I will marry her,” right? And you can't get more beautiful or more accomplished than goddess Parvati, so he got out of it. But in some stories, in some ways of thinking, he has Siddhi and Buddhi, he has two wives. Also, when women have periods, they're considered impure. I remember, Jesse, when I went to India, and we went to a temple in North India, there's a huge sign outside that said, “Women on their periods who are menstruating should not enter the temple premises at all.” I'm like, “What are you going to do, check?” When I saw that, I was horrified, and I was disgusted also. I gave a lecture on this topic with Amina. So you have to go back, again, in history. When women had their periods, people didn't live in cities [back then] – they were gatherers and wanderers and nomads. They lived in like, tents in the middle of the forest. So when women bled, animals could smell the blood, right? Then they would attack. So that's why they kept these women isolated – so people could protect them. They would build the village around them. And where did everyone socialize and gather? It was at the temple back in the day. So when women are going there, animals could smell the blood, and they would attack. So that's why it's they kept them separate, they kept them from going there to keep [the community] safe. Plus, I don't know about you, but women, when we get our periods, we go crazy with PMS. It feels like someone stabbing us in the back with a stiletto. So why would you want to go to temple, when you're trying to pray and connect with God, and you're like, “Oh, my back hurts. Oh, my legs hurt.”? You know, that's another reason people kept them separate. But it's not because you're impure, or you're unclean. Actually, there are a couple of temples in northeastern India – I read about this – where the goddess menstruates. They have an entire festival built around this lady who menstruates. I thought that was so beautiful and so cool. You had asked me before what I love about Hinduism. There's always something new and fun and fascinating to learn about in Hinduism. Another deity, another way of thinking, another practice, another book, another scripture. Everyone says that in Hinduism, the Bhagavad Gita is the only scripture that they're familiar with. No, that's not the only scripture we have. We have Vedas, we have Shastras. We have different books written by different saints and sages. So Bhagavad Gita isn't our “Hindu Bible.” That's another stigma that needs to be broken. While I was working at the Metropolitan Museum, a curator told me, he's like, “Think about it. Before the British came, the Bhagavad Gita wasn't really illustrated. It wasn't really written down. It wasn't really illustrated on paper. You saw carvings of it, but there's no paintings, no paper of this. Why? Because when the British came to South Asia, they saw all these people thinking in a multitude of different ways, praying in all sorts of ways, and they were massively confused, because they came from a Christian background. Because they came from one book, one prophet, one thing. And they saw all of this and they're like, ‘OK, you know what, we're going to take Mahabharat, the poem that Bhagavad Gita is extracted from, and here you go, this is the Hindu Bible.” And that's not right. So after the British came, you see a lot more paintings and drawings of Lord Krishna giving the sermon to Arjuna, and stuff like that written down. But it's interesting, you look in art history, and it teaches you a lot as well. So we don't just have one central text, we have a multitude of ways of thinking, and multiple books, and everyone should accept how the other ones think. North India isn't better than South India, South India isn't better than East India, East isn't better than the West. We're all equal, under the divine. You mentioned that Hinduism is growing in the US, but it's still one of the smaller religions. What do you see as both the obstacles and opportunities in Hinduism right now? For opportunities, first of all, we're all spending more time online, because we can't congregate in person because of COVID. Right? That means the reach is far. People can get to know about Hinduism through YouTube, through Facebook, through all these channels of communication, through the digital world. So that opportunity, and the fact that the world is becoming more inclusive. You see all of these different colleges have inclusivity and diversity trainings, so that's a step in the right direction – at least they're starting to care a bit more. The obstacles I face is that people don't know so much about Hinduism correctly in order to actually help. For example, I was part of NAHCA, the North American Hindu Chaplains Association when it was formed. And that's to help with spiritual caregiving and find chaplains to work in hospitals, the military, and the university system. But even the word chaplain, we don't have that in Hindu language. Like, when I went to NYU, Imam Khalid was the first person who took me under his wing, and I'm like, “What the hell's a chaplain, dude?” And he explained to me, it's spiritual caregiving. It's being there for someone the way they need you to be there for them. “Dope, that's so cool. I can do this.” But when you say Hindu chaplain, most Hindus, even the ones born and raised here, they don't know what a Hindu chaplain is. My parents don't know what a chaplain is, until I explained to them. Slowly, Hindu chaplaincy is growing in the United States. Like, I've had people contact me from the military, and from also prisons as well. But they also need to know the right terminology. For example, I'll get requests, “Can you marry this couple?” And I'm like, “OK, in Hinduism, what is the language that they speak? What culture did they come from? How are they raised? What do they prefer?” They can't explain these things to me, so you need to ask the right questions. Also, for example, one of my students at NYU, he wanted to study chaplaincy. So I wrote his recommendations to divinity schools – there's Harvard Divinity School, and there's one in Chicago. And the box check [on the form] says, “Affiliation: Church, Synagogue.” Yo, you forgot temple, you know what I mean? Stuff like that. But you know, Jesse, I have a positive outlook that things are growing. And because the world is becoming more inclusive, and people are starting to understand each other more, and have access to each other more – like, no matter how much I have a love-hate relationship with social media, at least you learn information, learn about new things. You can hear about some cool graffiti artist in the middle of Africa someplace, because he has an Instagram account. You know, there's a huge Hindu temple in Ghana, Africa, that I can't wait to go to. Yeah, Black people, African people are Hindus. There's a gigantic temple in Ghana, Africa. So [likewise] there are different Hindu people in the U.S. who are trying their level best to bring Hinduism to the mainstream. But I really don't appreciate [things like] this Indian Matchmaking show. You need to put a disclaimer on that, that this is only certain types of people who act like this. Meanwhile, there are other like good TV shows like Mindy Kaling's Never Have I Ever. Did you see that? I haven't seen that, no. It's about an Indian American family who lives in Southern California, in L.A. But you know, she beautifully illustrates what Indian American Hindu kids feel. Devi, that's the lead [character] in that show, she doesn't know anything about Hinduism. She's growing up like any other American kid, like, she has a crush on the hot guy or whatever. And then they take her to a Hindu puja in a school gymnasium, and it's just more a cultural thing than anything. No one is really worshiping. They don't understand the meaning behind it. That's how a lot of people feel, a lot of Hindu kids feel in the U.S. But I thought that was a beautifully done show. Because people assume, also, culturally, that everyone speaks Hindi. Like all Indians speak Hindi, which is not true. I don't speak Hindi. I don't understand Hindi so much, here and there. My father speaks Hindi fluently, because he lived in the north, and my mom does not. So it's like, at least Tamil has been put on the map, like, a South Indian language has been put on the map. And people need to realize that India is extremely diverse. There's over 5,000 languages that are spoken there. English and Hindi are not the only two, you know. People need to accept the diversity of Hinduism, the diversity of Indian cultures, as well as their different ways of thinking. And accept all of them. Lastly, do you have a favorite religious message or deity or story that you'd like to share with listeners? Oh, my God, I love all of them. That's the biggest thing is for me is this Sanskrit phrased that means, the world, the entire world, is one family. That's the principle that I adhere by. So technically, you're my sister. He's my brother. She's my mother. She's my sister. If you see everyone as one, as oneness, then you wouldn't have hatred or malice or judgement in your heart and your brain. And then another phrase, which means, “Let all creation be healthy, happy, prosperous.” It's said at the end, after every prayer ritual. So we're not just praying for Hindu people to be happy, or Indian people to be happy. We're praying for the entire world, entire planet, all creation. And creation includes animals, birds, plants, vegetation – all of that, too. Sangeetha Kowsik is the Hindu Chaplain at NYU. You can learn more about her work on the university's website, and her artwork at www.ihsanishan.com. You've been listening to 51%. 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. It's hosted by me, Jesse King. Our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is “Lolita” by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue. Thanks again to Sangeetha Kowsik for taking part in this week's episode. Until next week, I'm Jesse King for 51%. Happy New Year!

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#1694: Women Religious Leaders, Part Three | 51%

