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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 292-293: yaṃ hi kiccaṃ tadapaviddhaṃ akiccaṃ pana kayirati |unnalānaṃ pamattānaṃ tesa'ṃ vaḍḍhanti āsavā || 292 ||yesañ …
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During the rainy season Dakshineswar became very unhealthy, so at that time Sri Ramakrishna would generally visit Kamarpukur, Jayrambati, and Sihar and would take Hriday with him. On one occasion …
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In spite of all the spiritual experiences and visions Hriday had attained by the grace of Sri Ramakrishna, he was basically a family man. Shortly after the first year’s Durga Puja, he married a second …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 291: paradukkhūpadānena attano sukham icchati |verasaṃsaggasaṃsaṭṭho verā so na parimuccati || 291 || 291. Whoso for …
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GOVINDA: "Revered sir, why does the Divine Mother have a black complexion?"7 Sri Ramakrishna: "You see Her as black because you are far away from Her. Go near and you will find Her devoid of all …
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Sometime before Sri Ramakrishna started to practise nondualistic Vedanta, his mother moved to Dakshineswar from Kamarpukur. Mathur had great regard for her and would call her “Grandma.” Mathur was …
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