Afflicted with miseries at home, one may put on the ochre cloth of a monk; but that renunciation doesn’t last long. Again, a man out of work puts on an ochre wearing- cloth and goes off to Benares. …
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Brahma Sutra 1.3.28
शब्द इति चेत्, न, अतः प्रभवात् प्रत्यक्षानुमानाभ्याम् ॥ २८ ॥ śabda iti cet, na, ataḥ prabhavāt pratyakṣānumānābhyām || 28 || śabde—Wtih regard to (Vedic) words; iti cet—if it be …
March 28: Attachment and Detachment
SWAMI YOGANANDA PASSED AWAY AT UDOBODHAN, CALCUTTA(1899) Just before Yogananda’s death, Sivananda had asked him,”Jogin, do you remember the Master?” Yogananda replied, “Yes, I remember the Master …
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Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3, Verse 43
एवं बुद्धे: परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना |जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम् || 43|| evaṁ buddheḥ paraṁ buddhvā sanstabhyātmānam ātmanājahi śhatruṁ mahā-bāho kāma-rūpaṁ …
Brahma Sutra 1.3.27
विरोधः कर्मणीति चेत्, न, अनेकप्रतिपत्तेर्दर्शनात् ॥ २७ ॥ virodhaḥ karmaṇīti cet, na, anekapratipatterdarśanāt || 27 || virodhaḥ—Contradiction; karmaṇi—to sacrifices; iti cet—if it be …
March 27: Protector and Redeemer
Our Master is the protector and redeemer of the lowly. He was born as man to redeem the lowly…. We do not know anything other than the name of the Master. We know that he who was Rama and Krishna is …