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On this week's 51%, we speak with Sangeetha Kowsik, a Hindu Chaplain at New York University, as part of our series speaking with women religious leaders and scholars. Kowsik discusses the multitude of ways Hinduism is practiced, her love of pujas, and her thoughts on how the religion is depicted in popular culture. Guest: Sangeetha Kowsik, Hindu Chaplain at New York University 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. It's hosted by Jesse King. Our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is "Lolita" by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue. Follow Along You're listening to 51%, a WAMC production dedicated to women's issues and experiences. Thanks for joining us, I'm Jesse King. This week, to kick off your new year, we're continuing our series speaking with women religious leaders and scholars, to celebrate the different ways that we worship. Our guest today is Sangeetha Kowsik, a Hindu Chaplain and founder of the Hindu Center at New York University. Kowsik has a lot of loves: she's an artist and fashion designer by profession, a scholar of Arabic calligraphy, an activist, and even a trained dancer. But she says her faith plays a role in every aspect of her life — and it has for as long as she can remember. The daughter of Indian immigrants, Kowsik says her father helped start three Hindu temples across the U.S., including her childhood temple in Livermore, California. Tell me about growing up by the temple. What was it that you connected with in Hinduism? Unfortunately in the West, there's a negative connotation, that they call our deities “idols,” and that Hindus are idol worshipers – which is not correct. The correct term for the statues, the deities that you see inside the temple, is “murti,” which is a symbolic representation of the divine. So these murtis stayed at my house and our puja room – a puja room is a special room, or a corner, or a cupboard, or anything in your house that you dedicate just for worship. We have an extra bedroom downstairs, so that's our puja room. So before the temple was consecrated, the deities stayed in our home. And for me, as a child – I'm a very small child here, [about] 4-years-old – these deities, I thought they were my friends. Just like I would play with my Barbie dolls and my stuffed toys, I would feed them, I would play with them. I gave them tea, played tea party with them. I loved them, and especially Durga. Hinduism is the only religion in the world that sees the divine as not just an almighty father, but almighty mother. So this murti, Durga, stayed in our puja room, and I thought she was my friend. I thought she was my bestie. I loved her so much. So when the deities – I think I was four – when the deities got moved, the temple was consecrated, I remember throwing a huge temper tantrum. Because you took my friends away. You took my dolls away, basically, right? But as I got older, I realized how much they mean to me, and how much Hinduism means to me. I'll give you an overview. So, India is the birthplace of Hinduism – South Asia, basically this giant landmass. So what is now India: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, parts of Iran, Nepal, Afghanistan. They were all one giant landmass before partition and lines occurred. So Hinduism has no historical founder, like the three Abrahamic religions. Islam, Christianity and Judaism all come from the prophet Abraham, peace be upon him. [But] we don't have that. Hindus don't have that. What I thought was so cool, is that you can see the divine in so many different ways. It's not some scary being in the sky, with a huge beard, telling you like, “This is wrong. That is wrong.” It could be the soft, sweet, beautiful deity like Ganesha – the elephant I'm wearing, it's written in Arabic here, right? So Ganesha, he's so sweet and gorgeous that you just want to pick him up and play with him, like a child. Or you see Lord Shiva, almighty Shiva, who is the mighty father. So whenever you have an issue or problem, you can call to Lord Shiva – like your dad, “Go kick his ass,” you know what I mean? It's like, “That dude is rude. Go kick his ass.” You can pray to Lord Shiva. You can see beautiful Mahalakshmi dressed in her gorgeous robe… And the fact that the songs that my mom taught me, the meaning behind them, is so beautiful – it's a very personalized relationship with God. That's why I love Hinduism so much. It's very personal, like you can feel it. You can feel him / her/ it, I don't know all these pronouns, [but] we believe in all the pronouns. So it's like all of them in your heart, and Hinduism doesn't state that something is wrong. It gives LGBTQI rights. It gives women's rights. It gives rights to all creation, because everything in this world is created by the mighty divine. Like paper, pens are all of the goddess Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge and learning. So we don't step on any paper or step on paint brushes or musical instruments with our feet – feet are nasty and gross, you walk outside with it – I always thought that was so cool, and wonderful, that we respect everything. Everything is divine. When you say namaskar or namaste to somebody, it literally means, “I bow to the divine in you.” The fact that you can see multiple ways of the divine is something that always appealed to me. Like whatever you're feeling inside, there's space for you. There's room at the table for you. There's room for you in the temple. Kowsik says the Shiva-Vishnu Temple in Livermore showcases that inclusivity with a range of languages and priests, as well as a combination of North and South Indian architecture. When Kowsik moved to New York City, she found herself attending and volunteering at another temple her father had a history in: The Hindu Temple Society of North America in Flushing, Queens. Kowsik says her work with youths there caught the attention of NYU — that, and her participation in another, what she calls “more hipster” temple at the time: Eddie Stern's Broom Street Temple in Brooklyn. Tell me about your work at Broom Street Temple and NYU. Well, I got 80 white people to sing [in service]. Pat on my back. Yeah, pronunciation was wack, but whatever. God accepts everything, you know. It's the intention behind the prayer, not your pronunciation. Anywho, NYU – they'd never met anyone who was born and raised in the U.S. who knows Hindu scriptures. Because generally, Jesse, most people who go to Hindu temples in the U.S., you just see older people. You see grandmas and grandpas, aunties and uncles. More people from India going to temples – you rarely see people born and raised here [in the U.S.] going to temple, because it's not clearly explained. I get it, I totally get it. You take a kid into a temple, the priest is doing something for like 40 minutes, he doesn't get what he's doing. He's bored, and thinks, “I'm gonna watch The Simpsons or some s***." You know what I mean? So it's like, I get it. Hinduism, it might be the oldest religion in the world, [but] it's still very much a baby religion in the United States. It's brought by immigrants. And so it's going to take a while for people to understand what this faith is. So I help the students [by] not just having events to teach about Hinduism [and] take part in worship, but also if they need spiritual advice, if they're having an issue, [I help them] solve that. I can refer them to a scripture passage, or teach them a mantra, or teach them a saying to help them get through their darkness as well. For those who might not know, what do Hindu prayers and services look like? OK, so again, Jesse, this depends on how you were born and brought up and raised – whether you're South Indian, North Indian, East Indian, this and that. “Puja” means ritualistic prayer. In Hinduism, when we're praying, we're not worshiping the idol. We're worshipping what this murti represents. We're asking the divine to come and inhabit this Ganesha, for example. Let's set Ganesha as an example, right? We're asking Lord Ganesha to inhabit this. And you have to go back into history: South Asia was very rich with gold, as well as agriculture, back in the day before colonization and partition. And so to express gratitude, they used to give everything to the temple. And they imagine that Ganesha is sitting right in front of them. We worship as though God is sitting right in front of us. So like the exalted king, or the exalted queen, these words that we're saying in the puja: “Avahayami, avahayami,” means, “Please come forth, my beloved.” So like a king or a queen, you offer them a seat, you offer them food, you offer them ritualistic bathing. At the end is the Aarti. People might be familiar with Aarti, because of all the Bollywood films. Everyone does it, right. But again, it's beautiful because when they sing it, it's saying, “You are my mother, you are my father, you are my friend, you are my beloved.” “You are my everything,” is what they are calling to the divine. So that's what a puja is. Puja is ritualistic prayer. Everything has to be neat and clean. Like, for example, before the priest starts the prayer, he cleanses himself with water, he'll drink the water to clean his insides, clean his heart, clean his brain, his ears – you know, to let only good thoughts [in] and let [him] be pure and clean when [he] offers these prayers. So a priest, he leads the prayer – but he's not God. Anybody can do this, that's another thing. But priests are trained, because they go to special schools in India where they study all these mantras, these chants, prayers. And then they come to the United States, and they lead it. And they're not chaplains. Like, you know how in Christianity, there's a pastor, and he goes up there, and he takes a Bible verse, and then he explains it? Or then he talks about day-to-day life, what's going on, and helps people? We don't have that. The priest, that's not his job to do something like that. His job is to lead the prayer rituals. And then he gives you the offering, the flowers, or the food that you offered, and stuff like that. So that's what puja is like. Pujas are very high flown in South India – because again, they didn't have the Islamic influence, they didn't have the Christian influence, because there's a mountain range that protects South India. Where my parents are from, it's called the Temple State. So these rituals for years on end, eons on end, have remained the same. Because they didn't have an influence from anybody else. North India, they have the Islamic influence. So a lot of North Indian women, they cover their hair when they go to prayer. And in North India, Sanskrit is the language, [they use] Sanskrit prayers. Sanskrit is supposed to be the mother of all languages – that's where Hindi came out of, Urdu came out of. Everything, all of our prayers and rituals, came out of Sanskrit language and came down here. But Tamil people also have a unique way of worshipping. So do Bengali people. So do Punjabi people. That's what makes Hinduism so cool, is its diversity, and multitude of practices. For example, if you took the New York City area: in Manhattan, there's only the Hari Krishna center, the Bhakti Center, which is in the East Village. So their main deity is Radha-Krishna, and they follow the sayings of the saint who started the Hari Krishna movement. But that's it. If you want to see a South Indian ginormous temple, you haul yourself on the seven train to go to Flushing, Queens, and then you can see the Flushing Ganesha temple. And then across the street from Flushing temple, there's a North Indian one that's there too. They have marble deities. And there's an Afghan Hindu temple, also. Afghan people were Hindus back in the day, and there's still some Afghan Hindus left. And the way they do things vary. But Flushing temple, you go on their website, and ever since COVID, they've been live streaming their prayer rituals every single day. And it's beautifully done. It starts on time ends on time, no Indian Standard Time, no brown standard time. Everything starts and ends on time. Why Jesse? Because it's run by a woman. Dr. Uma Mysorekar, for 45 years, she's been the president of flushing temple. Everything starts and ends on time, you know, complete efficiency. Well, on that note, is it becoming more common to see women becoming priests or taking leadership roles in temples? I think so. Like I read about in the New York Times, there's a – I think she's a North Indian lady – who married LGBTQI couples. She was featured in the New York Times, so that was pretty cool. I know another two or three like pujaris – “pujaris” means “lady priests” – in Chicago and in the New York area. So there are some people taking the initiative to learn these prayers and hymns and to be able to lead puja. Slowly but surely things are changing now in the community. You've mentioned some of the misconceptions about Hinduism. What are some other things that you feel people confuse between Hinduism in practice versus other societal or cultural norms? Of course, like, for example, the idea of arranged marriages. Did you see that crappy show, that show Indian Matchmaking on Netflix? Yes, I have. Yeah, I hate binge watched it along with Amina, my Muslim lady chaplain friend. We hate binge watched it, OK? Because, first of all, what she's saying – not all Indian people act like that. Not all Hindu people act like that. In fact, in Hinduism, none of our deities were arranged marriages. Goddess Parvati, who is the embodiment of beauty, and who's Shakti – “Shakti” means “energy,” like no male deity can live without his female counterpart, the energy, the almighty mother, right? Parvati won Shiva through penance. And her penance was so intense that the entire world shook. She chose Lord Shiva. She chose Lord Shiva. Lakshmi, she came out of the churning of the ocean. She chose Lord Vishnu. So not an arranged marriage, right? And Ganesha is technically Parvati's kid, Parvati didn't need Shiva to have a kid. Ganesh came out of a piece of Parvati's body, right. So why do we make fun of single mothers? Why is it such a taboo to be a single mom, when technically Parvati is a single mom? Subramanya, Kartikeya, [Ganesha's] younger brother came from the six sparks of Lord Shiva. So this is a modern-day family. Shiva and Parvati are a modern-day family because you have a father, you have a mother, and they have these two children. Ganesha's the first deity, you can't get around him. Every prayer begins with Lord Ganesha, can't get around him. Ganesha and Subramanya are brothers, but technically, they're not even half-brothers. They're brothers who came, one from Lord Shiva, one from Goddess Parvati. So why do we judge single parents? Why do we judge divorced people? Another cool thing, Lord Ayyappan – Ayyappa is a deity of South India, Kerala. He is the son of two male deities, Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva. So why is there so much animosity towards the LGBTQI community, when Ayyappa is the son of two fathers? Even though Vishnu took the form of the enchanter Mohini, the lady, to have the baby, still. It's like, why do we have these stigmas and taboos? Arranged marriages, it's a cultural phenomenon. It's not a religious phenomenon. And why is it always considered a Hindu thing, when the tutors in the European dynasties also had arranged marriages, in order to keep wealth in the family? Why is it a taboo that, “Hindus believe in arranged marriages?” No, we do not. It's a cultural thing. Maybe it's an Indian practice, or South Asian practice, you can say, but it's not a Hindu practice. That's something that I firmly believe in. Also, and we have Brahmacharya deities, celibate deities. Hanuman is a celibate deity. He didn't want to get married. Ganesha's technically a celibate deity. You know how he got out of marriage? They were pressuring him to get married. And he's like, “OK, fine.” He's also the lord of wisdom, right? It's like, “Alright, fine. Find me a woman more accomplished than my mama, more beautiful than my mama, and I will marry her,” right? And you can't get more beautiful or more accomplished than goddess Parvati, so he got out of it. But in some stories, in some ways of thinking, he has Siddhi and Buddhi, he has two wives. Also, when women have periods, they're considered impure. I remember, Jesse, when I went to India, and we went to a temple in North India, there's a huge sign outside that said, “Women on their periods who are menstruating should not enter the temple premises at all.” I'm like, “What are you going to do, check?” When I saw that, I was horrified, and I was disgusted also. I gave a lecture on this topic with Amina. So you have to go back, again, in history. When women had their periods, people didn't live in cities [back then] – they were gatherers and wanderers and nomads. They lived in like, tents in the middle of the forest. So when women bled, animals could smell the blood, right? Then they would attack. So that's why they kept these women isolated – so people could protect them. They would build the village around them. And where did everyone socialize and gather? It was at the temple back in the day. So when women are going there, animals could smell the blood, and they would attack. So that's why it's they kept them separate, they kept them from going there to keep [the community] safe. Plus, I don't know about you, but women, when we get our periods, we go crazy with PMS. It feels like someone stabbing us in the back with a stiletto. So why would you want to go to temple, when you're trying to pray and connect with God, and you're like, “Oh, my back hurts. Oh, my legs hurt.”? You know, that's another reason people kept them separate. But it's not because you're impure, or you're unclean. Actually, there are a couple of temples in northeastern India – I read about this – where the goddess menstruates. They have an entire festival built around this lady who menstruates. I thought that was so beautiful and so cool. You had asked me before what I love about Hinduism. There's always something new and fun and fascinating to learn about in Hinduism. Another deity, another way of thinking, another practice, another book, another scripture. Everyone says that in Hinduism, the Bhagavad Gita is the only scripture that they're familiar with. No, that's not the only scripture we have. We have Vedas, we have Shastras. We have different books written by different saints and sages. So Bhagavad Gita isn't our “Hindu Bible.” That's another stigma that needs to be broken. While I was working at the Metropolitan Museum, a curator told me, he's like, “Think about it. Before the British came, the Bhagavad Gita wasn't really illustrated. It wasn't really written down. It wasn't really illustrated on paper. You saw carvings of it, but there's no paintings, no paper of this. Why? Because when the British came to South Asia, they saw all these people thinking in a multitude of different ways, praying in all sorts of ways, and they were massively confused, because they came from a Christian background. Because they came from one book, one prophet, one thing. And they saw all of this and they're like, ‘OK, you know what, we're going to take Mahabharat, the poem that Bhagavad Gita is extracted from, and here you go, this is the Hindu Bible.” And that's not right. So after the British came, you see a lot more paintings and drawings of Lord Krishna giving the sermon to Arjuna, and stuff like that written down. But it's interesting, you look in art history, and it teaches you a lot as well. So we don't just have one central text, we have a multitude of ways of thinking, and multiple books, and everyone should accept how the other ones think. North India isn't better than South India, South India isn't better than East India, East isn't better than the West. We're all equal, under the divine. You mentioned that Hinduism is growing in the US, but it's still one of the smaller religions. What do you see as both the obstacles and opportunities in Hinduism right now? For opportunities, first of all, we're all spending more time online, because we can't congregate in person because of COVID. Right? That means the reach is far. People can get to know about Hinduism through YouTube, through Facebook, through all these channels of communication, through the digital world. So that opportunity, and the fact that the world is becoming more inclusive. You see all of these different colleges have inclusivity and diversity trainings, so that's a step in the right direction – at least they're starting to care a bit more. The obstacles I face is that people don't know so much about Hinduism correctly in order to actually help. For example, I was part of NAHCA, the North American Hindu Chaplains Association when it was formed. And that's to help with spiritual caregiving and find chaplains to work in hospitals, the military, and the university system. But even the word chaplain, we don't have that in Hindu language. Like, when I went to NYU, Imam Khalid was the first person who took me under his wing, and I'm like, “What the hell's a chaplain, dude?” And he explained to me, it's spiritual caregiving. It's being there for someone the way they need you to be there for them. “Dope, that's so cool. I can do this.” But when you say Hindu chaplain, most Hindus, even the ones born and raised here, they don't know what a Hindu chaplain is. My parents don't know what a chaplain is, until I explained to them. Slowly, Hindu chaplaincy is growing in the United States. Like, I've had people contact me from the military, and from also prisons as well. But they also need to know the right terminology. For example, I'll get requests, “Can you marry this couple?” And I'm like, “OK, in Hinduism, what is the language that they speak? What culture did they come from? How are they raised? What do they prefer?” They can't explain these things to me, so you need to ask the right questions. Also, for example, one of my students at NYU, he wanted to study chaplaincy. So I wrote his recommendations to divinity schools – there's Harvard Divinity School, and there's one in Chicago. And the box check [on the form] says, “Affiliation: Church, Synagogue.” Yo, you forgot temple, you know what I mean? Stuff like that. But you know, Jesse, I have a positive outlook that things are growing. And because the world is becoming more inclusive, and people are starting to understand each other more, and have access to each other more – like, no matter how much I have a love-hate relationship with social media, at least you learn information, learn about new things. You can hear about some cool graffiti artist in the middle of Africa someplace, because he has an Instagram account. You know, there's a huge Hindu temple in Ghana, Africa, that I can't wait to go to. Yeah, Black people, African people are Hindus. There's a gigantic temple in Ghana, Africa. So [likewise] there are different Hindu people in the U.S. who are trying their level best to bring Hinduism to the mainstream. But I really don't appreciate [things like] this Indian Matchmaking show. You need to put a disclaimer on that, that this is only certain types of people who act like this. Meanwhile, there are other like good TV shows like Mindy Kaling's Never Have I Ever. Did you see that? I haven't seen that, no. It's about an Indian American family who lives in Southern California, in L.A. But you know, she beautifully illustrates what Indian American Hindu kids feel. Devi, that's the lead [character] in that show, she doesn't know anything about Hinduism. She's growing up like any other American kid, like, she has a crush on the hot guy or whatever. And then they take her to a Hindu puja in a school gymnasium, and it's just more a cultural thing than anything. No one is really worshiping. They don't understand the meaning behind it. That's how a lot of people feel, a lot of Hindu kids feel in the U.S. But I thought that was a beautifully done show. Because people assume, also, culturally, that everyone speaks Hindi. Like all Indians speak Hindi, which is not true. I don't speak Hindi. I don't understand Hindi so much, here and there. My father speaks Hindi fluently, because he lived in the north, and my mom does not. So it's like, at least Tamil has been put on the map, like, a South Indian language has been put on the map. And people need to realize that India is extremely diverse. There's over 5,000 languages that are spoken there. English and Hindi are not the only two, you know. People need to accept the diversity of Hinduism, the diversity of Indian cultures, as well as their different ways of thinking. And accept all of them. Lastly, do you have a favorite religious message or deity or story that you'd like to share with listeners? Oh, my God, I love all of them. That's the biggest thing is for me is this Sanskrit phrased that means, the world, the entire world, is one family. That's the principle that I adhere by. So technically, you're my sister. He's my brother. She's my mother. She's my sister. If you see everyone as one, as oneness, then you wouldn't have hatred or malice or judgement in your heart and your brain. And then another phrase, which means, “Let all creation be healthy, happy, prosperous.” It's said at the end, after every prayer ritual. So we're not just praying for Hindu people to be happy, or Indian people to be happy. We're praying for the entire world, entire planet, all creation. And creation includes animals, birds, plants, vegetation – all of that, too. Sangeetha Kowsik is the Hindu Chaplain at NYU. You can learn more about her work on the university's website, and her artwork at www.ihsanishan.com. You've been listening to 51%. 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. It's hosted by me, Jesse King. Our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is “Lolita” by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue. Thanks again to Sangeetha Kowsik for taking part in this week's episode. Until next week, I'm Jesse King for 51%. Happy New Year!

