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Lińga is the Sanskrit term in the Samkhya system for the characteristic mark of the individual reincarnating entity. The Lińga Śarīra is the subtle body or vehicle of consciousness in later Samkhya, Vedanta, and Yoga. In Theosophy the Lińga Śarīra or Linga Sharira became the name for the invisible double of the human body; also referred to as the etheric body, etheric double, astral body (which has two different meanings), doppelgänger, bioplasmic body, pranamayakosa, and so on in New Age writings. (Full article...)

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September 1, 1896 - Birth of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
September 3 - Onam
September 5 - Anant Chaturdashi, Ganesh Visarjan - Ganesh Chaturthi
September 6 - Bhadrapada Purnima, Pratipada Shraddha
September 6, Madhu Purnima: It occurs on the day of the full moon in the month of Bhadro (August/September). The day commemorates an occasion on which the Buddha retreated to the wilderness of Parileyya forest to bring peace between two quarrelling factions of disciples.
September 7, 2011 Delhi bombing
September 9, 1947 - Death of Ananda Coomaraswamy
September 11, 1893 – On the opening day of the first Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago, Swami Vivekananda introduced Hinduism to the United States.
13 September 2008 Delhi bombings
September 16 - Indira Ekadashi, Kanya Sankranti, Vishwakarma Puja
Sep 18, 2016 Uri attack
September 19 - Sarva Pitru Amavasya
September 20 - Navratri Begins
September 20, 1933 - Death of Annie Besant
September 23 - Fall equinox
September 24 2002 : Akshardham Temple attack
September 27- Saraswati Avahan
September 28 - Saraswati Puja, Durga Ashtami
September 29 - Maha Navami
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To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will. “I will drink the ocean”, says the persevering soul; “at my will mountains will crumble up”. Have that sort of energy, that sort of will; work hard, and you will reach the goal.

~ Swami Vivekananda ~

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