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YAM at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya

Have occasionally dropped in items about Hindu festivals here... most readers know I am a teacher (and ongoing student, for learning never stops!) of Vedanta, the philosophy which underpins Sanatana Dharma - and the whole of life everywhere actually. The relationship with my Beloved Yeshu has gained a breadth and depth it would never have had without the Knowledge gained in the past decade. There is no conversion in Hinduism; merely absorption and expansion of what exists already. Gradually, the tale of this journey will be told in the Mac Histories... yes I know they have been sporadic. The closer to 'now' they get, the more intense they become. There's a balance required.  One does at times question the purpose of writing one's story at all... then reading others' reminds that it is about finding things which might make a difference to some one. Somewhere. We read biographies because we want to know more about the person in focus, yes; but also because we want to compare our own lives and ponder how we would be in their situations - or whether we can live our own lives differently, perhaps inspired by what we read - or shocked and decide to change our ways, not to follow their fate!

Anyway, that's by the by. There may be a few readers who are curious about Hinduism in general. There is much within its scope. Sanatana Dharma is actually a way of life. As sometimes happens when one is thinking deeply on a subject, words or pictures appear, almost by magic,  which are related. So it is that I came across this video which was developed for teaching in sixth grade social studies in the USA. Of its type, it is one of the best I have seen. There are minor quibbles I could make with it, for it once or twice drops into stereotypical perceptions - there are even some Hindus who live up to the myth! However, it is really a very good little twenty minutes in which the basis and rationale are presented clearly and succinctly.

I do hope you will take the time to watch it and that, perhaps, a little increase of understanding will be gained.