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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 280: uṭṭhānakālamhi anuṭṭhahāno yuvā balī ālasiyaṃ upeto |saṃsanna saṅkappamano kusīto paññāya maggaṃ alaso na …
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This incident happened in the life of Swami Abhedananda: On 7 May 1915, during World War I, a British liner was destroyed by a German submarine in the Atlantic Ocean, near the Cork coast of Ireland. …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 277-279: sabbe baṅkhārā aniccā'ti yadā paññāya passati |atha nibbindati dukkhe esa maggo visuddhiyā || 277 ||sabbe …
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During the year 1897, Murshidabad in Bengal was reeling under severe drought. When Swami Akhandananda went there, he saw death and decay everywhere. In the villages, he saw emaciated cattle and their …
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सुखदुःखे समे कृत्वा लाभालाभौ जयाजयौ ।ततो युद्धाय युज्यस्व नैवं पापमवाप्स्यसि ॥ २-३८॥ सुखदु:खे, समे, कृत्वा, लाभालाभौ, जयाजयौ,तत:, युद्धाय, युज्यस्व, न, एवम्, पापम्, अवाप्स्यसि॥ …
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He rests in the sun, represented by the vyahriti Suvah; he rests in Brahman, represented by the vyahriti Mahah. He attains self-rule. He attains the lordship of the mind; he attains the lordship of …