Voice of Vivekananda
There is a saying, “Every saint has a past, every sinner has a future.” If a child’s body is filthy, does the mother throw it away? She washes the child and takes it on her lap again. Similarly, an …
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Arati Hymns These are the hymns sung in the evening prayer at centers of the Ramakrishna Order. Khandana Bhava Bandhana:Breaker of this World’s ChainBy Swami VivekanandaOm Hrīm Ritam: Thou art …
Sri Ramakrishna loved very much this song by the Brahmo singer Trailokyanath Sannyal. It has also been beautifully translated in the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. We give here the English version …
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O Mother, I throw myself on Thy mercy;I take shelter at Thy Hallowed Feet.I do not want bodily comforts;I do not crave name and fame;I do not seek the eight occult powers.Be gracious and grant that I …
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This beautiful translation of Sri Chaitanya’s only recorded output, the śikṣāṣṭakam (eight verses of instruction) has been done by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood. Chant the …
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This is the translation of a Bengali song by Nilkantha Mukhopadhyay, a famous singer of his time who met Sri Ramakrishna. (First line: Kato dine hobe se prema sanchār.) Oh, when will dawn the …