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http://people.carleton.edu/~cborn/Minnesota_Hindu_Milan_Mandir/MHMM_AartiProud.mp3
Several aspects of worship at the MHMM are unconventional by many Guyanese standards. In this excerpt she reveals the difference between her current method of worship and other Hindu practices by explaining that worshipping is not a form of begging,…

http://people.carleton.edu/~cborn/Minnesota_Hindu_Milan_Mandir/MHMM_TeacherLevels.mp3
Mrs. Balroop has had many different teachers in her lifetime, and in this she explains the different needs fulfilled by specific teachers and spiritual teachings styles.

http://people.carleton.edu/~cborn/Minnesota_Hindu_Milan_Mandir/MHMM_StudentLevels.mp3
While there is a hierarchy of gurus who all have different teaching styles and areas of emphasis, Mrs. Balroop explains that there is also a hierarchy among students depending on their level of spiritual development.

http://people.carleton.edu/~cborn/Minnesota_Hindu_Milan_Mandir/MHMM_Pandit.mp3
Mrs. Balroop, in following with Swami Maharaj

MHMM_Board.mp3
2015 interview with Satya Balroop

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Portrait of Satya Balroop next to her personal ashram

http://people.carleton.edu/~cborn/Minnesota_Hindu_Milan_Mandir/MHMM_SatyaSeat.png
Mrs. Balroop Seated Opposite her Guru

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Artists Anna Barber and Connor Wright created the Say Their Names Cemetery in order to honor some of the Black lives lost to police brutality in America. This installation features 100 tombstones, each inscribed with a name of a murdered individual.…

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White Buddha statue scene with the grass represents when the Buddha was born. Buddha Shakyamuni was born as a royal prince in 624 BC in a place called Lumbini, in what is now Nepal.