Voice of Vivekananda
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 400: akkodhanaṃ vatavantaṃ sīlavantaṃ anussutaṃ |dantaṃ antimasārīraṃ tamahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ || 400 || 400. Who’s …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 399: akkosaṃ vadhabandhaṃ ca aduṭṭho yo titikkhati |khantibalaṃ balānīkaṃ tamahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ || 399 || 399. Who …
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One morning at 9:00 a.m., a couple of days before his passing away, the Swami [Swami Ramakrishnananda] was lying down with closed eyes. His attendant was silently seated nearby. All of a sudden Swami …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 398: chetvā naddhiṃ varattaṃ ca sandāmaṃ sahanukkamaṃ |ukkhittapalighaṃ buddhaṃ tamahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ || 398 …
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अथास्य मातरमभिमन्त्रयते ।इलाऽसि मैत्रावरुणी, वीरे वीरमजीजनत् ।सा त्वं वीरवती भव, यास्मान्वीरवतोऽकरत् ॥ इति ॥तं वा एतमाहुः, अतिपिता बताभूः, अतिपितामहो बताभूः, परमां बत काष्ठां प्रापत्, श्रिया यशसा …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 397: sabbasaṃyojanaṃ chetvā yo ve na paritassati |saṅgātigaṃ vidaññuttaṃ tamahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ || 397 || 397. Who …
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