Navaraatri awakens the tri-functions of Devi within
Devi or the Divine Mother is the energy which has given birth to the entire universe including the celestial stars far away and the subtle mind and its emotions. Called ‘shakti’ which means energy,...
PRAYER TO MOTHER
As we commence the powerful and glorious period of Sharad Navaraatri, The Hindu Media Guyana(THMG) encourages you all to join in prayer to the Divine Mother whom we invoke, worship and glorify during this blessed period. May...
Arjuna: The Qualified student for Bhagavad Geeta
Of the five brothers Sri Krishna chose Arjuna in particular for his disciple. There was significance in this act of His. If waging the war was the main issue there was Bhima...
The Vedanta Philosophy—Introduction Part 2
Brahman, Maya and Jiva
Brahman
Brahman, the Absolute, after manifesting the elements, enters them. It is the Golden Person in the sun. It is the Light of the soul. It is ever pure. It is Sat-Chit-Ananda, one...
Geeta Philosophy explained becomes Mahabharata; Mahabharata condensed into philosophy becomes Bhagavad Geeta
The Mahabharata or the Great Epic is held to be the fifth Veda. The Bhagavad Gita finds a place in this stupendous record of human activities, aspirations and...
The Vedanta Philosophy—Introduction Part 1
Prostrations and adorations to Sri Vyasa, the founder of Uttara Mimamsa or the Vedanta system of philosophy, Avatara of Lord Vishnu, son of Sri Parasara Rishi.
Uttara Mimamsa or the Vedanta philosophy of Vyasa or Badarayana...
Origin of the terms ‘Hindu’ and ‘Hinduism’
“SANATANA DHARMA,” the most ancient of all the living religions today—popularly called “Hinduism” now, though that appellation is not very correct to denote any religion, as we still see later—is not exactly a “Religion”...
Swami Vivekananda—The mighty harbinger of Vedanta to the West 9/11/1893
On September 11th, 1893 the unknown Sannyasin Swami Vivekananda appeared on the American soil at the Parliament of Religion in Chicago and presented for the first time in a formal...
Swami Vivekananda’s world famous address to Parliament of Religion, September 11, 1893
Swami Vivekananda, the unknown monk who rose to world fame at the Parliament of Religion in Chicago on September 11th, 1893 who is credited to have brought...
The Promises of the Lord are unbroken
In Sanskrit a Promise is called pratijnaa. A Promise is defined as a vow and a declaration. It is an assurance that one will or will not do or undertake a certain action. Example, you make a...
