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Tag: Hindu youth camp

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Jul 28, 2010

Ahimsa and our life (youth camp)

We've been using the book "Dancing with Siva" as our class text book. It was written by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami and published by his Himalayan Academy located at Kauai's Hindu Monastery in Hawaii, USA. In today's class I talked about ahimsa (noninjury). It is defined in our text book as "the first and foremost ethical principle of every Hindu. It is gentleness and nonviolence, whether...

Jul 27, 2010 Children & Youth

Temple visits in Pittsburgh (Youth Camp)

Two buses were hired and we all barely squeezed in there for our excursions to temple in the Pittsburgh area. Everyone is dressed in beautiful Indian outfits and looking very elegant. One of the temples we visited is the beautiful Hindu-Jain temple Everyone is happy
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Jul 24, 2010 Children & Youth

Hindu Youth Camp Begins

Off to the Sri Venkateswara (SV) Hindu Youth camp in Slippery Rock in Pennsylvania. The week long camp will host 96 campers from the ages of 8 to 18. I've been invited to be one of two teachers at the camp. A brief stop in Washington DC. A look at the Pentagon from the sky.
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Jul 24, 2010 Children & Youth

Yoga, meditation and philosophy (Youth Camp)

6:45am yoga and meditation. Our die hard yogis are there with sleepy eyes. For the young ones that have been coming every year to camp they are very familiar with most of the poses and can do them well. Savasana or the corpse pose is the favorite among the kids as you can i
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