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Even more applicable it is to the holy scriptures of various faiths -- whether it is the Bible, the Holy Quran, Torah, Avesta and, of course, Bhagavad Gita-- the great source of wisdom for the people of India and the world. About 15,000 Indians in Moscow and followers of ISKCON in Russia asked the Indian government to intervene to resolve the ...
Hare Krishna-affiliated full-time communities include New Vrindaban in West Virginia, [164] and Gita Nagari Eco Farm and Sanctuary in Pennsylvania. [165] There are various other centers in the United States that promote Krishna Conscious culture without being formally affiliated with ISKCON, including The Bhakti Center in New York City. [ 166 ]
The Bhagavad Gita (/ ˈ b ʌ ɡ ə v ə d ˈ ɡ iː t ɑː /; [1] Sanskrit: भगवद्गीता, IPA: [ˌbʱɐɡɐʋɐd ˈɡiːtɑː], romanized: bhagavad-gītā, lit. 'God's song'), [a] often referred to as the Gita (IAST: gītā), is a Hindu scripture, dated to the second or first century BCE, [7] which forms part of the epic poem Mahabharata.
The Bhagavad Gita Aarti [5] or Gita Aarti is a prayer not found in the Bhagavad Gita. [specify] [citation needed] The aarti can be spoken, or sung with musical instruments to give more effect to worship. Aartis are usually performed at the end of the puja ritual. It is said that if there was any flaw in the puja, it may be fulfilled by the ...
Musical recitation of hymns, mantras and the praise of deities has ancient roots in Hinduism, and may be found in the Vedic literature. [24] [25] A key feature of popular Hindu kirtan is that it is mostly sung in vernacular languages like Hindi and Bengali (unlike Vedic chanting, which is done in Sanskrit), though this may include Sanskrit ...
One pioneer of the Gaudiya Vaishnavite mission in the West was Baba Premananda Bharati (1858–1914), [79] author of Sree Krishna – the Lord of Love (1904) – the first full-length treatment of Gaudiya Vaishnavism in English, [80] who, in 1902, founded the short-lived "Krishna Samaj" society in New York City and built a temple in Los Angeles.
The Society of Abidance in Truth has published English translations of works such as the Ribhu Gita, an essential and classic work of Advaita Vedanta [5] [6]. The translation has since then been re-published by Sri Ramanasramam (Tiruvannamalai, India) and translated into Hindi, [7] Italian, [8] [9] Korean, [10] and German.
The Madhya-lila details Chaitanya's sannyasa; Madhavendra Puri's life; Chaitanya's philosophical conversation with Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya (Advaitin scholar) promoting bhakti as supreme over the impersonal view; Chaitanya's pilgrimage to South India; the daily and annual activities of Chaitanya and his devotees during the Ratha Yatra festival ...