Shri Vidya !meru1 Shri Vidya (ISO: Śrī Vidyā; ; sometimes also spelled Sri Vidya or Shree Vidya) is a Hindu Tantric religious system devoted to the Goddess) as Lalitā Tripurasundarī (Beautiful Goddess of the Three worlds), Bhuvaneshvari, Maha Lakshmi, etc. A thousand names for this form of Devi are recited in the Lalita sahasranama, which includes Śrī Vidyā concepts. The sect accepts and aims to provide both material prosperity and self-realisation....
Dhanraj Giri !Kailash Ashram, Muni Ki Reti, Rishikesh Dhanraj Giri (1811–1901) was the abbot of Kailash Ashram, an ashram, which he established in 1880 at Muni Ki Reti, Rishikesh. It was one of the first large ashrams to be established in Rishikesh, prior to which it was mostly as a place for individual seekers, or pilgrims to stop over on way to Char Dham temples pilgrimage. He was a famous monk in Northern India and was a scholar in Vedanta philosophy....
Tantra Tantra (तन्त्र) are the esoteric traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism that developed on the Indian subcontinent from the middle of the 1st millennium CE onwards. The term tantra, in the Indian traditions, also means any systematic broadly applicable “text, theory, system, method, instrument, technique or practice”. A key feature of these traditions is the use of mantras, and thus they are commonly referred to as Mantramārga (“Path of Mantra”) in Hinduism or Mantrayāna (“Mantra Vehicle”) and Guhyamantra (“Secret Mantra”) in Buddhism....
Nondualism In spirituality, nondualism, also called nonduality and nondual awareness, is a fuzzy concept originating in Indian philosophy and religion for which many definitions can be found, including: advaita, nondual awareness, the nonduality of seer and seen or nondifference of subject and object; advaya, the identity of conventional phenomena and ultimate reality, or the “nonduality of duality and nonduality”; and monism, the nonplurality of the world and “the interconnection of all things....
Lakshmi Narasimha type Hindu god_of God of Time Goddess of Prosperity venerated_in Vaishnavism abode Vaikuntha affiliation Sri Vaishnavism festivals Narasimha Jayanti Lakshmi Narasimha (लक्ष्मीनरसिंह) is an iconographical depiction of Narasimha, the fourth avatar of Vishnu, with his consort Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity. It is one of the five iconographical forms of Narasimha, among Jvala Narasimha, Gandaberunda Narasimha, Ugra Narasimha, and Yoga Narasimha. Legend In an alternate iteration of the legend of Narasimha, after he slays Hiranyakashipu, his fury is still unabated....
Sri Aurobindo Circle Sri Aurobindo Circle is an annual periodical of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram that was originally published in Bombay, but later from the Pondicherry ashram. During 1947 instalments of Savitri) were published in it. As with other ashram journals it contained, besides the writings of Sri Aurobindo, essays and poems written by his disciples and devotees and by students of his thought. References A B Purani, Life of Sri Aurobindo, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, pp....
Kali-Saṇṭāraṇa Upaniṣad devanagari कलिसन्तरण meaning To overcome the effects of Kali Yuga veda Krishna Yajurveda verses 2 philosophy Vaishnava The Kali-Santarana Upanishad (कलिसन्तरणोपनिषद्; ), also called, is a Sanskrit text. It is a minor Upanishad of Hinduism. The Vaishnava Upanishad was likely composed before c. 500 CE. According to Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, this text’s central mantra, known as the Hare Krishna, or Mahā (“Great”), Mantra), was given in the 16th century to Chaitanya Mahaprabhu at his initiation in Gaya (though the Sanskrit mantra is absent from his biographies)....
Category:Shakti temples Temples dedicated to Hindu goddesses Shakti, Durga Parvathi, Kali, Lakshmi, Saraswati, etc.
