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I will relate to you a very ancient story from the Chhândogya Upanishad, which tells how knowledge came to a boy. The form of the story is very crude, but we shall find that it contains a principle. A …
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In this article you'll find 20 powerful lessons from Swami Vivekananda. Note: If we thoroughly study the published literary works of Swami Vivekananda, we'll find many times Swamiji …
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The Self and the self ऋतं पिबन्तौ सुकृतस्य लोकेगुहां प्रविष्टौ परमे परार्धे ।छायातपौ ब्रह्मविदो वदन्तिपञ्चाग्नयो ये च त्रिणाचिकेताः ॥ १॥ ṛtaṃ pibantau sukṛtasya lokeguhāṃ praviṣṭau parame …
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त इमे सत्याः कामा अनृतापिधानास्तेषां सत्यानां सतामनृतमपिधानं यो यो ह्यस्येतः प्रैति न तमिह दर्शनाय लभते ॥ ८.३.१ ॥ ta ime satyāḥ kāmā anṛtāpidhānāsteṣāṃ satyānāṃ satāmanṛtamapidhānaṃ yo yo hyasyetaḥ …
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This national ship of ours, ye children of the Immortals, my countrymen, has been plying for ages, carrying civilization and enriching the whole world with its inestimable treasures. For scores of …
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द्युभ्वाद्यायतनं स्वशब्दात् ॥ १ ॥ dyubhvādyāyatanaṃ svaśabdāt || 1 || dyu-bhu-ādi-āyatanaṃ—The resting-place of heaven, earth, etc.; sva-śabdāt—on account of the word ‘Self’. 1. The …