Essa Noite Eu Sonhei
Pujas Budistas e Oniricos

Essa Noite Eu Sonhei

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2021 10:03


Nesse sonho estive com meus amigos da Sangha, minha professora de Dharma e meu guia espiritual. Foi uma visita da mente densa durante uma viagem onírica.

Rincón de la publicidad pagada: Hadestra Marketing
¿Las pujas "manuales" de anuncios continúan siendo relevantes en la publicidad pagada online?

Rincón de la publicidad pagada: Hadestra Marketing

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2021 13:20


https://josemorenojimenez.com/contacto ◄ CONTACTO ¿Las pujas "manuales" de anuncios continúan siendo relevantes en la publicidad pagada online? Puntos vistos en el podcast: 0:00 Introducción 00:46 Puja 02:30 Puntos o niveles de control 04:26 El anunciantes debe enfocarse en... 06:07 Tendencia a futuro 10:23 Consejo personal

Periodismo de Barrio
"Se va a caer: por un país sin patriarcado". Capítulo 5: Si no pujas bien, él va a morir.

Periodismo de Barrio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2021 11:42


Lectura del texto "Si no pujas bien, él va a morir", en la voz de su autora, Diana Ferreiro, que relata la experiencia de su hermana, víctima de la violencia obstétrica durante su primer parto. Este testimonio forma parte de "Se va a caer: por un país sin patriarcado", una serie de Periodismo de Barrio sobre la violencia de género. Ilustración: Yanaisy Puentes. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/periodismodebarrio/message

Sexy Pipol Podcast
Panorama político de la semana: Pujas y vacunas

Sexy Pipol Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 14:46


Martín Rodríguez, cómo todos los miércoles, trae el panorama político nacional de esta semana. ¡Escuchalo ahora mismo!

Business Standard Podcast
Court partially relaxes order on WB's Durga Puja pandals: Things to know

Business Standard Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020 4:05


The Calcutta High Court today partly modified its order on community Durga Pujas. So, what is allowed now? Dhakis, or traditional drum players, are allowed to perform in "a limited number", just outside the no-entry zone at each pandal. But they will have to maintain all safety and hygiene protocols. The court ordered that the number of people who can stay inside the marquees be increased from 25 to 60 for big pandals - which have an area of more than 300 sq metre and not more than 45 people can be allowed at a time. But the court retained it at 15 for the small pandals. For small Pujas, the maximum number of people who can stay inside the pandals at a time is 10. The list of persons allowed should be fixed on daily basis. These lists will be put outside the pandals every day at 8 am. The court refused to pass any orders on the appeals by Kalyan Banerjee, who appeared for the organisers, to allow two important rituals - Anjali and Sandhi puja. Listen to the Podcast for more

Prattle Production
REVIEW MAKANAN PUJAS | #POLBAN101

Prattle Production

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2020 10:59


"Pujas yu ah!" "Yang mau ke pujas nitip lah" "Pujas/Labbis?" ft @eryanahasantosa @hansenstwn @arickdwif @mrizaldm

PPC Marketing | Estrategias y Técnicas de Posicionamiento Web, Publicidad Online y Analitica Digital [SEM - AdWords]
Cómo usar los Tipos Estrategia de Puja en Google Ads con Guillermo Pareja –Ep. 47

PPC Marketing | Estrategias y Técnicas de Posicionamiento Web, Publicidad Online y Analitica Digital [SEM - AdWords]

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2020 49:59


En este episodio de PPC Marketing Guillermo Pareja autor del libro "Aumenta tus Ventas con Google Ads" nos acompaña para hablar sobre las diferentes estrategias de puja en Google Ads y cómo usarlas según el objetivo de la campaña. En este episodio Guillermo te resolverá las siguientes dudas - ¿Cómo funcionan las diferentes pujas de Google Ads? - ¿Con cuál es recomendado comenzar? - ¿Cuando usamos pujas inteligentes se recomienda ajustar otros factores como?: Programación de anuncios Rotación de anuncios Pujas por datos demográficos entre otros Articulo blog: https://albeiroochoa.com/estrategias-pujas-google-ads/ Comunidad Google Ads en Español - MasterMind: https://www.facebook.com/groups/googleadsespanol/ Blog de Guillermo: https://guillermopareja.com/

My BeautyFuel Food by JJ
Miky Lagadec, Maître Enseignante de Reiki et Sonothérapie

My BeautyFuel Food by JJ

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 31:37


Depuis presque 20 ans, Miky a appris auprès de grands Lamas Tibétains l’art de la méditation, la pratique des Pujas, le yoga du son et la guérison aux bols Himalayens. Son chemin spirituel a été ponctué de longues retraites silencieuses et notamment la retraite traditionnelle des trois ans dans le bouddhisme Tibetain. Parallèlement Miky suit également toutes les initiations et la Maitrise de la branche occidentale du Reiki Usui Shiki Ryoho.Ce podcast est une vraie tuerie !

