श्रीभगवानुवाच ।बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन ।तान्यहं वेद सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परन्तप ॥ ४-५॥ बहूनि, मे, व्यतीतानि, जन्मानि, तव, च, अर्जुन,तानि, अहम्, वेद, सर्वाणि, न, त्वम्, वेत्थ, …
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Sita-Rama, the Ideal Couple – Swami Vivekananda
Rama is considered the type of the Absolute, and Sita that of Power. We have no time to go over all the life of Sita, but I will quote a passage from her life that is very much suited to the ladies of …
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“You Are That Hole”
On 28 July 1885, Sri Ramakrishna, with M. and others, visited the house of two brahmin sisters, one of whom was grief-stricken because of her daughter’s death. One sister was busy with the …
Swami Vivekananda On Politics
On 27 September 1894, in a letter written to Alasinga Perumal, Swami Vivekananda wrote, he was not a "politician" or "political agitator"—[Source] . . . I am no politician or political …
Lessons from Swami Bodhatmananda
The real Guru-dakshina Swami Shankaranandaji blessed me with mantra-diksha on 31 March 1961. Prior to that Swami Bodhatmanandaji, who was my advisor and mentor, had told me, “Note down the details …
Chandogya Upanishad 7.6.2
स यो ध्यानं ब्रह्मेत्युपास्ते यावद्ध्यानस्य गतं तत्रास्य यथाकामचारो भवति यो ध्यानं ब्रह्मेत्युपास्तेऽस्ति भगवो ध्यानाद्भूय इति ध्यानाद्वाव भूयोऽस्तीति तन्मे भगवान्ब्रवीत्विति ॥ ७.६.२ ॥॥ इति षष्ठः …