गायत्री वा ईदं सर्वं भूतं यदिदं किं च वाग्वै गायत्री वाग्वा इदं सर्वं भूतं गायति च त्रायते च ॥ ३.१२.१ ॥ gāyatrī vā īdaṃ sarvaṃ bhūtaṃ yadidaṃ kiṃ ca vāgvai gāyatrī vāgvā idaṃ sarvaṃ bhūtaṃ gāyati …
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Dhammapada, Verse 281 – The Story of a Pig Spirit
Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 281: vācānurakkhī manasā susaṃvuto kāyena ca akusalaṃ na kayirā |ete tayo kammapathe visodhaye ārādhaye maggaṃ …
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Dhammapada, Verse 280 – The Story of Venerable Tissa the Idle One
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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“S.S.Lusitania Is No More” – Swami Abhedananda
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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Dhammapada, Verse 277-279 – The Story of Five Hundred Monks
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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‘Wait and see what happens.’ – Sri Ramakrishna
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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