Hanuman type Hindu name Hanuman god_of God of Wisdom, Strength, Courage, Devotion and Self-Discipline devanagari हनुमान affiliation Devotee of Rama, Deva), Vanara,<ref, name=“Williams2008p146”/> Avatar of Vayu, Mukhyaprana abode Kishkindha festivals Hanuman Jayanti mantra ॐ श्री हनुमते नमः (Om Sri Hanumate Namah) parents Vayu (spiritual father), Kesari) (father) , Añjanā (mother) weapon Gada (mace) birth_place Anjeyanadri Hill, Koppal district texts Ramayana and its other versions, Hanuman Chalisa siblings Bhima (spiritual brother) member_of Chiranjivi Hanuman (हनुमान्, ), also called Anjaneya (आञ्जनेय), is a Hindu god and a divine vanara companion of the god Rama....
M. P. Pandit M. P. Pandit (14 June 1918 – 14 March 1993) was a spiritual author, teacher and Sanskrit scholar. For several decades, he was a secretary of the Mother (Mirra Alfassa) of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. He wrote numerous books and articles on the yoga of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, on social and political thought, science, philosophy, religion, mysticism, and the classical texts and spiritual traditions of India....
Upakarma Upākarma (“Beginning”, उपाकर्म), also called Āvaṇi Aviṭṭam (ஆவணி அவிட்டம்), Āvaṇi Aviṭṭam (ആവണി അവിട്ടം), Janivārada Huṇṇime (ಜನಿವಾರದ ಹುಣ್ಣಿಮೆ), Gahmā Pūrṇimā (ଗହ୍ମା ପୂର୍ଣିମା), and Jaṁdhyāla Paurṇami (జంధ్యాల పౌర్ణమి) is a Vedic ritual practiced by Hindus of the Brahmin caste. During the ritual, men change a sacred thread and put on a new one. Upākarma is conducted once a year during the shravana or Dhaniṣṭhā nakṣatra of the Hindu month of Śrāvana, when Brahmins change their upanayana thread with Vedic rituals, making offerings to the rishis who composed the Vedic hymns....
Paramahamsa Parivrajaka Upanishad name Paramahamsa Parivrajaka devanagari परमहम्स परिव्रजक meaning Wandering supreme swan (soul) composition_date 14th or 15th century CE authors Brahma and Adi Narayana type Sannyasa veda Atharvaveda chapters 8 philosophy Vedanta The Paramahamsa Parivrajaka Upanishad (IAST: परमहम्स परिव्रजक उपनिस्हद्), is a medieval era Sanskrit text and a minor Upanishad of Hinduism. It is one of the 31 Upanishads attached to the Atharvaveda, and classified as one of the 19 Sannyasa Upanishads....
Rama in Jainism type Jain name Rama deity_of God in Jainism other_names Padma father Dasharatha mother Kaushalya predecessor Dasharatha Rama (Rāma), the hero of Ramayana, is described in the Jain scriptures as one of sixty-three illustrious persons, known as Salakapurusa. Among these, there are nine sets of Balabhadra, Vasudeva and Prati-Vasudeva. Rama was the 8th Balabhadra with Lakshmana and Ravana being his Vasudeva and Prati-Vasudeva counterparts. He is described as a young prince who is deprived of his throne and turned into a pauper....
Sukhakarta Dukhaharta !Moreshwar Sukhakarta Dukhaharta (literally “harbinger of happiness and dispeller of distress”, सुखकर्ता दु:खहर्ता, ), also spelled as Sukhkarta Dukhharta, is a popular Marathi arati song or bhajan (devotional song) dedicated to the Hindu god Ganesha, composed by the saint Samarth Ramdas (1608 - 1682 CE). It is included in the “most standard and almost universal” arati songs sung at the end of Puja) (worship rituals) of Ganesha in Maharashtra, especially in his festival Ganesh Chaturthi as well as in Ganesha temples in the region....
A. R. Natarajan A. R. Natarajan was a disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi who published numerous books on his guru. He was the president and founder of the Ramana Maharshi Centre for Learning, Bangalore) the Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi Research Centre (Sanjaynagar, Bangalore)and the vice-president of the Ramana Kendra, New Delhi.“Bangaloreans would not have had the opportunity of learning about Bhagwan Shri Ramana, but for the efforts put by Shri.A.R.Natarajan in building RMCL at Mekhri Circle, Bangalore” said Mr....