Josiah John Goodwin (1870-1898)—Young British bachelor, excellent stenographer, ardent disciple of Swamiji whom he served as stenographer and secretary (1895-98), “…whose work for Swamiji was to be of …
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Today’s Imitation is Tomorrow’s Inspiration
A THIEF entered the palace of a king in the dead of night and overheard the king saying to the queen, "I shall give my daughter in marriage to one of those sadhus (holy men) who are dwelling on the …
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Katha Upanishad: An Overview
Kat̩ha Upanis̩ad belongs to Kris̩n̩a Yajurveda. It is acclaimed as the clearest and the most popular one for its brevity and perfect enunciation for the mystical truths about life. Basic questions of …
What Occult Powers Are Like
HRIDAY asked me—I was then under his control to pray to the Divine Mother for (occult) powers. I went to the temple. In a vision I saw a widow thirty or thirty five years old, covered with filth. It …
Court Marriage and You Court Servitude
It is 'woman and gold' that binds man and robs -*- him of his freedom. It is woman that creates the need for gold. For woman one becomes the slave of another, and so loses his freedom. Then he cannot …
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Chandogya Upanishad 1.7.9
कं ते काममागायानीत्येष ह्येव कामागानस्येष्टे य एवं विद्वान्साम गायति साम गायति ॥ १.७.९ ॥॥ इति सप्तमः खण्डः ॥ kaṃ te kāmamāgāyānītyeṣa hyeva kāmāgānasyeṣṭe ya evaṃ vidvānsāma gāyati sāma gāyati || …