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In November 1888 Yogananda went to Puri with Holy Mother and stayed there three months. Then, in February 1889, he went to Kamarpukur with Holy Mother; she stayed there for a year. During that time …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 197-199: susukhaṃ vata jīvāma verinesu averino |verinesu manussesu viharāma averino || 197 ||susukhaṃ vata jīvāma …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 195-196: pūjārahe pūjayato buddhe yadi va sāvake |papañca samatikkante tiṇṇa sokapariddave || 195 ||te tādise pūjayato …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 194: sukho buddhānaṃ uppādo sukhā saddhammadesanā |sukhā saṅghassa sāmaggi samaggānaṃ tapo sukho || 194 || 194. …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 193: dullabho purisājañño na so sabbattha jāyati |yattha so jāyati dhīro taṃ kūlaṃ sukhamedhati || 193 || 193. Hard …
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(An excerpt from Madame Verdier's journal quoted in the New Discoveries, Vol. 1, pp. 487-88.) [As told by Madame Emma Calvé‚ to Madame Drinette Verdier] Mr. X, in whose home Swamiji was …
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