Voice of Vivekananda
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Although the Ramakrishna Order has never involved itself in politics, the presence of the former revolutionaries brought police surveillance upon the Order. When Atmaprakashananda joined the Udbodhan …
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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 …
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(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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On his arrival at Lahore the Swamiji was accorded a grand reception by the leaders, both of the Ârya Samâj and of the Sanâtana Dharma Sabhâ. During his brief stay in Lahore, Swamiji delivered three …
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Sri Ramakrishna used to say: “The sannyasin, the man of renunciation, is a world teacher. It is his example that awakens the spiritual consciousness of men.” Ramakrishnananda was a sannyasin of …
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Anaximenes of Miletus 586/585 – c. 526/525 BC) was an Ancient Greek, Pre-Socratic philosopher from Miletus in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey). He was the last of the three philosophers of the Milesian …