NATURALLY the doubt arises in the mind: if God is formless, how then can He have form? Further, if He has a form, why does He have so many forms? These things do not become clear until one has …
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Chandogya Upanishad 1.9.4
तथामुष्मिँल्लोके लोक इति स य एतमेवं विद्वानुपास्ते परोवरीय एव हास्यास्मिँल्लोके जीवनं भवति तथामुष्मिँल्लोके लोक इति लोके लोक इति ॥ १.९.४ ॥॥ इति नवमः खण्डः ॥ tathāmuṣmim̐lloke loka iti sa ya …
Chandogya Upanishad 6.9.4
स य एषोऽणिमैतदात्म्यमिदं सर्वं तत्सत्यं स आत्मा तत्त्वमसि श्वेतकेतो इति भूय एव मा भगवान्विज्ञापयत्विति तथा सोम्येति होवाच ॥ ६.९.४ ॥॥ इति नवमः खण्डः ॥ sa ya eṣo'ṇimaitadātmyamidaṃ sarvaṃ tatsatyaṃ …
On Lord Buddha – Swami Vivekananda
In every religion we find one type of self-devotion particularly developed. The type of working without a motive is most highly developed in Buddhism. Do not mistake Buddhism and Brâhminism. In this …
Last Birth and Desirelessness
It is amazing how Shivananda, through his realization, solved both scriptural questions and the monks’ spiritual problems. Swami Nikhilananda wrote: I do not remember having asked him any …
Lessons from Swami Gambhirananda
Overcoming ego Swami Gambhiranandaji, was the President of the Order. Once I went to meet him in his room and humbly asked him, “Maharaj, when I surrender the fruits of my actions, be it positive …