पटवच्च ॥ १९ ॥ paṭavacca || 19 || paṭavat—Like cloth; ca—and. 19. And like a piece of cloth. Even as is cloth folded and spread out, so is the world before and after creation. In the …
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Brahma Sutra 2.1.28
आत्मनि चैवं विचित्राश्च हि ॥ २८ ॥ ātmani caivaṃ vicitrāśca hi || 28 || ātmani—In the individual soul; ca—and; evaṃ—thus; vicitrāḥ—diverse; ca—also; hi—because. 28. …
How to meditate?
Vivekananda taught “how to meditate” too. In a lecture delivered at San Francisco on 5 April 1900, he told— First, to sit in the posture In which you can sit still for a long time. All the nerve …
What Is Meditation?
In a lecture delivered at Alameda, California, on 18 April, 1900, Vivekananda told— What is meditation? Meditation is the power which enables us to resist all this. Nature may call us, “Look there …
Brahma Sutra 2.1.27
श्रुतेस्तु, शब्दमूलत्वात् ॥ २७ ॥ śrutestu, śabdamūlatvāt || 27 || śruteḥ—On account of scriptural texts; tu—but; śabdamūlatvāt—on account of being based on the scripture. 27. But …
Brahma Sutra 3.1.27
योनेः शरीरम् ॥ २७ ॥ yoneḥ śarīram || 27 || yoneḥ—From the womb; śarīram—body. 27. From the womb a (new) body (results). Finally the actual birth of the soul is referred to in this …