According to Indian musicology, Sangeet (Devangari: संगीत, Bengali: সঙ্গীত) is a combination of geetang, badyang and nrityang (geet= vocal music, badya=instrumental music and …
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Chandogya Upanishad 7.3.2
स यो मनो ब्रह्मेत्युपास्ते यावन्मनसो गतं तत्रास्य यथाकामचारो भवति यो मनो ब्रह्मेत्युपास्तेऽस्ति भगवो मनसो भूय इति मनसो वाव भूयोऽस्तीति तन्मे भगवान्ब्रवीत्विति ॥ ७.३.२ ॥॥ इति तृतीयः खण्डः ॥ sa yo …
Chandogya Upanishad 7.3.1
मनो वाव वाचो भूयो यथा वै द्वे वामलके द्वे वा कोले द्वौ वाक्षौ मुष्टिरनुभवत्येवं वाचं च नाम च मनोऽनुभवति स यदा मनसा मनस्यति मन्त्रानधीयीयेत्यथाधीते कर्माणि कुर्वीयेत्यथ कुरुते पुत्रांश्च …
‘Please release me forever.’ – Swami Yogananda
As Yogananda lay ill, Vivekananda said, “Jogin, you get well, let me die instead.” “Jogin, you are our crest jewel,” said Niranjanananda. One day Girish’s sister said to Yogananda: “Jogin, why don’t …
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Sri Ramakrishna carrying Purna to bed
While Purna [Purna Chandra Ghosh] was living in Delhi, he contracted a fever that would not abate. Even a change to the exhilarating climate of the Simla hills did not help, but aggravated the disease …
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“Here Things Go on in This Way” – Sri Sarada Devi
Towards the end of his life, Swami Arupananda related an experience to a monk in Varanasi: I was in Jayrambati. The Mother’s new house was then under construction. Brahmachari Hemendra and I were …
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