Cultivate Character नाविरतो दुश्चरितान्नाशान्तो नासमाहितः ।नाशान्तमानसो वाऽपि प्रज्ञानेनैनमाप्नुयात् ॥ २४॥ nāvirato duścaritānnāśānto nāsamāhitaḥ .nāśāntamānaso vā’pi prajñānenainamāpnuyāt .. …
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Brahma Sutra 1.2.24
वैश्वानरः साधारणशब्दविशेषात् ॥ २४ ॥ vaiśvānaraḥ sādhāraṇaśabdaviśeṣāt || 24 || vaiśvānaraḥ—Vaisvanara; sādhāraṇa śabda-viśeṣāt—because of the qualifying adjuncts to the common words (Vaisvanara …
The Transformation – Swami Vivekananda
There was a young man that could not in any way support his family. He was strong and vigorous and, finally, became a highway robber; he attacked persons in the street and robbed them, and with that …
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February 24: God Alone Is Real, and All Else Illusory
Laxmi Devi passed away (1926) in Puri. Once before she passed away, she described to Swami Saradananda a vision she had had: ‘I saw a mountain of dazzling mica. On one side of that mountain were …
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Monk is to Serve – Swami Brahmananda
One day at 2.00 p.m. I (Swami Vijayananda) was called to his room, and there for the first time I learned about one aspect of true spirituality. Maharaj had already given me a nickname, which he would …
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Katha Upanishad 1.2.23
The Self Bestows Self-Knowledge नायमात्मा प्रवचनेन लभ्योन मेधया न बहुना श्रुतेन ।यमेवैष वृणुते तेन लभ्यःतस्यैष आत्मा विवृणुते तनूꣳ स्वाम् ॥ २३॥ nāyamātmā pravacanena labhyona medhayā na bahunā …