Early Life Swami Advaitananda in his pre-monastic days was known as Gopal Chandra Ghosh. He was the oldest of the monastic disciples of Sri Ramakrishna, being older than even the Master …
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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 5.9.1
अयमाग्निर्वैश्वानरो योऽयमन्तः पुरुषे, येनेदमन्नं पच्यते यदिदमद्यते; तस्यैष घोषो भवति यमेतत्कर्णावपिधाय शृणोति; स यदोत्क्रमिष्यन्भवति नैनं घोषं शृणोति ॥ १ ॥इति नवमं ब्राह्मणम् ॥ ayamāgnirvaiśvānaro …
‘I am Gadadhar. In this age I shall rebuild after destroying everything.’ – Sri Ramakrishna
Before Swami Advaitananda’ s Mahasamadhi, he had the vision of Sri Ramakrishna. He saw the Master carrying a mace on his shoulder. He then asked, ‘Master, why are you carrying the mace on your …
The First Steps – Bhakti Yoga | Swami Vivekananda
The philosophers who wrote on Bhakti defined it as extreme love for God. Why a man should love God is the question to be solved; and until we understand that, we shall not be able to grasp the subject …
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Swami Shraddhananda
Shraddhananda, Swami (Bimal Maharaj, 1907-96)—Distinguished monk of the Order, “torchbearer of Vedanta” in America. Disciple of Swami Shivananda (1925), joined the Order (1930) at Belur Math. Served …
Chose to be His instrument – Swami Chinmayananda
(Anecdote from the life of Swami Chinmayananda) Once a local businessman came to Pujya Gurudev after the Jnana Yagna and handed him a Gurudakshina envelope. Next an administrator from one of the …
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