Marketing Online
1430. Pujas automatizadas

Marketing Online

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2019 19:39


Hoy hablamos de las pujas automatizadas de Google Ads. ¿En qué consisten? ¿Funcionan? ¿Es mejora hacerlas de forma manual?

Tantric Life-Making: Sex, Play & Cosmic Partnership
Fourth Date: Why We Can't Be Yogis If We're Still on Social Media

Tantric Life-Making: Sex, Play & Cosmic Partnership

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2019 56:27


The effects of social media are detrimental to the so-called 'awakened’ or ‘yogic’ mind. By its very nature, social media is in direct opposition to that which Yoga is.  Aaron and Alissa get real about social media's toxic effects, the nature of our separation and suffering as humans, and suggest a few ideas to become aware of your own social media use and its affect on your wellbeing.  Read and share Aaron's article "We Can't Be Yogis and Still Be on Social Media" on Elephant Journal Music by: A.Mantra (Aaron Patrick Applebottom) Our website: Tantric Life-Making Friend us on Facebook: Tantric Life-Making + Academy of Tantric Science + Alissa + Aaron Follow us on Instagram: Academy of Tantric Science + Aaron + Alissa Join our exclusive retreat: Jungle Love Attend our local events: Pujas and Workshops

Speak Sex with Eve Eurydice
Episode 42: Boudoir Surreal Eros Tantra pujas Shibari bonds Painted Bodies Sex For All! w Hip Tantra

Speak Sex with Eve Eurydice

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2019 46:53


Eve Eurydice speaks with the founder of @Boudoir Surreal, Ian Max Karmin, & the founders of @HIPTantra. Boudoir Surreal is a Masquerade Gala inspired by the Rothschild Illuminati Ball & Salvador Dali held in Miami this Saturday. Ian Karmin is also a Shibari rope master & instructor, self-suspension aficionado & Tantra practitioner. HIP Tantra is the brainchild of Kathryn & Serge Gasc & offers tantric love coaching workshops & pink tantra experiences. Listen & Enjoy the Party! ⚡️ Want to learn How to Speak Sex? Want to Practice Honest Conscious Sex? Follow my blog at https://www.speaksexpodcast.com/blog You can Read more from me about the enjoyment of life on https://link.medium.com/BsqueNdt63 or https://eurydice.substack.com/publish Watch Speak Sex content on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9S0CadCPgP_VbXctZQmZlA www.facebook.com/speaksexpodcast/ www.instagram.com/speaksexpodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/speaksexpodcast/message

Tantric Life-Making: Sex, Play & Cosmic Partnership
Second Date: Becoming a Multi-Orgasmic Man

Tantric Life-Making: Sex, Play & Cosmic Partnership

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2019 65:22


The Applebottoms finally get to their second date and dive right into the good stuff: male orgasm and ejaculation.  Listen in as they enjoy a glass of wine and chat about self pleasure (one of their favourite topics). First Aaron talks about his personal experience with becoming multi-orgasmic, then shares some solid tips on where men can begin and why they should. Alissa gives a woman's perspective on being intimate with men who have this awareness vs those who don't. Aaron still has plenty to say about this subject, so stay tuned for a second part to this episode.   "Spread the Word, Not the Seed"   Read Aaron's article How to Become A Multi Orgasmic Machine on Elephant Journal    Music by: A.Mantra (Aaron Patrick Applebottom) Our website: Tantric Life-Making Friend us on Facebook: Tantric Life-Making + Academy of Tantric Science + Alissa + Aaron Follow us on Instagram: Academy of Tantric Science + Aaron + Alissa Join our exclusive retreat: Jungle Love Attend our local events: Pujas and Workshops

Yoga, Meditation und spirituelles Leben
YVS156 – Bhakti Yoga – Teil 28: Die Mantras der kleinen Krishna Puja

Yoga, Meditation und spirituelles Leben

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2019 11:43


Lerne die Mantras der kleinen Krishna Puja. Wenn du weißt, wie die kleine Krishna Puja ausgeführt wird, kannst du hier lernen, wie die Mantras ausgesprochen werden. Sukadev rezitiert alle Mantras hintereinander und rezitiert die Mantras der kleinen Krishna-Puja mehrmals. So lernst du die Mantras selbst zu rezitieren. Anmerkung 1: Dies ist eine Puja für Krishna. Ähnlich kannst du eine Puja für Shiva, Lakshmi, Rama, Durga, etc. machen, einfach, indem du z.B. das Mantra “Om Shri Durgayai Namaha”, “Om AIM HRIM KLIM ...” durch das betreffende Mantra ersetzt. Anmerkung 2: für alle Pujas gibt es Lehrvideos, zu finden unter dem Hauptstichwort Puja. Dieser Audiobeitrag gehört zur Themenreihe "Mantra, Bhakti Yoga und Sanskrit" und ist Teil des Bhakti Yoga Vortragszyklus innerhalb der Vortragsreihe „Yoga Vidya Schulung – Der ganzheitliche Yogaweg“ - wiki.yoga-vidya.de/YVS001 sowie ein Begleitvortrag zur zweijährigen Yogalehrerausbildung.

Yoga, Meditation und spirituelles Leben
YVS156 – Bhakti Yoga – Teil 28: Die Mantras der kleinen Krishna Puja

Yoga, Meditation und spirituelles Leben

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2019 11:42


Lerne die Mantras der kleinen Krishna Puja. Wenn du weißt, wie die kleine Krishna Puja ausgeführt wird, kannst du hier lernen, wie die Mantras ausgesprochen werden. Sukadev rezitiert alle Mantras hintereinander und rezitiert die Mantras der kleinen Krishna-Puja mehrmals. So lernst du die Mantras selbst zu rezitieren. Anmerkung 1: Dies ist eine Puja für Krishna. Ähnlich kannst du eine Puja für Shiva, Lakshmi, Rama, Durga, etc. machen, einfach, indem du z.B. das Mantra “Om Shri Durgayai Namaha”, “Om AIM HRIM KLIM ...” durch das betreffende Mantra ersetzt. Anmerkung 2: für alle Pujas gibt es Lehrvideos, zu finden unter dem Hauptstichwort Puja. Dieser Audiobeitrag gehört zur Themenreihe "Mantra, Bhakti Yoga und Sanskrit" und ist Teil des Bhakti Yoga Vortragszyklus innerhalb der Vortragsreihe „Yoga Vidya Schulung – Der ganzheitliche Yogaweg“ - wiki.yoga-vidya.de/YVS001 sowie ein Begleitvortrag zur zweijährigen Yogalehrerausbildung.

Yoga, Meditation und spirituelles Leben
YVS155 – Bhakti Yoga – Teil 27: Krishna Puja - kleines Yoga Vidya Ritual ohne Erläuterungen

Yoga, Meditation und spirituelles Leben

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2019 19:33


Sukadev zelebriert eine Krishna Puja als Lehr-Puja. So kannst du hören und erahnen, wie eine kleine Krishna-Puja zelebriert wird. Anmerkung 1: Dies ist eine Puja für Krishna. Ähnlich kannst du eine Puja für Shiva, Lakshmi, Rama, Durga, etc. machen, einfach, indem du z.B. das Mantra “Om Shri Durgayai Namaha”, “Om AIM HRIM KLIM ...” durch das betreffende Mantra ersetzt. Anmerkung 2: für alle Pujas gibt es Lehrvideos, zu finden unter dem Hauptstichwort Puja . Diese Audioanleitung gehört zur Themenreihe "Mantra, Bhakti Yoga und Sanskrit" und ist Teil des Bhakti Yoga Vortragszyklus innerhalb der Vortragsreihe „Yoga Vidya Schulung – Der ganzheitliche Yogaweg“ - wiki.yoga-vidya.de/YVS001 sowie ein Begleitvortrag zur zweijährigen Yogalehrerausbildung.

Yoga, Meditation und spirituelles Leben
YVS155 – Bhakti Yoga – Teil 27: Krishna Puja - kleines Yoga Vidya Ritual ohne Erläuterungen

Yoga, Meditation und spirituelles Leben

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2019 19:33


Sukadev zelebriert eine Krishna Puja als Lehr-Puja. So kannst du hören und erahnen, wie eine kleine Krishna-Puja zelebriert wird. Anmerkung 1: Dies ist eine Puja für Krishna. Ähnlich kannst du eine Puja für Shiva, Lakshmi, Rama, Durga, etc. machen, einfach, indem du z.B. das Mantra “Om Shri Durgayai Namaha”, “Om AIM HRIM KLIM ...” durch das betreffende Mantra ersetzt. Anmerkung 2: für alle Pujas gibt es Lehrvideos, zu finden unter dem Hauptstichwort Puja . Diese Audioanleitung gehört zur Themenreihe "Mantra, Bhakti Yoga und Sanskrit" und ist Teil des Bhakti Yoga Vortragszyklus innerhalb der Vortragsreihe „Yoga Vidya Schulung – Der ganzheitliche Yogaweg“ - wiki.yoga-vidya.de/YVS001 sowie ein Begleitvortrag zur zweijährigen Yogalehrerausbildung.

