यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धन: |तदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसङ्ग: समाचर || 9|| yajñārthāt karmaṇo ’nyatra loko ’yaṁ karma-bandhanaḥtad-arthaṁ karma kaunteya mukta-saṅgaḥ …
Alasinga Perumal
Alasinga Perumal, M. C. (1865-1909)—Professor Mandam Chakravarty Alasinga Perumal, South Indian Brahmin youth, ardent devotee of Swami Vivekananda and one of the principal organizers of his trip to …
Narendra Nath Mitra (The Younger Naren)
Narendranath Mitra (Chhoto Naren)—Lived at 33A, Telipara Lane, Shyampukur. M.’s pupil, taken by him to the Master. “Dark and slim, with a pock-marked face, the Master was very fond of him” (The Holy …
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Girish Chandra Ghosh
Girishchandra Ghosh (28.2.1844 - 9.2.1912)—Outstanding lay disciple of the Master, sinner turned saint. Poet, playwright, actor, one of the founders of modern Bengali theatre. As actor and playwright …
Balaram Basu
Balaram Basu (1842-90)—“The Master’s foremost lay disciple” according to the Holy Mother (The Gospel of Holy Mother) and acknowledged by the Master himself to be one of his four “rasaddars” (supplier …
The Art of Right Activity – Bhagavad Gita
The truth about the nature of ‘beneficial work’ has to be understood, as also of ‘baneful work’ and of ‘non-work'. The way of work is difficult indeed to understand. ((BG 4.17) All outgoing energy …
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