EMPEROR Aurangzeb banned the playing of a musical instrument called pungi in the royal residence for it had a shrill unpleasant sound. Pungi became the generic name for reeded noisemakers. Few had …
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‘I see the feet of Sri Ramakrishna!’ – Swami Brahmananda
Swami Brahmananda during his last moments would intermittently talk, slip into meditation or would be blessed with the vision of Sri Ramakrishna. He opened his eyes and began to speak: ‘I am floating …
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Taittiriya Upanishad 2.6.1
“If a person knows Brahman as non-existent, he himself becomes non-existent. If he knows Brahman as existent, then know him as existent.” This is the embodied soul of the former. Thereupon the …
Buddhism, the Fulfilment of Hinduism – Swami Vivekananda
(26th September, 1893) I am not a Buddhist, as you have heard, and yet I am. If China, or Japan, or Ceylon follow the teachings of the Great Master, India worships him as God incarnate on earth. …
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Golap-Ma (Golap Sundari Devi)
Golap-ma (Golap Sundari Devi, c.1840-1924) lost her daughter and was grief-stricken, so she went to Ramakrishna in Dakshineswar for consolation in the mid 1880s. Later she gave personal service to the …
Nag Mahashay (Durga Charan Nag)
Durgacharan Nag (1846-99)—Known also as “Nag Mahashay” and “Sadhu Nag Mahashay”, born on 21.8.1846 on the first day of the bright lunar fortnight at Deobhog village in Narayanganj of Dhaka district. …