Voice of Vivekananda
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Of reading, Swami Turiyananda gave us the advice to read only books written by men of realization. When he found a lady student studying a book of New Thought, he told her, “Go to the source. Don’t …
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From Cambridge, Turiyananda went to Boston and became the guest of a wealthy woman, who helped him with the Vedanta work there. Unfortunately, she was quite bossy. Once she had a difference of opinion …
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Turiyananda travelled to various places in India with Vivekananda. Once, in Darjeeling, Swamiji said to Turiyananda: “Brother Hari, I have made a new path and opened it to all. Up till now it was …
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From Bombay, Turiyananda and Brahmananda went to Mount Abu, Pushkar, Jaipur, and Vrindaban. In Vrindaban they practised severe austerities for six months. According to Indian custom, a monk begs for …
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Latu was always eager to serve his guru. One day he learned that the Master had expressed a wish to have a picture of Sri Chaitanya for his room, and the next day he went to Ramchandra in Calcutta to …
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Swami Adiswarananda (1925-2007) was born in West Bengal, India. He received his undergraduate degree and Master's degree from the University of Calcutta. During his student days he was inspired by …