The following address of welcome from the Hindus of Jaffna was presented to Swami Vivekananda: SRIMAT VIVEKANANDA SWAMI REVERED SIR, We, the inhabitants of Jaffna professing the Hindu …
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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 3.1.10
याज्ञवल्क्येति होवाच, कत्ययमद्योद्गातास्मिन्यज्ञे स्तोत्रियाः स्तोष्यतीति; तिस्र इति; कतमास्तास्तिस्र इति; पुरोनुवाक्या च याज्या च शस्यैव तृतीया; कतमास्ता या अध्यात्ममिति; प्राण एव पुरोनुवाक्या, अपानो …
Swami Vivekananda and Pavhari Baba
Vivekananda visited Pavhari Baba, the famous yogi of Gazipur, and learned from him the secret of work: “Pay as much attention to the means of work as to its end.” The yogi told him, “Live in the house …
Spiritual Practices in Baranagore Monastery
One evening early in September, while Surendra Nath Mitra was meditating in his household shrine, Ramakrishna appeared to him and said: “What are you doing here? My boys are roaming about, without a …
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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 3.1.9
याज्ञवल्क्येति होवाच, कतिभिरयमद्य ब्रह्मा यज्ञं दक्शिणतो देवताभिर्गोपायतीत्य्; एकयेति; कतमा सैकेति; मन एवेत्य्, अनन्तं वै मनः, अनन्ता विश्वे देवाः, अनन्तमेव स तेन लोकं जयति ॥ ९ ॥ yājñavalkyeti …
Nonviolence is The Highest Virtue
It is said that nonviolence is the highest virtue. Nag Mahashay practised this virtue strictly to the letter throughout his life. No one ever saw him kill an insect, and when he walked through the …