विद्युद् ब्रह्मेत्याहुः; विदानाद्विद्युत्; विद्यत्येनं पाप्मनो य एवं वेद विद्युद्ब्रह्मेति; विद्युद्ध्येव ब्रह्म ॥ २ ॥इति सप्तमं ब्राह्मणम् ॥ vidyud brahmetyāhuḥ; vidānādvidyut; vidyatyenaṃ pāpmano …
Bhakti or Devotion – Swami Vivekananda
The idea of a Personal God has obtained in almost every religion, except a very few. With the exception of the Buddhist and the Jain, perhaps all the religions of the world have the idea of a Personal …
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Vedanta and Privilege – Swami Vivekananda
We have nearly finished the metaphysical portion of the Advaita. One point, and perhaps the most difficult to understand, remains. We have seen so far that, according to the Advaita theory, all we see …
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Sarala Ghoshal
Sarala (Ghoshal Devi Chowdhurani, 1872-1945) Niece of Rabindranath Tagore, daughter of Swarna Kumari Devi and Janakinath Ghoshal. Ranked first among the women graduates from Bethune College, …
Swami Nirvedananda
Swami Nirvedananda (1893-1958) - Distinguished scholar, disciple of Swami Brahmananda (1918). Pre-monastic name Surendranath Mukherjee, born in paternal home at Huzoorimal Lane in Calcutta on …
Selfless Work Purifies Mind
Disciple: “Have any realized God through mere work?” Saradananda: “Through selfless work the mind gets purified. And when the mind becomes pure, knowledge and devotion arise in it. Knowledge is …