Deepavali Message by Sri Swami Sivananda 

Deepavali or Diwali means "a row of lights". It falls on the last two days of the dark half of Kartik (October-November). For some it is a three-day festival. It commences with the Dhan-Teras, on the 13th day of the dark half of Kartik, followed the next day by the Narak Chaudas, the 14th day, and by Deepavali proper on the 15th day.

REPORT ON THE PARLIAMENT OF THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS HELD IN
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, USA FROM 15 – 19 OCTOBER 2015

WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY 10 000 PEOPLE FROM 80 COUNTRIES AND OF 50 FAITHS

INTRODUCTION & GRATITUDE

"The Parliament is an overwhelming event. The experience is unique and could only be truly appreciated through direct experience. It was simply amazing!" wrote our representatives. Whilst it is an ideal platform to promote our Master's teachings worldwide, it provided us with the opportunity to learn about the teachings, ways of worship and dedication of the many inter-faith groups whose warm acceptance of each other was unique and rewarding.

A Glory of Hindu Dharma Campaign will be hosted by the North Coast Branches of Divine Life Society of South Africa on Sunday, 11 October 2015. The function will be held at the KRAYDEB Conference Centre, 2 Mira Way, Everest Heights, Verulam. The program will commence at 6am with Nagar Sankirtan by the Sathya Sai Seva Organisation - North Coast Region, Havan will follow at 7:15am by the Sri Veeraboga Emperumal Temple (Tongaat), Cultural items by various Temple and Hindu Organisations from the North Coast of KZN will take place from 9am, and the main Satsang will commence at 10am.  Items on the main Satsang program include: Messages on Hinduism, Bhajans and Kirtans, a play, cultural dance rendition, items by Spiritual Darlings (children), and scriptural recitation. Breakfast and Lunch Prasad will be served.

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Images from the function can be found at the bottom of this page 

The 128th Birth Anniversary of our Divine Master, Sri Swami Sivananda was held on Tuesday, 8 September at Sivanandashram, Reservoir Hills, drawing a large gathering from all parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.

About the Divine Master, Swami Krishnananda, one of the Master’s senior disciples wrote, “The purpose of Sri Gurudev’s coming into this world and the intention behind the coming of any sage and saint, is the waking of the slumbering soul of mankind. Gurudev Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj was an incarnation of this unending, incessant, eternal human aspiration for perfection. His teaching is usually summed up in a pithy statement: “God first, world next, yourself last”. This statement, this little message, this one-sentence teaching perhaps sums up the great gospel of life which brings God to the Earth, into our kitchen, into the very room in which we live, into this vestment of our physical personality”