Swami Niramayananda (12.3.1911 - 26.11.1984): Born Bibhutibhushan Banerjee at Nilphamary in Rangpur district. Renounced the world before completing M.Sc. studies. Initiated by Swami Akhandananda at …
The Ishta – Swami Vivekananda
The theory of Ishta, which I briefly referred to before, is a subject requiring careful attention because with a proper understanding of this, all the various religions of the world can be understood. …
The Teacher of Spirituality – Swami Vivekananda
Every soul is destined to be perfect, and every being, in the end, will attain to that state. Whatever we are now is the result of whatever we have been or thought in the past; and whatever we shall …
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This is an unselfish action!
Since Vijnanananda was an engineer, he was always consulted regarding the construction of the Ramakrishna Mission’s hospitals or temples. In 1909 the swami went to Varanasi to supervise the …
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 3.9.28
Verse 3.9.28 (1): तान्हैतैः श्लोकैः पप्रच्छ—यथा वृक्शो वनस्पतिस्तथैव पुरुषोऽमृषा ॥तस्य लोमानि पर्णानि, त्वगस्योत्पाटिका बहिः ॥ १ ॥ tānhaitaiḥ ślokaiḥ papraccha—yathā vṛkśo vanaspatistathaiva …
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 3.9.27
अथ होवाच, ब्राह्मणा भगवन्तो यो वः कामयते स मा पृच्छतु, सर्वे वा मा पृच्छत, यो वः कामयते तं वः पृच्छामि, सर्वान्वा वः पृच्छामीति; ते ह ब्राह्मणा न दधृषुः ॥ २७ ॥ atha hovāca, brāhmaṇā bhagavanto yo …