Voice of Vivekananda
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In the history of each nation, you will always find that only those individuals who have believed in themselves have become great and strong. Here, to India, came an Englishman who was only a clerk, …
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Josephine MacLeod, Miss (1858 – 1949)—Wealthy American lady of high society, the closest of all his American devotees and perhaps the greatest benefactress of the Order. Called herself “Friend of …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 365-366: salābhaṃ nā'timaññeyya nā'ññesaṃ pihayaṃ care |aññesaṃ pihayaṃ bhikkhu samādhiṃ nā'dhigacchati || 365 …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 364: dhammārāmo dhammarato dhammaṃ anuvicintayaṃ |dhammaṃ anussaraṃ bhikkhu saddhammā na parihāyati || 364 || 364. …
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चतुरौदुम्बरो भवति—अउदुम्बरः स्रुवः, अउदुम्बरश्चमसः, अउदुम्बर इध्मः, अउदुम्बर्या उपमन्थन्यौ; दश ग्राम्याणि धान्यानि भवन्ति—व्रीहियवास्तिलमाषा अणुप्रियंगवो गोधूमाश्च मसूराश्च खल्वाश्च खलकुलाश्च; …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 363: yo mukhasaññato bhikkhu mantabhāṇī anuddhato |atthaṃ dhammaṃ ca dīpeti madhuraṃ tassa bhāsitaṃ || 363 || 363. …
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