Voice of Vivekananda
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 63: yo bālo maññati bālyaṃ paṇaḍito vāpi tena so |bālo ca paṇḍitamānī sa ve bālo'ti vuccati || 63 || 63. Conceiving …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 62: puttā matthi dhanammatthi iti bālo vihaññati |attā hi attano natthi kuto puttā kuto dhanaṃ || 62 || 62. “Sons …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 61: carañce nādhigaccheyya seyyaṃ sadisamattano |ekacariyaṃ daḷhaṃ kayirā natthi bāle sahāyatā || 61 || 61. If a …
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Swami Brahmananda Says — [To the question: “Should we avoid eating meat, since it entails killing?”] Nonsense! The Buddhists say: ‘Harmlessness is the highest virtue.’ What does this mean? You can …
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One evening Sri Ramakrishna was seated with Totapuri near his sacred dhuni. Both of their minds were almost completely absorbed in nondual knowledge as they talked about God. The Atman, as if dwelling …
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One day Sri Ramakrishna was at the bathing ghat, watching the Ganges in an ecstatic mood. Two boats were at the ghat and the boatmen were quarrelling. Suddenly the stronger man gave the weaker one a …
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