Voice of Vivekananda
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About spiritual practices in modern times Latu Maharaj once said to Bihari Babu, ‘You see in the scriptures many things are written. Very hard practices are there; but people in modern times are weak …
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अवस्थितिवैशेष्यादिति चेत्, न, अभ्युपगमाद्धृदि हि ॥ २४ ॥ avasthitivaiśeṣyāditi cet, na, abhyupagamāddhṛdi hi || 24 || avirodhaḥ—No contradiction; candanavat—like sandal-paste. 24. If it …
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अविरोधश्चन्दनवत् ॥ २३ ॥ avirodhaścandanavat || 23 || avirodhaḥ—No contradiction; candanavat—like sandal-paste. 23. There is no contradiction, like sandal-paste. Even as sandal-paste …
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स्वशब्दोन्मानाभ्यां च ॥ २२ ॥ svaśabdonmānābhyāṃ ca || 22 || svaśabda-unmānābhyām—From direct statements (of the Sruti texts) and infinitesimal measure; ca—and. 22. And on account of …
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नाणुरतच्छ्रुतेर् इति चेत्, न, इतराधिकारात् ॥ २१ ॥ nāṇuratacchruter iti cet, na, itarādhikārāt || 21 || na aṇuḥ—Not atomic; atat-śruteḥ—as the scriptures state it to be otherwise; iti …
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स्वात्मना चोत्तरयोः ॥ २० ॥ svātmanā cottarayoḥ || 20 || svātmanā—(Being connected) directly with their agent; ca—and; uttarayoḥ—the latter two; 20. And the latter two (the going …