From Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj January 1, 2024 I wish all of you a joyous holiday season and a Happy New Year. As we enter the new year, it is a good time to think about our most important goals. Many of us think about improving our physical health, our relationships, our education and career goals, and...
By Juliana Di Leonardo During the holiday season, people find themselves inspired to show love and appreciation towards their friends, family, and coworkers. They often neatly wrap gifts in decorative paper adorned with various holiday patterns and complete the look with colored ribbons or bows while others may choose to use fancy gift bags accompanied...
Pramukh Swami Maharaj was a revered spiritual leader and the fifth spiritual guru of the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS). He was known for his exceptional leadership qualities and the ability to manage personal emotions while dealing in the professional sphere. In this article, we will delve deeper into his life and explore how his actions exemplify...
By Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj Mystic poetry and literature are rich in verses addressing the way to a peaceful, calm life. One of the greatest mystic poet-saints of the past century, Sant Darshan Singh Ji Maharaj, has written a verse that captures the way to lead lives in which we reduce stress and anger...
By John Di Leonardo New York state has finally banned the sale of horses for human or animal consumption. Like cows in India, horses in the United States have long been beloved, but our treatment of them for the cruel horse-racing, horse-drawn carriage, rodeo, and show industries has long been hypocritical. 'Retirement' for these horses, often...
By Gnanvatsaldas Swami BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha Pramukh Swami Maharaj, the fifth spiritual leader and president of the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, was able to consolidate the fundamental spiritual values, workflow systems, and organizational activities of BAPS on a global level during his tenure, an achievement that has been attributed to his exemplary leadership qualities and managerial skills. Despite having studied only...
By Adarshjivandas Swami BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha Pramukh Swami Maharaj has a unique aptitude to understand youths, and also to help them understand others. He has discoursed to them, but his talks have never weighed them down. He has transformed them, but they have not felt the convulsions of change. Pramukh Swami Maharaj has liberated countless youths from...
We can thank God by leading ethical lives of nonviolence, truthfulness, purity, humility and selfless service. By Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj There is a story about how God sent two angels to earth to listen to the prayers of humanity. One angel was asked to collect all the prayers in which people asked God for something. The other angel was...
By John Di Leonardo Last week, I wrote about how we were going to be distributing vegan Thanksgiving roasts to the community and how I hoped to rescue turkeys from live slaughter markets like we have in years past. We were successful in both these endeavors, giving out hundreds of vegan meals and also exchanging two vegan...
