Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
Once Sri Ramakrishna went with Hriday to Kalighat in South Calcutta to visit the Divine Mother. On the northern side of the pond near the temple there were kachu shrubs. Sri Ramakrishna saw the Divine …
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Through trials and tribulations God tests the faith of his devotees. Once Manomohan’s eldest daughter, Manikprabha, was seriously ill, so he decided not to go to Dakshineswar as usual. His mother …
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Vivekananda visited Pavhari Baba, the famous yogi of Gazipur, and learned from him the secret of work: “Pay as much attention to the means of work as to its end.” The yogi told him, “Live in the house …
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One evening early in September, while Surendra Nath Mitra was meditating in his household shrine, Ramakrishna appeared to him and said: “What are you doing here? My boys are roaming about, without a …
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It is said that nonviolence is the highest virtue. Nag Mahashay practised this virtue strictly to the letter throughout his life. No one ever saw him kill an insect, and when he walked through the …
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Girish hated hypocrisy from the bottom of his heart. Being bold and strong in character, he did not find it necessary to hide his weaknesses. And indeed, it takes tremendous courage to unite mind and …