Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 3-4: akkocchi maṃ, avadhi maṃ ajini maṃ ahāsi me |ye taṃ upanayhantī veraṃ tesaṃ na sammati || 3 ||akkocchi maṃ avadhi …
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Verse 2 – The Story of Maṭṭakuṇḍali
Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 1: manopubbaṅgamā dhammā manoseṭṭā manomayā |manasā ce pasannena bhāsati vā karoti vā |tato naṃ sukhamanveti chāyā’va …
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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 5.13.2
यजुः; प्राणो वै यजुः, प्राणे हीमानि सर्वाणि भूतानि युज्यन्ते; युज्यन्ते हास्मै सर्वाणि भूतानि श्रैष्ठ्याय, यजुषः सायुज्यं सलोकतां जयति, य एवं वेद ॥ २ ॥ yajuḥ; prāṇo vai yajuḥ, prāṇe hīmāni sarvāṇi …
Chandogya Upanishad 3.1.2
तस्य ये प्राञ्चो रश्मयस्ता एवास्य प्राच्यो मधुनाड्यः । ऋच एव मधुकृत ऋग्वेद एव पुष्पं ता अमृता आपस्ता वा एता ऋचः ॥ ३.१.२ ॥ tasya ye prāñco raśmayastā evāsya prācyo madhunāḍyaḥ | ṛca eva madhukṛta …
Secrets of Swami Saradananda’s Great Success
The secrets of Saradananda’s great success in his active life were his humility and his respect for the human dignity of others. In 1918 Umananda wrote from Vrindaban to tell Saradananda that he was …
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Dhammapada 1 – Suffering Follows The Evil-Doer
Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 1: manopubbaṅgamā dhammā manoseṭṭā manomayā |manasā ce paduṭṭhena bhāsati vā karoti vā |tato naṃ dukkhamanveti …
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