Making Temples a “Go To” Place

for All.

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Paramahamsa Nithyananda

Why are they not?• Politics – Our youth can see right

through it.• Preaching not Inspiring – They are

Smart.• Not approachable – “This is how it is

done!”• Non-participatory – “What am I doing

here?”• Lifestyle is lost.

What Swamiji Taught Us: Temples are Universities

• Preserve the Lifestyle.• Why we do what we do?

– Morning Suprabatha Puja– Evening Maha Arthi– Offerings– Deities

• Utilitarian Aspects of our Temples– Living the Lifestyle of Vidharkha

Maha Arati at the Nithyananda Vedic Temple

What Swamiji Taught Us: Pujacharya vs Priest

• Relating to the Deities: Creating Practical Solutions

• Science behind Temples: They are Temple Sized for a Reason

• Smriti: Guidelines for Life, Continously Changing

• Sruti : The Ultimate Truth• Involve the Youth

What Swamiji Taught Us: Inspire – Don’t Preach

• When we dilute – they dilute further– No one hears you.– Everyone follows you.

• Understand, Share and Participate.• Bring Scriptures to Life

– Developing the Inner Software – The Vedic Mind.

– Truths, not Myth: Significance of Ganesha

Sri Ananda Ganesha on Ganesha Chaturthi, 2009

What Swamiji Taught Us: Temples – Discovering

“Aham Brahmasmi”

“Tatvamasi” - The basis of everything done at Nithyananda Vedic Temples.