May 2018 – Yoga, Meditation and Hinduism

May302018 by tatvamaseeNo Comments

TTD’s missing diamond finds its way to Sotheby’s [Excerpts]

Source: - Deccan Chronicle. Tirupati: Does the “Raj Pink’’, the largest fancy intense pink diamond in the world, which failed to go under the hammer in Geneva last November, actually belong to Tirumala Tirupati Devastanam (TTD)? The Raj Pink, the rare 37.3 carat stone, was the highlight of the Sotheby’s sale of precious jewels. Lord Venkateswara temple chief priest Ramana Deekshitulu, who has been served notice to leave, on Friday alleged that it belonged to the temple, and wanted a thorough enquiry into the missing jewels at TTD. He said that the Mysore Maharaja had donated the platinum necklace studded with pink diamond, the rarest of the rare variety of diamonds. He recalled adorning the jewel on the Balaji idol till 2001. He said the Chief Vigilance Officer, an IPS officer, had re

May112018 by tatvamaseeNo Comments

YOGA FOR THE WORLD – Celebrating the First International Day of Yoga

Videos, Yoga & Meditation

Source: - Indian Diplomacy Youtube channel. After the United Nations declared June 21st to be celebrated as the International Day of Yoga every year, people and organizations all across the world set about to make the first IDY a landmark event. This film briefly explores how, in the last 150 years, the 5000 years old ancient discipline of Yoga has disseminated from India to the rest of the world and how the world celebrated the first ever International Day of Yoga on 21st June, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7XpkH6pzlg

May102018 by tatvamaseeNo Comments

Hinduism: Understanding Karma and Reincarnation

Hinduism, Videos, What is Hinduism

Source: - Dharma Speaks YouTube Channel. Reincarnation can be a difficult concept to accept. But the idea makes sense when we understand that we are not what we take ourselves to be. The Masters and scriptures declare that beyond our physical and mental existence we are the Atman. Life is a cosmic journey where the Atman samples different aspects of life through different incarnations. Karma is the force of the universe that makes this happen. It is not a moral judge, but a law which allows us to create our future. Eventually after many lives we seek to break the ties of Karma and repeated birth and death, through Yoga. Yoga is the method of centering our consciousness on the Atman. When we do this we rise above our Samskaras (impressions) and reach a state beyond Karma and Rebirth - W...

May102018 by tatvamaseeNo Comments

This Speech Will Change Your Life | Carl Sagan

Miscellaneous, Videos

Source: - Word Porn. :Transcript: From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of any particular interest. But for us, it's different. Consider again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our s...

May72018 by tatvamaseeNo Comments

Common Yoga Protocol IDY 2016 (Arabic)

Videos, Yoga, Yoga & Meditation

Source: - Indian Diplomacy YouTube Channel. In 2015 the Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India made a film on Common Yoga Protocol to serve as an introductory guide to practicing Yoga. It contained, inter alia, general guidelines to be followed before, during and after the practice of Yoga and an explanation of the most widely practiced yoga poses and asanas. It was used by thousands of people across the world as a basic guide for the 1st International Day of Yoga. The Common Yoga Protocol for IDY 2016 is an updated film made jointly by the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY) and Ministry of AYUSH and includes more yoga techniques which have been added in consultation with leading Yoga experts and heads of eminent Yoga Institutions in India. This film will be a useful resource fo...

May32018 by tatvamaseeNo Comments

Hinduism: Why so many different philosophies?

Hinduism, Videos, What is Hinduism

Source: - Dharma Speaks YouTube Channel. Hinduism has the broadest range of philosophical ideas. There are theistic and non theistic traditions, those that see God as personal and impersonal. The reason for this variety is that different Masters have contacted different facets of the ultimate reality and delivered descriptions of it. These descriptions provide a framework for the mind to be guided to the same first hand experience of these Masters. In this video we focus on Vedanta and describe the different schools from the great acharays (Shankara, Ramanuja, Madva), and explain how each one has approached the ultimate reality in very different ways. This sophisticated setup has allowed seekers to approach Truth in a way that suits their nature. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCofNFj...

May32018 by tatvamaseeNo Comments

Daughter of prominent Islamic scholar faces backlash for posting photo without a hijab on Facebook [Excerpt]

Converting to Hinduism

Source: - womenintheworld.com Maysoon Al-Suwaidan is known for being a poet, a TV personality and the daughter of Tareq Al-Suwaidan, a prominent Muslim Brotherhood member in Kuwait who has written many books, delivered numerous public speeches and appeared in TV interviews on Islamic subjects ranging from discussing the Quran to stories of the Prophet Mohammed. Like many daughters of Islamic scholars, Al-Suwaidan always embraced the headscarf. She traveled the world with it, she obtained her masters degree from Georgetown University with it, and she conducted her poetry TV show while wearing it. But late last year she posted a photo of herself on her Facebook page without the hijab, commenting that “I left to India in search of God away from any religion or sect and discovered that the