Practice You with Elena Brower
Episode 9: Ally Bogard, Nadia Narain and Elena Brower

Practice You with Elena Brower

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2019 40:17


On Rituals, Practices, and Good Listening On the occasion of the release of 'Rituals for Every Day' by Nadia Narain and and Katia Narain Phillips, we gathered to chat about our own practices of listening, praying and meaning-making. Nadia Narain is one of the UK’s best loved and most respected yoga teachers. For more than 20 years, she has taught everyone from professional athletes to, pregnant women to total beginners and yoga sceptics, how to take care of their outer bodies as well as their inner spirit, she has inspired thousands to slow down, be kind and love themselves where they are. Nadia is also co-author with her sister of the international bestselling book “Self Care for the Real World,” and more recently, “Rituals for Every Day,” explaining not just why we have to look after ourselves, but how i simple achievable ways. Resources nadianarain.com - Nadia has a range for chemical free candles and perfumes and yoga retreats Notes and Methods by Hilma Af Klint Marie Kondo, The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up Belonging by Toko-pa Turner Luke Storey’s The Life Stylist Podcast episode 191 with Dr Jack Kruse: ABC carpet and home. Rituals for Every Day Length: 40:16 Timecodes: 1:57 Reading from p29 Notes and Methods by Hilma Af Klint https://amzn.to/2LZQZIp 4:31 On trusting the messages that we hear from the other side. 7:24 Remembering that the other benevolent realms are also a part of you. Those forces want our help too. Building friendship. Marie Kondo. On helping being natural. 12:52 Assignment:   Ask for Help Be a good friend. Listen and trust. Carry a pair of warm socks in the winter time. Remember that you’re not a burden, if you ask for help.   17:27 Nadia and Katia’s experience of rituals growing up. 19:06 Rituals for breaking up. 20:50 Making the mundane special. Pujas. Physicalized prayer for a project, or another person. 25:48 Reading from Toko-pa Turner’s book Belonging https://amzn.to/2YFjRqY 28:00 The lost language of prayer. There are really beautiful, magical things happening despite what gets noisy and loud. 29:20 Spending time on things that are joyful, not necessarily productive. Assignment: do something, creative or otherwise, where you’re not dealing with the outcome, just doing. 31:30 Hilma af Klint passage, on not being discouraged when you don’t see results. On growing, and being guided. 35:10 Don’t do anything alone. Take a friend by the hand, invisible or otherwise. 36:10 Dr Jack Kruse on The 5G Apocalypse. Stay close to the trees.

Tantric Life-Making: Sex, Play & Cosmic Partnership

Get to know the Applebottoms as they get to know each other in a new way--as podcast co-hosts!   Music by: A.Mantra (Aaron Patrick Applebottom) Our website: Tantric Life-Making Friend us on Facebook: Tantric Life-Making + Academy of Tantric Science + Alissa + Aaron Follow us on Instagram: Academy of Tantric Science + Aaron + Alissa Join our exclusive retreat: Jungle Love Attend our local events: Pujas and Workshops

Mantra-Meditation Anleitung Podcast
Sivananda Guru Puja - Paduka Mantras

Mantra-Meditation Anleitung Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2017 9:13


Lerne die kleine Sivananda Guru Paduka Puja selbst zu zelebrieren. Die Texte auf Sukadev erläutert dir, wie diese einfach Sivananda Puja abläuft. Er beschreibt die Utensilien, die du brauchst. Er erläutert die Vorbereitungen und die Bedeutung der Sivananda Guru Paduka Puja, auch einfach Guru Puja, Paduka Puja bzw. Sivananda Puja genannt. Dann führt er dich durch die ganze Puja: Er rezitiert die Mantras und beschreibt auch die Handlungen, die du dabei ausführst. So kannst du selbst lernen diese Puja selbst zu zelebrieren. Alle Puja Videos und Mantras findest du verlinkt auf https://wiki.yoga-vidya.de/Puja. In den Yoga Vidya Ashrams werden regelmäßig Pujas zelebriert https://www.yoga-vidya.de/center/. Im Yoga Vidya Ashram Bad Meinberg gibt es täglich Pujas. Und am Donnerstag sowie an Guru Purnima, Sivanandas Geburtstag und Swami Sivanandas Mahasamadhi wird die Guru Paduka Puja in komplexerer Form gefeiert https://wiki.yoga-vidya.de/Paduka_Puja. Bist du sehr interessiert an Kirtan und spiritueller Musik? Dann sind vielleicht die Yoga Vidya Seminare Mantras und Musik etwas für dich. Du kannst auch jeden Samstag um 20h beim Live-Satsang von Yoga Vidya dabei sein. Der Yoga Vidya Bad Meinberg Satsang mit Meditation, Mantra-Singen, Vortrag, Arati wird live übertragen ins Internet auf http://mein.yoga-vidya.de/page/yoga-vidya-satsang. Weitere Links: Willst du ein Einführungsseminar erleben, Yoga Urlaub nehmen oder vielleicht eine Ausbildung machen? Dann findest du hier eine kleine Auswahl. - Yoga und Meditation Einführung Seminar https://www.yoga-vidya.de/yoga-anfaenger/wie-lerne-ich-yoga/yoga-meditation-einfuehrungsseminar/ - Yoga Schulen https://www.yoga-vidya.de/center/ - Yogaferien https://www.yoga-vidya.de/yoga-urlaub/yoga-ferien - Yoga Ausbildung https://www.yoga-vidya.de/ausbildung-weiterbildung/yogalehrer-ausbildung/ - Sehr vieles zur Meditation auf https://www.yoga-vidya.de/meditation/ Die neue kostenlose Yoga Vidya App ist da! Gestalte deine eigene Yogapraxis individuell, unverbindlich und unkompliziert! Mit dieser App kannst du: – Hatha Yoga Stunden mitmachen – Pranayama oder Meditation üben – neue Mantras lernen – das nächste Yoga Vidya Center vor Ort finden Die App, samt weiteren Informationen, ist im Yoga Vidya Blog erreichbar – sowohl für Android als auch für iOS. Klicken, runterladen, und das Yoga deiner Wahl praktizieren.

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Abtötung

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2017 3:03


Abtötung‏‎ - was bedeutet das? Informationen und Anregungen zum Wort bzw. Ausdruck Abtötung‏‎ in diesem kurzen Vortrag. Sukadev, Leiter vom Yoga Vidya e.V., behandelt hier das Wort, den Ausdruck Abtötung‏‎ vom Yogastandpunkt. So kommt er zu einigen interessanten, auch diskussionswürdigen Gedanken. Was meinst du dazu? Die Bezeichnung Abtötung‏‎ hat einiges zu tun mit Schattenseite, Psychologie. Seminare zum Thema Atem-Praxis. Informationen über Ayurveda Therapie Ausbildung. Dieses Video über " Abtötung‏‎ " ist ein Video von und mit Sukadev Bretz von https://www.yoga-vidya.de. Dann führt er dich durch die ganze Puja: Er rezitiert die Mantras und beschreibt auch die Handlungen, die du dabei ausführst. So kannst du selbst lernen diese Puja selbst zu zelebrieren. Alle Puja Videos und Mantras findest du verlinkt auf https://wiki.yoga-vidya.de/Puja. In den Yoga Vidya Ashrams werden regelmäßig Pujas zelebriert https://www.yoga-vidya.de/center/. Im Yoga Vidya Ashram Bad Meinberg gibt es täglich Pujas. Und am Donnerstag sowie an Guru Purnima, Sivanandas Geburtstag und Swami Sivanandas Mahasamadhi wird die Guru Paduka Puja in komplexerer Form gefeiert https://wiki.yoga-vidya.de/Paduka_Puja. Bist du sehr interessiert an Kirtan und spiritueller Musik? Dann sind vielleicht die Yoga Vidya Seminare Mantras und Musik etwas für dich. Du kannst auch jeden Samstag um 20h beim Live-Satsang von Yoga Vidya dabei sein. Der Yoga Vidya Bad Meinberg Satsang mit Meditation, Mantra-Singen, Vortrag, Arati wird live übertragen ins Internet auf http://mein.yoga-vidya.de/page/yoga-vidya-satsang. Weitere Links: Willst du ein Einführungsseminar erleben, Yoga Urlaub nehmen oder vielleicht eine Ausbildung machen? Dann findest du hier eine kleine Auswahl. - Yoga und Meditation Einführung Seminar https://www.yoga-vidya.de/yoga-anfaenger/wie-lerne-ich-yoga/yoga-meditation-einfuehrungsseminar/ - Yoga Schulen https://www.yoga-vidya.de/center/ - Yogaferien https://www.yoga-vidya.de/yoga-urlaub/yoga-ferien - Yoga Ausbildung https://www.yoga-vidya.de/ausbildung-weiterbildung/yogalehrer-ausbildung/ - Sehr vieles zur Meditation auf https://www.yoga-vidya.de/meditation/ Die neue kostenlose Yoga Vidya App ist da! Gestalte deine eigene Yogapraxis individuell, unverbindlich und unkompliziert! Mit dieser App kannst du: – Hatha Yoga Stunden mitmachen – Pranayama oder Meditation üben – neue Mantras lernen – das nächste Yoga Vidya Center vor Ort finden Die App, samt weiteren Informationen, ist im Yoga Vidya Blog erreichbar – sowohl für Android als auch für iOS. Klicken, runterladen, und das Yoga deiner Wahl praktizieren.

