Lead us from Falsehood to Truth
From Darkness to Light
From Death to Immortality

On behalf of the President of Arya Pratinidhi Sabh America, Sh. Dev Mahajan
and the entire working committee, I would like to wish you all a very
Happy Diwali and a Prosperous New Year

.....Kewal Ahluwalia
 

VEDIC PRAYER

Translation By Dr. Sudhir Anand

Om sa na pitayva sunway agnay supäyano bhava.

Sachasva na swastyay. (Rig Veda 1: 1: 9)

This Veda mantra addresses God as Agnay our Ultimate Leader who enlightens us and leads us forward and higher.  The words Agnay or Agni remind us that it is God alone who is the Supreme Light, Ultimate Source of Enlightenment and that we must pray only to God for guidance. When we are confronted with failure in our lives, when we are in darkness, we ask God to be our Ultimate Leader to guide us so that we do not follow the path of temptation.  [Read More]
 

Maharishi Swami Dayanand Saraswati Ji
Founder of Arya Samaj

Swami Dayanand’s Crusade to Reform Hinduism Ended on the Diwali Day

By. Ajit Adhopia  

Most Hindus celebrate Diwali for a Varity of reasons, based on certain events that had occurred on that day mentioned in the Puranic stories about various deities. The Arya Samajists, the followers of Arya Samaj or Noble Society, too observe Diwali just like other Hindus, but for a different reason. On the Diwali day, the founder of Arya Samaj Swami Dayanand was assassinated. Traditionally, the passing away of a great soul like him is not mourned, but celebrated. The Arya Samaj emerged from the Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayanand in the 19th Century. [Read More]

 

RE-DISCOVERING CHIVALERY IN ARYA SAMAJ

The September issue of the Navrang Times, a bilingual monthly publication from Detroit, Michigan, has two readable articles. One is on a very close connection of Shaheed (martyr) Bhagat Singh (1907-31) with the main historic branch of Arya Samaj in Kolkata. The other lists great Arya Samajis who laid their lives either for the tenets of Hinduism, or for India’s freedom.  [Read More]
 

Annual Competitions Held at Mahatma Gandhi Library

On 3rd October 09, the organizers of Mahatma Gandhi Library held various competitions at the Main Hall of Arya Samaj Greater Houston. This is a well known event and is open to all the schools in the Greater Houston Area. Participants compete in Essay, Speech and I-Tribute contests. Customarily DAV Sanskriti School students stand out in all contests amongst all the Indian organizations in Houston. [Read More]

Vedas

By Madhu Varshney.

The Vedas are the oldest scriptures in the world library. The Vedas are the most scared books of the Aryans. They are four in number: Rig. Veda, Yajur Veda, Sam Veda and Atharva Veda. Before the beginning of time the four Rishis were enlightened and the Vedas were first revealed (realized) by the four Rishis-Agni, Aditya, Yagu and Angitus. The word “Veda” means knowledge. The Vedas are the scriptures of all true knowledge which is classified in two categories-Para Vidya (Knowledge of the worldly matters) We have in the Veda knowledge of God, Self, Nature, Cosmic order as also knowledge about social norms, ethnical conduct, marriage, food, health, objects of the world etc.   [Read More]