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15.01.2022 Samudra Manthan ~ The Compassion of Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva is an eternal, transcendentally powerful being who appeared in this universe as one of the many sons of Lord Brahma. When Brahma became angry with his four sons, the Kumaras, who refused his request to get married, Lord Shiva appeared from between Brahma’s eyebrows. Shiva can therefore be very angry, as exhibited in his form as Rudra, or when he destroys the creation. The name ‘Shiva’ means ‘the auspicious one’. He i...Continue reading

09.01.2022 Republic Day message from Our beloved PM Scott Morrison (ScoMo). Thank you.

03.01.2022 Swami Vivekananda (12 Jan 1863- 4 Jul 1902) Swami Vivekananda's inspiring personality was well known both in India and in America during the last decade of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth. The unknown monk of India suddenly leapt into fame at the Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in 1893, at which he represented Hinduism. His vast knowledge of Eastern and Western culture as well as his deep spiritual insight, fervid eloquence, brilliant conv...ersation, broad human sympathy, colourful personality, and handsome figure made an irresistible appeal to the many types of Americans who came in contact with him. The Swami's mission was both national and international. A lover of mankind, he strove to promote peace and human brotherhood on the spiritual foundation of the Vedantic Oneness of existence. A mystic of the highest order, Vivekananda had a direct and intuitive experience of Reality. He derived his ideas from that unfailing source of wisdom and often presented them in the soul stirring language of poetry. In the course of a short life of thirty-nine years (1863-1902), of which only ten were devoted to public activities-and those, too, in the midst of acute physical suffering-he left for posterity his four classics: Jnana-Yoga, Bhakti-Yoga, Karma-Yoga, and Raja-Yoga, all of which are outstanding treatises on Hindu philosophy. In addition, he delivered innumerable lectures, wrote inspired letters in his own hand to his many friends and disciples, composed numerous poems, and acted as spiritual guide to the many seekers, who came to him for instruction. He also organized the Ramakrishna Order of monks, which is the most outstanding religious organization of modern India. It is devoted to the propagation of the Hindu spiritual culture not only in the Swami's native land, but also in America and in other parts of the world. Swami Vivekananda once spoke of himself as a "condensed India." His life and teachings are of inestimable value to the West for an understanding of the mind of Asia. William James, the Harvard philosopher, called the Swami the "paragon of Vedantists." Max Muller and Paul Deussen, the famous Orientalists of the nineteenth century, held him in genuine respect and affection. "His words," writes Romain Rolland, "are great music, phrases in the style of Beethoven, stirring rhythms like the march of Handel choruses. I cannot touch these sayings of his, scattered as they are through the pages of books, at thirty years' distance, without receiving a thrill through my body like an electric shock. And what shocks, what transports, must have been produced when in burning words they issued from the lips of the hero!''

01.01.2022 Australia is home to over half a million Hindus who continue to contribute their talents and skills to this country. Hindu is the fastest growing faith now in Australia. So here it is, a glimpse of the Hindu Community and their wishes to a Happy Australia Day!!! Celebrate Australia Day Victorian Multicultural Commission Viv Nguyen - Victorian Multicultural Commissioner