Ramchandra Datta (1851-1899)—Eminent lay disciple of the Master, founded the Kankurgachhi Yogodyan. Born at Narikeldanga in suburban Calcutta on 3.10.1851 to Nrisimhaprasad and Tulsimani. Passed …
Learn to Live with Others – Bhagavad Gita
O Arjuna! In My view that Yogi is the best who, out of a sense of identity with others on account of the perception of the same Atman in all, feels their joy and suffering as his own.(BG 6.32) If …
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Three Kinds of Knowledge – Bhagavad Gita
The knowledge by which one sees the one undivided, imperishable substance in all beings which are divided, should be known to be Sattvika. (BG 18.20) But the knowledge by which one sees as a …
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Types of Happiness – Bhagavad Gita
Hear from Me now about the three kinds of pleasures, O the greatest of the Bharata clan! That pleasure is said to be of the nature of Sattva which is gained by long practice of disciplines, which puts …
Sister Nivedita
Nivedita, Sister (1867-1911)—Illustrious disciple of Swamiji, dedicated by him to the service of India. Born Margaret Elizabeth Noble on 28.10.1867 in a Catholic family at Dunganon in North Ireland, …
Sri Ramakrishna on Bhagavad Gita
WHAT is the significance of the Gita? Nangta used to teach me thus: What you get by repeating the word ‘Gita’ ten times is the essence of the book. It is then reversed into ‘tagi’, which means a …