Making Mandirs a "Go To" Place Sri Sahajananda (s07a-4)
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Making Temples a “Go To” Place
for All.
Nithyananda Vedic Templewww.NithyanandaVedicTemple.org
www.NithyanandaVedicTemple.org
Paramahamsa Nithyananda
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Why are they not?• Politics – Our youth can see right
through it.• Preaching not Inspiring – They are
Smart.• Not approachable – “This is how it is
done!”• Non-participatory – “What am I doing
here?”• Lifestyle is lost.
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What Swamiji Taught Us: Temples are Universities
• Preserve the Lifestyle.• Why we do what we do?
– Morning Suprabatha Puja– Evening Maha Arthi– Offerings– Deities
• Utilitarian Aspects of our Temples– Living the Lifestyle of Vidharkha
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Maha Arati at the Nithyananda Vedic Temple
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What Swamiji Taught Us: Pujacharya vs Priest
• Relating to the Deities: Creating Practical Solutions
• Science behind Temples: They are Temple Sized for a Reason
• Smriti: Guidelines for Life, Continously Changing
• Sruti : The Ultimate Truth• Involve the Youth
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What Swamiji Taught Us: Inspire – Don’t Preach
• When we dilute – they dilute further– No one hears you.– Everyone follows you.
• Understand, Share and Participate.• Bring Scriptures to Life
– Developing the Inner Software – The Vedic Mind.
– Truths, not Myth: Significance of Ganesha
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Sri Ananda Ganesha on Ganesha Chaturthi, 2009
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What Swamiji Taught Us: Temples – Discovering
“Aham Brahmasmi”
“Tatvamasi” - The basis of everything done at Nithyananda Vedic Temples.