Depending on the context, the Swastika is recognised as one of the most auspicious or heavily vilified symbols in the world. It originated as a sacred symbol in Hinduism, and it was also used by other Eastern religions.  Despite its sacred origins, the Swastika has become so widely associated with Nazi Germany that any contemporary usage of the symbol frequently […]

Did you know that the jewellery that you are wearing will be affecting your aura either positively or negatively ? This is precisely the message that Maharshi Adhyatma Vishwavidyalay (MAV) wanted to tell the world on 21 May 2021 when it presented a paper titled – ‘How jewellery can affect a woman spiritually ?’ in the 7th World Conference on […]

On 3rd January 2020, Mr Dejan Glescic from Serbia, who has total dedication to spiritual practice and spiritual emotion (bhav), attained the spiritual level of 71% and thus became an SSRF Saint. The blissful ceremony to felicitate him reaching Sainthood was held at the Spiritual Research Centre and Ashram in Goa, India. In attendance at the ceremony were 65 seekers […]

There is a saying that the face is the mirror of the mind, and the Maharshi Adhyatma Vishwavidyalay (also known as the Maharshi University of Spirituality or MAV) has observed this in practice. In a previous blog, MAV wrote about the remarkable changes on the faces of attendees after attending a 5-Day spiritual workshop. The faces of these attendees noticeably […]

The concepts of Sustainable Development (SD) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) have been around for a few decades, but they have not been known to include Spirituality or spiritual factors in their purview. In short, both these concepts refer to a business looking out to preserve or enhance social and environmental aspects along with economic development. So, when we heard […]

Starting out as a completely unknown website in 2006, www.ssrf.org, which is the website of the Spiritual Science Research Foundation, saw steady growth in the number of visitors to it over the years. However, from around 2012, the website started to experience an exponential growth in visits. Due to the value of the content published, Google started to list the […]

On 3 January 2019, Mrs Shilpa Kudtarkar from New Jersey, USA, who has intense yearning for God-realisation and who is always in a state of spiritual emotion (bhāv), attained spiritual level of 70%, thus becoming an SSRF Saint. The blissful ceremony to felicitate her reaching Sainthood was held at the Spiritual Research Centre and Ashram in Goa, India. The ceremony […]

An acknowledgement of SSRF’s contribution to society The Hindu Foundation, one of Australia’s oldest Hindu organisations held an awards function to recognize the efforts of key community members towards the welfare of the Hindu Community in the state of Victoria. Representatives of various organisations from the field of spirituality and social welfare organisations from the state of Victoria attended the […]

For the first time in one month SSRF crossed 400,000 visitors in April 2014 even though it is just a 30-day month. The website has experienced an extraordinary increase in visitors over the past 2 years which is shown in the graph below. 45% of the visitors coming to the website in April 2014 use mobile and tablet devices. SSRF […]