Deeksha, or spiritual initiation, denotes your desire to follow the spiritual path shown by a guru with faith and surrender. In Sanatana Dharma, receiving...
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In the world of spirituality, there’s a widespread misconception that the greater the number of spiritual experiences, the further one has gone on one’s...
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My name is Uma. Since becoming an author, though, I have extensively used my pen name, Sri Devi Om. Sri is a term that...
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Question: What’s the holy trinity in Sanatana Dharma or Hinduism? Why is the number three divine? How do these sets of triads correlate with...
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“I’m spiritual, but not religious,” I hear many saying. That may be true often, but it makes no sense in Sanatana Dharma, especially if...
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When I met my friend-mentor for the time, I sensed he was looking to gift a blessing to my husband and me. He glanced at us...
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Sri Chakra is just an art for an artist and others, but it is the Divine Energy for a Bhakta. There can be errors...
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Long before the dawn of the eighth century, in the town of Kalady in Kerala, India, there resided a virtuous couple of unwavering devotion,...
Continue readingSannyāsa: It has nothing to do with your sex life!
Many scholars translate Sannyāsa as renunciation, formally rejecting the material world. Another translation is monkhood, which means living under the vows of poverty, celibacy, and obedience...
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