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Abtötung

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2017 3:03


Abtötung‏‎ - was bedeutet das? Informationen und Anregungen zum Wort bzw. Ausdruck Abtötung‏‎ in diesem kurzen Vortrag. Sukadev, Leiter vom Yoga Vidya e.V., behandelt hier das Wort, den Ausdruck Abtötung‏‎ vom Yogastandpunkt. So kommt er zu einigen interessanten, auch diskussionswürdigen Gedanken. Was meinst du dazu? Die Bezeichnung Abtötung‏‎ hat einiges zu tun mit Schattenseite, Psychologie. Seminare zum Thema Atem-Praxis. Informationen über Ayurveda Therapie Ausbildung. Dieses Video über " Abtötung‏‎ " ist ein Video von und mit Sukadev Bretz von https://www.yoga-vidya.de. Dann führt er dich durch die ganze Puja: Er rezitiert die Mantras und beschreibt auch die Handlungen, die du dabei ausführst. So kannst du selbst lernen diese Puja selbst zu zelebrieren. Alle Puja Videos und Mantras findest du verlinkt auf https://wiki.yoga-vidya.de/Puja. In den Yoga Vidya Ashrams werden regelmäßig Pujas zelebriert https://www.yoga-vidya.de/center/. Im Yoga Vidya Ashram Bad Meinberg gibt es täglich Pujas. Und am Donnerstag sowie an Guru Purnima, Sivanandas Geburtstag und Swami Sivanandas Mahasamadhi wird die Guru Paduka Puja in komplexerer Form gefeiert https://wiki.yoga-vidya.de/Paduka_Puja. Bist du sehr interessiert an Kirtan und spiritueller Musik? Dann sind vielleicht die Yoga Vidya Seminare Mantras und Musik etwas für dich. Du kannst auch jeden Samstag um 20h beim Live-Satsang von Yoga Vidya dabei sein. Der Yoga Vidya Bad Meinberg Satsang mit Meditation, Mantra-Singen, Vortrag, Arati wird live übertragen ins Internet auf http://mein.yoga-vidya.de/page/yoga-vidya-satsang. Weitere Links: Willst du ein Einführungsseminar erleben, Yoga Urlaub nehmen oder vielleicht eine Ausbildung machen? Dann findest du hier eine kleine Auswahl. - Yoga und Meditation Einführung Seminar https://www.yoga-vidya.de/yoga-anfaenger/wie-lerne-ich-yoga/yoga-meditation-einfuehrungsseminar/ - Yoga Schulen https://www.yoga-vidya.de/center/ - Yogaferien https://www.yoga-vidya.de/yoga-urlaub/yoga-ferien - Yoga Ausbildung https://www.yoga-vidya.de/ausbildung-weiterbildung/yogalehrer-ausbildung/ - Sehr vieles zur Meditation auf https://www.yoga-vidya.de/meditation/ Die neue kostenlose Yoga Vidya App ist da! Gestalte deine eigene Yogapraxis individuell, unverbindlich und unkompliziert! Mit dieser App kannst du: – Hatha Yoga Stunden mitmachen – Pranayama oder Meditation üben – neue Mantras lernen – das nächste Yoga Vidya Center vor Ort finden Die App, samt weiteren Informationen, ist im Yoga Vidya Blog erreichbar – sowohl für Android als auch für iOS. Klicken, runterladen, und das Yoga deiner Wahl praktizieren.

Mantra-Meditation Anleitung Podcast
Sivananda Guru Puja - Paduka mit Erläuterungen

Mantra-Meditation Anleitung Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2017 39:08


Lerne die kleine Sivananda Guru Paduka Puja selbst zu zelebrieren. Die Texte auf Sukadev erläutert dir, wie diese einfach Sivananda Puja abläuft. Er beschreibt die Utensilien, die du brauchst. Er erläutert die Vorbereitungen und die Bedeutung der Sivananda Guru Paduka Puja, auch einfach Guru Puja, Paduka Puja bzw. Sivananda Puja genannt. Dann führt er dich durch die ganze Puja: Er rezitiert die Mantras und beschreibt auch die Handlungen, die du dabei ausführst. So kannst du selbst lernen diese Puja selbst zu zelebrieren. Alle Puja Videos und Mantras findest du verlinkt auf https://wiki.yoga-vidya.de/Puja. In den Yoga Vidya Ashrams werden regelmäßig Pujas zelebriert https://www.yoga-vidya.de/center/. Im Yoga Vidya Ashram Bad Meinberg gibt es täglich Pujas. Und am Donnerstag sowie an Guru Purnima, Sivanandas Geburtstag und Swami Sivanandas Mahasamadhi wird die Guru Paduka Puja in komplexerer Form gefeiert https://wiki.yoga-vidya.de/Paduka_Puja. Bist du sehr interessiert an Kirtan und spiritueller Musik? Dann sind vielleicht die Yoga Vidya Seminare Mantras und Musik etwas für dich. Du kannst auch jeden Samstag um 20h beim Live-Satsang von Yoga Vidya dabei sein. Der Yoga Vidya Bad Meinberg Satsang mit Meditation, Mantra-Singen, Vortrag, Arati wird live übertragen ins Internet auf http://mein.yoga-vidya.de/page/yoga-vidya-satsang. Weitere Links: Willst du ein Einführungsseminar erleben, Yoga Urlaub nehmen oder vielleicht eine Ausbildung machen? Dann findest du hier eine kleine Auswahl. - Yoga und Meditation Einführung Seminar https://www.yoga-vidya.de/yoga-anfaenger/wie-lerne-ich-yoga/yoga-meditation-einfuehrungsseminar/ - Yoga Schulen https://www.yoga-vidya.de/center/ - Yogaferien https://www.yoga-vidya.de/yoga-urlaub/yoga-ferien - Yoga Ausbildung https://www.yoga-vidya.de/ausbildung-weiterbildung/yogalehrer-ausbildung/ - Sehr vieles zur Meditation auf https://www.yoga-vidya.de/meditation/ Die neue kostenlose Yoga Vidya App ist da! Gestalte deine eigene Yogapraxis individuell, unverbindlich und unkompliziert! Mit dieser App kannst du: – Hatha Yoga Stunden mitmachen – Pranayama oder Meditation üben – neue Mantras lernen – das nächste Yoga Vidya Center vor Ort finden Die App, samt weiteren Informationen, ist im Yoga Vidya Blog erreichbar – sowohl für Android als auch für iOS. Klicken, runterladen, und das Yoga deiner Wahl praktizieren.

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Abgelehnt

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2017 1:37


Abgelehnt‏‎ - was und warum? Verstehe etwas mehr über das Thema Abgelehnt‏‎ in diesem Spontan-Vortragsvideo. Sukadev interpretiert hier das Wort bzw. den Ausdruck Abgelehnt‏‎ vom Standpunkt der Yoga Philosophie aus. Vielleicht magst du ja deine Gedanken dazu in die Kommentare schreiben. So kommt er zu einigen interessanten, auch diskussionswürdigen Gedanken. Das Wort bzw. der Ausdruck Abgelehnt‏‎ gehört zum Begriffsfeld von Schattenseite, Psychologie. Seminare zum Thema Yogatherapie Ausbildung Baustein. Viele Infos zu Anatomische Grundlagen für Ayurveda und Massage Therapeuten. Dieses Video über " Abgelehnt‏‎ " ist ein Video von und mit Sukadev Bretz von https://www.yoga-vidya.de. Dann führt er dich durch die ganze Puja: Er rezitiert die Mantras und beschreibt auch die Handlungen, die du dabei ausführst. So kannst du selbst lernen diese Puja selbst zu zelebrieren. Alle Puja Videos und Mantras findest du verlinkt auf https://wiki.yoga-vidya.de/Puja. In den Yoga Vidya Ashrams werden regelmäßig Pujas zelebriert https://www.yoga-vidya.de/center/. Im Yoga Vidya Ashram Bad Meinberg gibt es täglich Pujas. Und am Donnerstag sowie an Guru Purnima, Sivanandas Geburtstag und Swami Sivanandas Mahasamadhi wird die Guru Paduka Puja in komplexerer Form gefeiert https://wiki.yoga-vidya.de/Paduka_Puja. Bist du sehr interessiert an Kirtan und spiritueller Musik? Dann sind vielleicht die Yoga Vidya Seminare Mantras und Musik etwas für dich. Du kannst auch jeden Samstag um 20h beim Live-Satsang von Yoga Vidya dabei sein. Der Yoga Vidya Bad Meinberg Satsang mit Meditation, Mantra-Singen, Vortrag, Arati wird live übertragen ins Internet auf http://mein.yoga-vidya.de/page/yoga-vidya-satsang. Weitere Links: Willst du ein Einführungsseminar erleben, Yoga Urlaub nehmen oder vielleicht eine Ausbildung machen? Dann findest du hier eine kleine Auswahl. - Yoga und Meditation Einführung Seminar https://www.yoga-vidya.de/yoga-anfaenger/wie-lerne-ich-yoga/yoga-meditation-einfuehrungsseminar/ - Yoga Schulen https://www.yoga-vidya.de/center/ - Yogaferien https://www.yoga-vidya.de/yoga-urlaub/yoga-ferien - Yoga Ausbildung https://www.yoga-vidya.de/ausbildung-weiterbildung/yogalehrer-ausbildung/ - Sehr vieles zur Meditation auf https://www.yoga-vidya.de/meditation/ Die neue kostenlose Yoga Vidya App ist da! Gestalte deine eigene Yogapraxis individuell, unverbindlich und unkompliziert! Mit dieser App kannst du: – Hatha Yoga Stunden mitmachen – Pranayama oder Meditation üben – neue Mantras lernen – das nächste Yoga Vidya Center vor Ort finden Die App, samt weiteren Informationen, ist im Yoga Vidya Blog erreichbar – sowohl für Android als auch für iOS. Klicken, runterladen, und das Yoga deiner Wahl praktizieren.

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Abgelehnt

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2017 1:36


Abgelehnt‏‎ - was und warum? Verstehe etwas mehr über das Thema Abgelehnt‏‎ in diesem Spontan-Vortragsvideo. Sukadev interpretiert hier das Wort bzw. den Ausdruck Abgelehnt‏‎ vom Standpunkt der Yoga Philosophie aus. Vielleicht magst du ja deine Gedanken dazu in die Kommentare schreiben. So kommt er zu einigen interessanten, auch diskussionswürdigen Gedanken. Das Wort bzw. der Ausdruck Abgelehnt‏‎ gehört zum Begriffsfeld von Schattenseite, Psychologie. Seminare zum Thema Yogatherapie Ausbildung Baustein. Viele Infos zu Anatomische Grundlagen für Ayurveda und Massage Therapeuten. Dieses Video über " Abgelehnt‏‎ " ist ein Video von und mit Sukadev Bretz von https://www.yoga-vidya.de. Dann führt er dich durch die ganze Puja: Er rezitiert die Mantras und beschreibt auch die Handlungen, die du dabei ausführst. So kannst du selbst lernen diese Puja selbst zu zelebrieren. Alle Puja Videos und Mantras findest du verlinkt auf https://wiki.yoga-vidya.de/Puja. In den Yoga Vidya Ashrams werden regelmäßig Pujas zelebriert https://www.yoga-vidya.de/center/. Im Yoga Vidya Ashram Bad Meinberg gibt es täglich Pujas. Und am Donnerstag sowie an Guru Purnima, Sivanandas Geburtstag und Swami Sivanandas Mahasamadhi wird die Guru Paduka Puja in komplexerer Form gefeiert https://wiki.yoga-vidya.de/Paduka_Puja. Bist du sehr interessiert an Kirtan und spiritueller Musik? Dann sind vielleicht die Yoga Vidya Seminare Mantras und Musik etwas für dich. Du kannst auch jeden Samstag um 20h beim Live-Satsang von Yoga Vidya dabei sein. Der Yoga Vidya Bad Meinberg Satsang mit Meditation, Mantra-Singen, Vortrag, Arati wird live übertragen ins Internet auf http://mein.yoga-vidya.de/page/yoga-vidya-satsang. Weitere Links: Willst du ein Einführungsseminar erleben, Yoga Urlaub nehmen oder vielleicht eine Ausbildung machen? Dann findest du hier eine kleine Auswahl. - Yoga und Meditation Einführung Seminar https://www.yoga-vidya.de/yoga-anfaenger/wie-lerne-ich-yoga/yoga-meditation-einfuehrungsseminar/ - Yoga Schulen https://www.yoga-vidya.de/center/ - Yogaferien https://www.yoga-vidya.de/yoga-urlaub/yoga-ferien - Yoga Ausbildung https://www.yoga-vidya.de/ausbildung-weiterbildung/yogalehrer-ausbildung/ - Sehr vieles zur Meditation auf https://www.yoga-vidya.de/meditation/ Die neue kostenlose Yoga Vidya App ist da! Gestalte deine eigene Yogapraxis individuell, unverbindlich und unkompliziert! Mit dieser App kannst du: – Hatha Yoga Stunden mitmachen – Pranayama oder Meditation üben – neue Mantras lernen – das nächste Yoga Vidya Center vor Ort finden Die App, samt weiteren Informationen, ist im Yoga Vidya Blog erreichbar – sowohl für Android als auch für iOS. Klicken, runterladen, und das Yoga deiner Wahl praktizieren.

