Hinduism
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‘The Hindu religion is the only one of the world’s great faiths dedicated to the idea that the Cosmos itself undergoes an immense, indeed an infinite, number of deaths and rebirths.' - Carl Sagan
- शुभ दीपावली 🪔 #Diwali
- 🕉️ Hindu by birth, or by choice, Sanatana Dharma welcomes all sincere seekers. For Hindus seeking to reconnect with the depth of their tradition, or for those feeling a call toward the path of dharma, now is the time to rediscover or formally embrace this ancient, living faith. Start your journey:
- 🌟 Welcome Vikram Samvat 2082! 🌟 Wishing you all a very Happy Hindu New Year! As we step into Vikram Samvat 2082, may this new year bring prosperity, happiness, and divine blessings into your life. "May all be happy, may all be free from illness, May all see auspiciousness, and may no one suffer."
- 🌸✨ Happy Navratri! ✨🌸 ॥ या देवी सर्वभूतेषु शक्तिरूपेण संस्थिता ॥ नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥ “To the Goddess who resides in all beings as strength, We bow to Her, we bow to Her, we continually bow to Her.”
- Triveni has won the Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album at the #Grammy2025. This by Chandrika Tandon, Wouter Kellerman, and Eru Matsumoto weaves together sacred Hindu chants, meditative ragas, and global rhythms, creating a soul-stirring experience. ॐ शान्तिः 🙏🏽 Listen here: tidal.com/album/384002...
- Greetings on the auspicious occasion of Holi 🔥 As a kindled fire reduces wood to ashes, O Arjun, so does the fire of knowledge burn to ashes all reactions from material activities. Let that (auspicious) Agni instigate us (towards prosperity and well-being). Source: भगवद गीता 4.37
- "As ghee is hidden in milk and a tree in a seed, the power of divinity is hidden in humans. Spirituality enlightens you to realize your divine potential." - Sri Sakthi Narayani Amma
- An answer to the academic world’s notion that religion has been superceded by rational thought and the ascendance of science By Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
- "Water is the life of all creatures, and it is water which aids their growth. If there be no water, all creatures would perish." - Mahabharata, SECTION CLXXXIII (celebrating Kumbh Mela: g.co/kgs/rPAzH87)
- HYMN IX. Indra. 1 COME, Indra, and delight thee with the juice at all the Soma feasts, Protector, mighty in thy strength.
- 2 To Indra pour ye forth the juice, the active gladdening juice to him The gladdening, omnific God.
- 3 O Lord of all men, fair of cheek, rejoice thee in the gladdening lauds, Present at these drink-offerings.
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View full thread10 To lofty Indra, dweller by each libation, the pious man Sings forth aloud a strengthening hymn.
- HYMN VIII. Indra. 1 INDRA, bring wealth that gives delight, the victor's ever-conquering wealth, Most excellent, to be our aid;
- 2 By means of which we may repel our foes in battle hand to hand, By thee assisted with the car.
- 3 Aided by thee, the thunder-armed, Indra, may we lift up the bolt, And conquer all our foes in fight.
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View full thread10 So are his lovely gifts; let lauds and praises be to Indra sung, That he may drink the Soma juice.
- HYMN VII. Indra. 1 INDRA the singers with high praise, Indra reciters with their lauds, Indra the choirs have glorified.
- 2 Indra hath ever close to him his two bay steeds and word-yoked car, Indra the golden, thunder-armed.
- 3 Indra hath raised the Sun on high in heaven, that he may see afar: He burst the mountain for the kine.
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View full thread10 For your sake from each side we call Indra away from other men: Ours, and none others’, may he be.
- रामो विग्रहवान् धर्मस्सधुस्सत्यपराक्रमः। राजा सर्वस्य लोकस्य देवानां मेघवानीव।I Rama is the embodiment of righteousness, he is an equable person with truthfulness as his valour, and as with Indra to all gods he is the king of entire world.
- Transliteration: raamo vigrahavaan dharmaH saadhuH satya paraakramaH | raajaa sarvasya lokasya devaanaam iva vaasavaH ||
- माता रामो मत्पिता रामचन्द्रः । स्वामी रामो मत्सखा रामचन्द्रः ॥ सर्वस्वं मे रामचन्द्रो दयालु । नान्यं जाने नैव जाने न जाने ॥ Maataa Raamo Mat-Pitaa Raamacandrah | Svaamii Raamo Mat-Sakhaa Raamacandrah || Sarvasvam Me Raamacandro Dayaalu | Na-Anyam Jaane Nai[a-E]va Jaane Na Jaane || 1/2
- Meaning: 1: Rama is my Mother and Rama (Ramachandra) is my Father, 2: Rama is my Lord and Rama (Ramachandra) is my Friend, 3: Rama is my All in All, O the Compassionate Rama (Ramachandra) is my All in All, 4: I do not know any other; I do not know any other; Indeed I do not know any other. 2/2
- श्री राम राम रामेति रमे रामे मनोरमे । सहस्रनाम तत्तुल्यं रामनाम वरानने ॥ Meaning: 1: By meditating on "Rama Rama Rama" (the Name of Rama), my Mind gets absorbed in the Divine Consciousness of Rama, which is Transcendental, 2: The Name of Rama is as Great as the Thousand Names of God (Vishnu Sahasranama).
