Parmarth Niketan · Are We Born With Our Bad Habits How do we develop habits? How do they control us? Habits are the things that we just keep on doing, regardless of their effects or outcomes – sometimes for years or our entire lives. Why? How...
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Parmarth Niketan · Why Do We Lie Can Lying Ever Be Justified Can lying ever be justified? Why do we lie, even to friends and loved ones? Even to ourselves? Why do we do something that is so wrong in our religions and also that shows...
Read MoreIn life, it's difficult sometimes to accept responsibility for the results of our own actions, or our inaction. It's so much easier to blame someone or something outside of ourselves. And, sometimes, that someone or something is God. After all, He's the...
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Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati at Parmarth Niketan discusses the following topics and answers questions from seekers from around the world, during her daily Satsang from the banks of the holy Ganga River: Learning to Trust Again After a Break-Up Are You Your Own Worst Enemy? Introspecting...
Read MoreYes! we should be bothered! Being bothered is actually one of the most motivating feelings that we can have. If, instead of wallowing in botheration, we can use the dissatisfaction to propel us to take action! Think about a pile of trash. If it...
Read MoreThere are many ways to accomplish a goal, whether the goal is a materially successful life or a deep relationship with the Divine. In many traditions, imagery is an important part of the worship of God. But, we understand that those images are not...
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Wishing everyone a Happy and Healthy Makar Sankranti, a beautiful Hindu festival celebrating the sun's return to the Northern Hemisphere that is always the traditional beginning of the Maha Kumbh Mela, being held this year in Haridwar. Our last Kumbh was held in Allahabad, officially known...
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Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati at Parmarth Niketan discusses the following topics and answers questions from seekers from around the world, during her daily Satsang from the banks of the holy Ganga River: The Essence of Real Love How Do We Turn Our Darkness into Light? Vulnerability...
Read MoreOn the auspicious occasion of Makar Sankranti which also falls this year during the new moon, amavasya, Sadhviji shares a beautiful teaching of turning our own inner compass toward the light. She shares how we, on the day celebrating the northern hemisphere’s shift from darkness...
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Parmarth Niketan · The Science Behind Sanskrit Mantras Why are Sanskrit mantras are so powerful? What is it about this particular language that is so universally-touted as sacred and transformative? As Pujya Sadhviji explains in this inspiring video from the Divine Satsang, it all has to do...
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