Feiertage - Indien, Hinduismus, Christentum und mehr
Swami Sivanandas Geburtstag am 8. September

Feiertage - Indien, Hinduismus, Christentum und mehr

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2017


Am 8. September ist Swami Sivanandas Geburtstag. Die meisten Yoga Vidya Ashrams und Zentren haben dazu besondere Veranstaltungen, Pujas etc. Hier ein paar Links zu Swami Sivananda: Diashow mit Photos von Swami Sivananda Artikel von und über Swami Sivananda Fotos von Swami Sivananda Mantras und Originalvorträge von Swami Sivananda Weitere Mantras und Originalvorträge von Swami Sivananda als mp3 Dateien (bitte beachte: Die Beschriftung der Audio Dateien ist nicht ganz korrekt – es sind tatsächlich 99 verschiedene Audio Dateien – ein großer Schatz) Video Filme mit Swami Sivananda Bücher von Swami Sivananda Online lesen Unten gleich eine große Fotogalerie mit Bildern Der Beitrag Swami Sivanandas Geburtstag am 8. September erschien zuerst auf Yoga Vidya Blog - Yoga, Meditation und Ayurveda.

Yoga Vidya Tägliche Inspirationen
Rituale und Gottesdienst

Yoga Vidya Tägliche Inspirationen

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2014 6:04


Bhakti Sutra, eine neue Podcast-Reihe als tägliche Inspiration, gesprochen von Sukadev. Essenz dieses Vortrags: Rituale und Gottesdienst als Mittel, um Bhakti, die Gottesliebe, zu entickeln – Kommentar zum Bhakti Sutra 16. Der 16. Vers des Bhakti Sutra von Narada geht wie folgt: Vyasa, der Sohn des Parashara, erklärt Bhakti als die Hingabe an Werke der Verehrung und ähnliche Tätigkeiten, Puja Adishu. Wer war Vyasa? Vyasa ist der Autor bzw. der Sammler der Veden. Vyasa ist der Autor des Mahabharata und des Brahma Sutra. Vyasa verband Jnana und Bhakti. Vyasa definierte Bhakti, die Gottesliebe, als Ausführung von Pujas und anderen Ritualen. Was das genau heißt, darum geht es hier in diesem kurzen Vortrag von und mit Sukadev Bretz, Gründer von Yoga Vidya.

Gott erfahren, erkennen, verehren, dienen

Bhakti Sutra, eine neue Podcast-Reihe als tägliche Inspiration, gesprochen von Sukadev. Essenz dieses Vortrags: Rituale und Gottesdienst als Mittel, um Bhakti, die Gottesliebe, zu entickeln – Kommentar zum Bhakti Sutra 16. Der 16. Vers des Bhakti Sutra von Narada geht wie folgt: Vyasa, der Sohn des Parashara, erklärt Bhakti als die Hingabe an Werke der Verehrung und ähnliche Tätigkeiten, Puja Adishu. Wer war Vyasa? Vyasa ist der Autor bzw. der Sammler der Veden. Vyasa ist der Autor des Mahabharata und des Brahma Sutra. Vyasa verband Jnana und Bhakti. Vyasa definierte Bhakti, die Gottesliebe, als Ausführung von Pujas und Der Beitrag Rituale und Gottesdienst erschien zuerst auf Yoga Vidya Blog - Yoga, Meditation und Ayurveda.

Narada Bhakti Sutra
Rituale und Gottesdienst

Narada Bhakti Sutra

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2014 6:04


Bhakti Sutra, eine neue Podcast-Reihe als tägliche Inspiration, gesprochen von Sukadev. Essenz dieses Vortrags: Rituale und Gottesdienst als Mittel, um Bhakti, die Gottesliebe, zu entickeln – Kommentar zum Bhakti Sutra 16. Der 16. Vers des Bhakti Sutra von Narada geht wie folgt: Vyasa, der Sohn des Parashara, erklärt Bhakti als die Hingabe an Werke der Verehrung und ähnliche Tätigkeiten, Puja Adishu. Wer war Vyasa? Vyasa ist der Autor bzw. der Sammler der Veden. Vyasa ist der Autor des Mahabharata und des Brahma Sutra. Vyasa verband Jnana und Bhakti. Vyasa definierte Bhakti, die Gottesliebe, als Ausführung von Pujas und Der Beitrag Rituale und Gottesdienst erschien zuerst auf Yoga Vidya Blog - Yoga, Meditation und Ayurveda.

Yoga, Meditation und spirituelles Leben
13 Wie Shri Karthikeyan seinen Guru getroffen hat

Yoga, Meditation und spirituelles Leben

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2014 6:48


Shri Karthikeyan ist ein direkter Schüler von Swami Sivananda. Er hat Swami Sivananda 1950 getroffen. Wie das geschehen ist, und wie Shri Karthikeyan seinen Guru gefunden hat, ist eine lustige und auch ergreifende Geschichte. Shri Karthikeyan reiste 1992-2008 jedes Jahr durch die Yoga Vidya Ashrams und Zentren, gab Pujas, Seminare, Vorträge und inspirierte so viele Mitarbeiter und Aspiranten. Sukadev fragte ihn, wie er seinen Guru gefunden hat, und wie die Begegnungen mit Swami Sivananda verlaufen sind. Hier eine kurze Zusammenfassung.

Hinduismus Podcast
Swami Sivanandas Geburtstag am 8. September

Hinduismus Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2013


Am 8. September ist Swami Sivanandas Geburtstag. Die meisten Yoga Vidya Ashrams und Zentren haben dazu besondere Veranstaltungen, Pujas etc. Hier ein paar Links zu Swami Sivananda: Diashow mit Photos von Swami Sivananda Artikel von und über Swami Sivananda Fotos von Swami Sivananda Mantras und Originalvorträge von Swami Sivananda Weitere Mantras und Originalvorträge von Swami … „Swami Sivanandas Geburtstag am 8. September“ weiterlesen

Ultrasounds Radio by Eluv
Eluv Interview with Satyabhama on Planetary Navagraha and Karmic Reduction Puja

Ultrasounds Radio by Eluv

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2012 21:46


I had the opportunity to chat with Margalo Ashley-Farrand/Satyabhama, about the benefits of  chanting mantras and the Planetary-Navagraha Puja. I do the planetary mantras and they work! Attending a Puja is a powerful experience on all levels.  Puja's work within each person in a special way. Everyone's experience is unique, yet there is a common thread of clearing and cleansing  the whole being from the inside out. If you want to move or shift a lot of energy/clear karma, attending a Puja can help facilitate this. Of the four types of karma described in Eastern texts, Prarabdha Karma, the position of the planets at the time of your birth, is the one kind of karma that cannot be changed. Although this astrological DNA remains constant throughout life, the way we receive planetary vibrations can indeed be changed. This ceremony can ease the way we are forced to deal with difficult planetary alignments & natal configurations.  This puja is performed to soften and reduce planetary karma of all kinds. Satyabhama does various Pujas on a regular basis. If you cannot be at one of these pujas you can participate in absentia  we will pray for you specifically during the puja. For full details  contact Satyabhama directly at: http://www.facebook.com/margalo.ashleyfarrand or via her website http://www.sanskritmantra.com/satyabhama Margalo Ashley-Farrand/Satyabhama Margalo Ashley-Farrand, given the name Satyabhama by Sadguru Sant Keshavadas, began having Christian mystical experiences at age 14. In 1981, she completed the arduous Narvarna Sadhana and Shiva Sadhana as taught by Sant Keshavadas. Thereafter she learned to perform the ancient pujas and yajnas. She is a Vedic priest and teaches ancient mantra techniques and spiritual practices, committed to making the world a better place in which Divine Law becomes the law of life. Eluv-http://www.facebook.com/musicbyeluv Eluv Website: http://www.radiantsol.com

Kali - Mythen, Geschichten und Symbolik
Navaratri, das Fest der Göttlichen Mutter

Kali - Mythen, Geschichten und Symbolik

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2012


Navaratri ist das neun-tägige Fest zur Verehrung der Göttlichen Mutter in ihren Aspekten als Kali, Durga, Lakshmi und Saraswati. Dieses Jahr (2012) findet es statt vom 15.-24.10.2012.   Sukadev liest aus Swami Sivanandas Buch „Feste und Fastentage“. Er erläutert die spirituelle Bedeutung der Göttinnen. Und er erläutert die Bedeutung dieses Festes, welches in manchen Teilen Indiens ganz besonders großartig gefeiert wird. In den Yoga Vidya Ashrams gibt es aus Anlass von Navaratri viele Pujas und Rezitationen. Und jeder kann sich besonders auf die göttliche Mutter einstimmen. Der Beitrag Navaratri, das Fest der Göttlichen Mutter erschien zuerst auf Yoga Vidya Blog - Yoga, Meditation und Ayurveda.

Feiertage - Indien, Hinduismus, Christentum und mehr
Navaratri, das Fest der Göttlichen Mutter

Feiertage - Indien, Hinduismus, Christentum und mehr

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2012


Navaratri ist das neun-tägige Fest zur Verehrung der Göttlichen Mutter in ihren Aspekten als Kali, Durga, Lakshmi und Saraswati. Dieses Jahr (2012) findet es statt vom 15.-24.10.2012.   Sukadev liest aus Swami Sivanandas Buch „Feste und Fastentage“. Er erläutert die spirituelle Bedeutung der Göttinnen. Und er erläutert die Bedeutung dieses Festes, welches in manchen Teilen Indiens ganz besonders großartig gefeiert wird. In den Yoga Vidya Ashrams gibt es aus Anlass von Navaratri viele Pujas und Rezitationen. Und jeder kann sich besonders auf die göttliche Mutter einstimmen. Der Beitrag Navaratri, das Fest der Göttlichen Mutter erschien zuerst auf Yoga Vidya Blog - Yoga, Meditation und Ayurveda.

