by Sophia French | Jan 30, 2024 | Personal & community
Veda Studies’s Sophie French talks to Mr Nazem Al Kudsi about the first major temple to be inaugurated in the Middle East and how reciting Veda keeps his overactive mind focused. My parents had an interfaith marriage and they fought the world for it. Growing up...
by Shantala Sriramaiah | Nov 13, 2023 | Personal & community
I’d like to share a little background on how the Friday community classes came to be. When I first started to teach chanting, it was mainly to very small groups in Brussels, in a lovely space called Shanti Home where I felt at home. Friday evenings were mantra...
by Shantala Sriramaiah | Nov 2, 2023 | Personal & community
Early this morning (02 Nov 2023), my mother’s guru, Māta Ananthalakshmi Natarajan passed away and on to the lotus feet of her beloved Bhagavān Lord Rāma. She was a brilliant Sanskrit scholar and dedicated her entire life to the dissemination of Sanskrit and...
by Shantala Sriramaiah | Oct 24, 2023 | Personal & community
Rāṣṭragītā is the song for the nation(s) and its people. Not any one particular nation, but any and all nations and all its people. This is a prayer for the well-being of all. These mantras of Veda confirm yet again that the spread of knowledge becomes graceful by...
