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Namaste,

We hope the July 2009 edition of Tattva finds you enjoying your summer. For students, summer is an opportunity for personal growth and play. These few months allow us ample time to reflect, to study ourselves and identify strengths and weaknesses, and to figure out what we want – what makes us happy. We also get time to think about what we have to offer; how we can contribute to society, how we can make our families proud, and how we might demonstrate gratitude towards our friends. And perhaps most importantly, summer provides us a unique opportunity to carelessly flail our limbs in free-form and enjoy ourselves to the fullest, without an end in sight. So we hope that Tattva can be a part of your summer, and further encourage you to participate in the 2009 Essay Contest, for which the deadline is just a couple of weeks away. Follow the tab at the top of the page for more information on the essay contest. We thank you for your interest in Tattva Magazine, and hope you thoroughly enjoy the rest of your summer.

Cheers,
Tattva Team

Tattva invites you to participate in its first-ever essay contest for youth! The contest is open to all those between the ages of 15 and 30. Winning entries will be awarded cash prizes and essays will be published in the printed anniversary edition of Tattva! There are a variety of essay topics for different age groups. The essays will be judged by a panel of nine judges, including eminent Hinduism scholars, writers, and social activists. The deadline for submitting essays is July 15, 2009. We look forward to receiving your essays. Please invite your qualifying friends and family members to participate as well. For a list of essay topics as well as additional contest guidelines, please visit www.hinduyuva.org/tattva-blog/contest

I’m a cynical guy, especially when it comes to the news. The media is so corruptible, so biased, that it’s a hopeless wish to pray for balanced coverage of any foreign news story. And when it comes to India, forget about it. It’s as if the British made a deal with Reuters and the AP before liberating us so that we’d forever look like a third world country in the eyes of everyone else.

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Karmanyevadhikaraste
Ma phalesu kadacana
Ma karmaphalaheturbhurma
Te sango’stvakarmani
Bhagavad Gita 2:47

“…You are not entitled to any benefits resulting from your actions. At the same time you are not entitled to a state of not acting at all. Thus you should act according to your stature without any hope of enjoying the fruits of your action.”

Karma Yoga is one of the most important Dharmas that come with acquiring the Human Form. Dharma and Karma share the cause-effect relationship in which the living entity has to know and understand its Dharma. Read the rest of this entry »

The South East region held its first Yuva Sangam (Youth Retreat) over the Memorial Day weekend, from May 22nd to May 25th 2009 with a total attendance of 28 people, 26 of which were students.  A total of 7 campuses were represented from the southern region, including the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, North Carolina State University (NCSU), and Duke from North Carolina, the University of Georgia and University of Athens from Georgia, and the University of Florida and University of Central Florida from Florida.

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Sai Baba has dominated the world scene for half-a-century as a great Saint. Sathya Sai Baba asserts that he is an avatar of God in whom all names and forms ascribed by man to God are manifest. He also says that everybody else is God and that the difference is that he is aware of this and others have yet to realize it. He stresses humans should always be free from desires and states that desires bring mental pain (depression, anger, jealousy etc).

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Kriya Yoga is fundamentally meant for householders for self realization. It is a guaranteed way of Enlightenment if correctly practiced under the guidance of a realized guru, according to Sadguru Yogiraj Sri Sri Mangeshda, founder of Sadguru Mangeshda Kriya Yoga Foundation, which organized a Kriya Yoga Mahashibir in Mumbai recently.

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Namaste,

In this edition of Tattva, we have a variety of articles, including one by a yoga teacher about the evolution of yoga in America and an article about the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. As Hindu Dharma is gaining awareness and appreciation outside Bharat, it is important for us as youth to reflect on our beliefs, practices, and experiences. With this in mind, the Tattva team is very pleased to announce its first-ever essay contest for youth. The contest is open to any and all youth between the ages of 15 and 30. Winning entries will be awarded cash prizes and essays will be published in the printed anniversary edition of Tattva! We look forward to receiving your essays. For a list of essay topics as well as additional contest guidelines, please visit www.hinduyuva.org/tattva-blog/contest.

Click here to read the June 2009 edition of Tattva.

Tattva invites you to participate in its first-ever essay contest for youth! The contest is open to all those between the ages of 15 and 30. Winning entries will be awarded cash prizes and essays will be published in the printed anniversary edition of Tattva! There are a variety of essay topics for different age groups. The essays will be judged by a panel of nine judges, including eminent Hinduism scholars, writers, and social activists. The deadline for submitting essays is July 15, 2009. We look forward to receiving your essays. Please invite your qualifying friends and family members to participate as well. For a list of essay topics as well as additional contest guidelines, please visit www.hinduyuva.org/tattva-blog/contest

My mother introduced me to yoga in 1970 in St. Louis, Missouri.  As a divorced mother of two, she was a force of independent feminism and as such explored all radical alternatives including the ancient science of life. A nimble, nubile nine year old, I took to the postures with ease. I especially enjoyed the vision of my mother and her girlfriend in their purple and orange leotards and tights which they called their pumpkin suit and eggplant suit. Both of them were relaxed and full of lightheartedness as they cared for their body-mind-spirit. It was great to be allowed to tag along for that groovy grown up experience. Read the rest of this entry »