Chapter 1: Arjuna Viṣhāda Yoga Important Points of the Discourse Verses 1 to 47 Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga Important Points of the Discourse: Verses 1 to 72 Chapter 3: Karma …
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Hymns and Prayers
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 …
Swami Vijayananda (Pasupati Maharaj)
Hailed from Sahebganj in the Santal Parganas. Only child of parents, orphaned in childhood. Brilliant student, graduated with Hons. in Chemistry, securing first position in Calcutta University. First …
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Arjuna’s Questions to Sri Krishna in Bhagavad Gita
Swami Sundananda
The swami received mantra-diksha from Swami Virajanandaji and joined the Order at Madras Math in 1946. Swami Shankaranandaji gave him sannyasa-diksha in 1956. He served at Mangalore centre from 1951 …
Be Like a Pearl Oyster – Swami Vivekananda
There is a pretty Indian fable to the effect that if it rains when the star Svati is in the ascendant, and a drop of rain falls into an oyster, that drop becomes a pearl. The oysters know this, so …
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Solon and Croesus – Swami Vivekananda
Do you remember the story of Solon and Croesus? The king said to the great sage that Asia Minor was a very happy place. And the sage asked him, ‘Who is the happiest man? I have not seen anyone …
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Swami Bodhatmananda (Bhava Maharaj)
Popularly known as Bhav Maharaj, he received mantra-diksha from Swami Shivanandaji and joined the Order at the Deoghar centre in 1924. His guru gave him sannyasa-diksha in 1929. At different times he …
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