Gajendra Moksha is a significant episode from Hindu mythology found in the Bhagavata Purana. It tells the story of Gajendra, the king of elephants, and his liberation (moksha) from the clutches of a …
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Lessons from Swami Sukhananda
Tea cup and saucer Once Swami Sukhanandaji visited Madras Math. I was then a young brahmachari. I offered my pranams to him and started conversing. He was childlike in his behaviour. I asked him …
Swamiji seated on the lap of Sri Ramakrishna – Swami Vijnanananda
On July 4, 1902, the day Swami Vivekananda passed away, Swami Vijnanananda was meditating in the shrine of Brahmavadin club and he had a vision of Swamiji seated on the lap of Sri Ramakrishna. Swami …
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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 5.7.1
विद्युद् ब्रह्मेत्याहुः; विदानाद्विद्युत्; विद्यत्येनं पाप्मनो य एवं वेद विद्युद्ब्रह्मेति; विद्युद्ध्येव ब्रह्म ॥ २ ॥इति सप्तमं ब्राह्मणम् ॥ vidyud brahmetyāhuḥ; vidānādvidyut; vidyatyenaṃ pāpmano …
Bhakti or Devotion – Swami Vivekananda
The idea of a Personal God has obtained in almost every religion, except a very few. With the exception of the Buddhist and the Jain, perhaps all the religions of the world have the idea of a Personal …
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Vedanta and Privilege – Swami Vivekananda
We have nearly finished the metaphysical portion of the Advaita. One point, and perhaps the most difficult to understand, remains. We have seen so far that, according to the Advaita theory, all we see …
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