Fearlessness, purity of heart, steadfastness in knowledge and devotion, benevolence, control of the senses, worship, study of scriptures, austerity, uprightness;(BG 16.1) My ideal indeed can be put …
Captain James Henry Sevier and Charlotte Elizabeth Sevier
Seviers (Capt. James Henry Sevier and Charlotte Elizabeth Sevier)—English couple who gave their “all” to Swamiji and dedicated their lives for his work. Swamiji called them “Pitaji” and “Mother” at …
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Francis H. Leggett and Betty Leggett
Francis H. Leggett (1840-1909) and Betty Leggett (1852-1931)—American couple who with their family were Swamiji’s closest friends in America, the staunchest supporters of his work in America and …
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Bhagavad Gita Quotes on Greed
Greed, activity, enterprise, unrest, longing— these arise, Ο lord of the Bhāratas, when rajas prevails. (14.12)From sattva springs knowledge, and from rajas, greed; from tamas spring inadvertence, …
Bhagavad Gita Quotes on Austerity
Others offer wealth, austerity and Yoga as sacrifice and again others, the ascetics of rigid vows offer study and knowledge as sacrifice. (4.28)And, I am the sweet fragrance in the earth, the …
Aparokshanubhuti of Adi Shankaracharya
1. I bow down to Him - to Sri Hari (the destroyer of ignorance), the Supreme Bliss, the First Teacher, Ishwara, the All-pervading One and the Cause of all Lokas (the universe). 2. Herein is …
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