After receiving mantra-diksha from Swami Shivanandaji Maharaj, he joined the Order in 1926 and had his sannyasadiksha from Swami Vijnananandaji in 1937. Swami Shivanandaji told him “Stay here and …
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Mandukya Karika 4.84
कोठ्यश्चतस्र एतास्तु ग्रहैर्यासां सदाऽऽवृतः ।भगवानाभिरस्पृष्टो येन दृष्टः स सर्वदृक् ॥ ८४ ॥ koṭhyaścatasra etāstu grahairyāsāṃ sadā''vṛtaḥ |bhagavānābhiraspṛṣṭo yena dṛṣṭaḥ sa sarvadṛk || 84 …
Mandukya Karika 4.4
भूतं न जायते किंचिदभूतं नैव जायते ।विवदन्तो द्वया ह्येवमजातिं ख्यापयन्ति ते ॥ ४ ॥ bhūtaṃ na jāyate kiṃcidabhūtaṃ naiva jāyate |vivadanto dvayā hyevamajātiṃ khyāpayanti te || 4 || 4. The …
Mandukya Karika 4.83
अस्ति नास्त्यस्ति नास्तीति नास्ति नास्तीति वा पुनः ।चलस्थिरोभयाभावैरावृणोत्येव बालिशः ॥ ८३ ॥ asti nāstyasti nāstīti nāsti nāstīti vā punaḥ |calasthirobhayābhāvairāvṛṇotyeva bāliśaḥ || 83 …
Swami Premananda
Early Life Sri Ramakrishna used to refer to half a dozen among his disciples as Ishwarakotis (divine and ever free); and to this select group belonged Swami Premananda. Talent and greatness, like …
Genuine Humility of Nag Mahashay
After Swami Vivekananda returned from the West in 1897, Nag Mahashay came to Belur Math to see him. Swamiji earnestly requested him to live at the monastery, but Nag Mahashay declined because the …