Don't be afraid. What work do you expect from men of little hearts? -- Nothing in the world! You must have an iron will if you would cross the ocean. You must be strong enough to pierce mountains. I …
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Swami Sarvadevananda
Swami Sarvadevananda, the minister and spiritual leader of the Vedanta Society of Southern California, is a monk of the Ramakrishna Order of India. He lived near Belur Math from 1960 onward, and thus …
Katha Upanishad 1.1.16
तमब्रवीत् प्रीयमाणो महात्मावरं तवेहाद्य ददामि भूयः ।तवैव नाम्ना भविताऽयमग्निःसृङ्कां चेमामनेकरूपां गृहाण ॥ १६॥ tamabravīt prīyamāṇo mahātmāvaraṃ tavehādya dadāmi bhūyaḥ .tavaiva nāmnā …
Brahma Sutra 1.1.16
नेतरोऽनुपपत्तेः ॥ १६ ॥ netaro'nupapatteḥ || 16 || na—Not; itaraḥ—the other (Jiva); anupapatteḥ—on account of impossibility. 16. (Brahman and) not the other (the individual soul, is meant …
January 16: Consciousness of Sri Ramakrishna
The Consciousness of Sri Ramakrishna was the consciousness of Ishvara (God) and not of the jiva. According to Advaita Vedanta, the jiva can attain the knowledge of his identity with Brahman by …
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Katha Upanishad 1.1.15
लोकादिमग्निं तमुवाच तस्मैया इष्टका यावतीर्वा यथा वा ।स चापि तत्प्रत्यवदद्यथोक्तंअथास्य मृत्युः पुनरेवाह तुष्टः ॥ १५॥ lokādimagniṃ tamuvāca tasmaiyā iṣṭakā yāvatīrvā yathā vā .sa cāpi …