Shiva, Krishna, Durga Ganesha - indische Götter Podcast

Shivaratri ist die Heilige Nacht des Shiva. Shivaratri wird in den Yoga Vidya Ashrams und Zentren in altindischer Tradition gefeiert mit Mantra-Singen, mit Pujas und Homas, altehrwürdigen Ritualen, mit Geschichten und Meditation. Zur Einleitung der Festlichkeiten an Shivaratri gibt Sukadev in diesem Vortrag einige Erläuterungen über Sinn und Zweck von Shivaratri. Er spricht über die […]

Shiva Geschichten Podcast
Shivaratri – Sitten und Gebräuche

Shiva Geschichten Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2012


Shivaratri ist die Heilige Nacht des Shiva. Shivaratri wird in den Yoga Vidya Ashrams und Zentren in altindischer Tradition gefeiert mit Mantra-Singen, mit Pujas und Homas, altehrwürdigen Ritualen, mit Geschichten und Meditation. Zur Einleitung der Festlichkeiten an Shivaratri gibt Sukadev in diesem Vortrag einige Erläuterungen über Sinn und Zweck von Shivaratri. Er spricht über die Bedeutung der einzelnen Gebräuche rund um Shivaratri und wie man Shivaratri als machtvolles Ritual zelebrieren kann. Der Beitrag Shivaratri – Sitten und Gebräuche erschien zuerst auf Yoga Vidya Blog - Yoga, Meditation und Ayurveda.

Yoga Geschichten Podcast
Shivaratri – Sitten und Gebräuche

Yoga Geschichten Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2012


Shivaratri ist die Heilige Nacht des Shiva. Shivaratri wird in den Yoga Vidya Ashrams und Zentren in altindischer Tradition gefeiert mit Mantra-Singen, mit Pujas und Homas, altehrwürdigen Ritualen, mit Geschichten und Meditation. Zur Einleitung der Festlichkeiten an Shivaratri gibt Sukadev in diesem Vortrag einige Erläuterungen über Sinn und Zweck von Shivaratri. Er spricht über die Bedeutung der einzelnen Gebräuche rund um Shivaratri und wie man Shivaratri als machtvolles Ritual zelebrieren kann. Der Beitrag Shivaratri – Sitten und Gebräuche erschien zuerst auf Yoga Vidya Blog - Yoga, Meditation und Ayurveda.

Yoga, Meditation und spirituelles Leben
Shivaratri - Sitten und Gebräuche

Yoga, Meditation und spirituelles Leben

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2012 11:33


Shivaratri ist die Heilige Nacht des Shiva. Shivaratri wird in den Yoga Vidya Ashrams und Zentren in altindischer Tradition gefeiert mit Mantra-Singen, mit Pujas und Homas, altehrwürdigen Ritualen, mit Geschichten und Meditation. Zur Einleitung der Festlichkeiten an Shivaratri gibt Sukadev in diesem Vortrag einige Erläuterungen über Sinn und Zweck von Shivaratri. Er spricht über die Bedeutung der einzelnen Gebräuche rund um Shivaratri und wie man Shivaratri als machtvolles Ritual zelebrieren kann.

Götter Podcast
Shivaratri – Sitten und Gebräuche

Götter Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2012


Shivaratri ist die Heilige Nacht des Shiva. Shivaratri wird in den Yoga Vidya Ashrams und Zentren in altindischer Tradition gefeiert mit Mantra-Singen, mit Pujas und Homas, altehrwürdigen Ritualen, mit Geschichten und Meditation. Zur Einleitung der Festlichkeiten an Shivaratri gibt Sukadev in diesem Vortrag einige Erläuterungen über Sinn und Zweck von Shivaratri. Er spricht über die … „Shivaratri – Sitten und Gebräuche“ weiterlesen

Hinduismus Podcast
Shivaratri – Sitten und Gebräuche

Hinduismus Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2012


Shivaratri ist die Heilige Nacht des Shiva. Shivaratri wird in den Yoga Vidya Ashrams und Zentren in altindischer Tradition gefeiert mit Mantra-Singen, mit Pujas und Homas, altehrwürdigen Ritualen, mit Geschichten und Meditation. Zur Einleitung der Festlichkeiten an Shivaratri gibt Sukadev in diesem Vortrag einige Erläuterungen über Sinn und Zweck von Shivaratri. Er spricht über die … „Shivaratri – Sitten und Gebräuche“ weiterlesen

Yoga, Meditation und spirituelles Leben
247 Sukadev erzählt seine ersten Erfahrungen mit Kinderyoga

Yoga, Meditation und spirituelles Leben

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2011 12:41


Sukadev erzählt, wie er zum Kinderyoga gekommen ist. Er erzählt, wie er durch einen Ausfall einer Kinder-yoga Lehrerin seine erste Yogastunde für Kinder gegeben hat. Das war im Jahr 1985 im Sivananda Yoga Center Genf. Des weiteren hat er Yogastunden und Pujas angeleitet im Rahmen von Kinderyoga Camps im Sivananda Yoga Ashram Kanada, auch in der Mitte der 80er Jahre. So erfährst du eine Menge über Kinderyoga - du bekommst einige Tipps, wie du selbst unterrichten kannst, und was es beim Unterrichten von Kinder-yoga zu beachten gilt. Aber auch, wenn du nicht so sehr interessiert bist, Kindern Yoga zu unterrichten, bekommst du wertvolle Tipps: Nämlich wie du mit einer Einstellung, die bereit ist für alles, dich auf jede Situation einstimmen kannst. Ich möchte heute den Meditation Video Podcast vorstellen. In diesem Video-Podcast findest du Anleitungen zur Meditation. Manche Anleitungen sind kürzer, manche länger. Manche eignen sich für Anfänger, manche für fortgeschrittenere Meditierende. Du findest auch ganz besondere Meditationsanleitungen, die sonst eher seltener sind. Der Meditation-Video Podcast erscheint meist wöchentlich. Allerdings kann er auch mal ein paar Wochen pausieren... Hier der RSS Feed: http://meditation-video.podspot.de/rss

Yoga, Meditation und spirituelles Leben
Navaratri, das Fest der Göttlichen Mutter

Yoga, Meditation und spirituelles Leben

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2011 11:07


Navaratri ist das neun-tägige Fest zur Verehrung der Göttlichen Mutter in ihren Aspekten als Kali, Durga, Lakshmi und Saraswati. Dieses Jahr (2011) findet es statt vom 28.9.-6.10. Sukadev liest aus Swami Sivanandas Buch "Feste und Fastentage". Er erläutert die spirituelle Bedeutung der Göttinnen. Und er erläutert die Bedeutung dieses Festes, welches in manchen Teilen Indiens ganz besonders großartig gefeiert wird. In den Yoga Vidya Ashrams gibt es aus Anlass von Navaratri viele Pujas und Rezitationen. Und jeder kann sich besonders auf die göttliche Mutter einstimmen.

Yoga Vidya Kongress Vortrag Podcast
Sukadev erzählt seine ersten Erfahrungen mit Kinderyoga

Yoga Vidya Kongress Vortrag Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2011


Sukadev erzählt, wie er zum Kinderyoga gekommen ist. . Er erzählt, wie er durch einen Ausfall einer Kinder-yoga Lehrerin seine erste Yogastunde für Kinder gegeben hat. Das war im Jahr 1985 im Sivananda Yoga Center Genf. Des weiteren hat er Yogastunden und Pujas angeleitet im Rahmen von Kinderyoga Camps im Sivananda Yoga Ashram Kanada, auch in der Mitte der 80er Jahre. So erfährst du eine Menge über Kinderyoga - du bekommst einige Tipps, wie du selbst unterrichten kannst, und was es beim Unterrichten von Kinder-yoga zu beachten gilt. Aber auch, wenn du nicht so sehr interessiert bist, Kindern Yoga zu unterrichten, bekommst du wertvolle Tipps: Nämlich wie du mit einer Einstellung, die bereit ist für alles, dich auf jede Situation einstimmen kannst. Alles zum Thema Kinder-yoga http://www.kinder-yoga.cc

Yoga Vidya Kongress Vortrag Podcast
Sukadev erzählt seine ersten Erfahrungen mit Kinderyoga

Yoga Vidya Kongress Vortrag Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2011 12:41


Sukadev erzählt, wie er zum Kinderyoga gekommen ist. . Er erzählt, wie er durch einen Ausfall einer Kinder-yoga Lehrerin seine erste Yogastunde für Kinder gegeben hat. Das war im Jahr 1985 im Sivananda Yoga Center Genf. Des weiteren hat er Yogastunden und Pujas angeleitet im Rahmen von Kinderyoga Camps im Sivananda Yoga Ashram Kanada, auch in der Mitte der 80er Jahre. So erfährst du eine Menge über Kinderyoga - du bekommst einige Tipps, wie du selbst unterrichten kannst, und was es beim Unterrichten von Kinder-yoga zu beachten gilt. Aber auch, wenn du nicht so sehr interessiert bist, Kindern Yoga zu unterrichten, bekommst du wertvolle Tipps: Nämlich wie du mit einer Einstellung, die bereit ist für alles, dich auf jede Situation einstimmen kannst. Alles zum Thema Kinder-yoga http://www.kinder-yoga.cc

Banga Sammelan Podcast
NABC 2011 Episode 03 Organizers 2011-05-26

Banga Sammelan Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2011 6:56


This year's Banga Sammelan is being organized by Sanskriti of Washington DC area, Prantik and North Virginia Bengali Association (NVBA). While most events like the Pujas or Rabindra-Nazrul Jayanti etc. are organized by individual clubs and community associations, a national event like Banga Sammelan brings forth this unique collaboration between the prabasi bengalis of the area. Amit Adhya of Prantik, Nandita Dasgupta of Sanskriti and Debasri Mitra of NVBA share with BanglaPodcast their feelings about this ownership and participation.

Voices of the Sacred Feminine
Francesca Gentille - God, Goddess & Sex - Voices of the Sacred Feminine

Voices of the Sacred Feminine

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2010 99:00


Francesca Gentille, returns by popular demand to discuss the relationship between God, Goddess and Sex. Outrageously effervescent media personality and "Dive of Divine Relationships" Francesca has spent the past 10 years at the forefront of alternative culture. Exploring the alphabet of sacred sexuality including Assanas, Breathing Techniques, Chakras, Kama Sutra, Mudras, Pujas, Quodoshka and Tantra, she has been road testing cutting-edge relationship techniques to bring her followers the keys to cosmic connection. She is currently the hostess of Sex: Tantra and the Kama Sutra and Director of the LifeDance Center. The discussion will delve into if God and Sex are compatible.