Early Life Swami Akhandananda, or Gangadhar Ghatak, as he was called in his pre-monastic life, was born on 30 September 1864, in Calcutta. Even from his boyhood he was of a deeply …
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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 3.7.3
यः पृथिव्यां तिष्ठन्पृथिव्या अन्तरः, यं पृथिवी न वेद, यस्य पृथिवी शरीरं, यः पृथिवीमन्तरो यमयति, एष त आत्मान्तर्याम्यमृतः ॥ ३ ॥ yaḥ pṛthivyāṃ tiṣṭhanpṛthivyā antaraḥ, yaṃ pṛthivī na veda, yasya …
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 3.7.2
स होवाच, वायुर्वै गौतम तत्सूत्रम्; वायुना वै गौतम सूत्रेणायं च लोकः परश्च लोकः सर्वाणि च भूतानि संदृब्धानि भवन्ति; तस्माद्वै गौतम पुरुषं प्रेतमाहुर्व्यस्रंसिषतास्याङ्गानीति; वायुना हि गौतम सूत्रेण …
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 3.7.1
अथ हैनमूद्दालक आरुणिः पप्रच्छ; याज्ञवल्क्येति होवाच, मद्रेष्ववसाम पतञ्चलस्य काप्यस्य गृहेषु यज्ञमधीयानाः; तस्यासीद्भार्या गन्धर्वगृहीता, तमपृच्छाम कोऽसीति; सोऽब्रवीत्कबन्ध आथर्वण इति; …
Is God Formless or With Form?
A DEVOTEE: “Has God a form or is He formless?” MASTER: “God has form and, again. He is formless. Once upon a time a sannyasi entered the temple of Jagannath. As he looked at the holy …
“The Three Gunas Are So Many Robbers.”
In 1884 the Master’s birthday celebration was postponed because of his illness; it was finally held on 25 May 1884. Seeing Bhavanath dressed elegantly, Surendra remarked: “Are you going to England?” …
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