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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Voice of Vivekananda
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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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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 …
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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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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 …
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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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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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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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