A Rajput prince of Kanauj—a very ancient city—had a daughter [Samyukta]. She had heard of the military fame of Prithvi Rai [King of Ajmere and Delhi] and all his glory, and she was in love with him. …
Swami Aparnananda
An initiated disciple of Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, he joined the Order in 1917 and received his sannyasa-diksha from Swami Brahmananda Maharaj in 1922. Besides serving at Mayavati and Bombay …
The Intense Desire To Be Free – Swami Vivekananda
When the desire will arise to have a peaceful, quiet life, that shall come where everything shall be propitious for the development of the mind—you may take that as my experience. It may come after …
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Raksha Bandhan – Swami Vivekananda
I will tell you the story of another beautiful Rajput girl.* There is a peculiar custom in our country called ‘protection’. Women can send small bracelets of silken thread to men. And if a girl sends …
Sin of Killing Cow – Swami Vivekananda
A man had laid out a beautiful garden into which a cow strayed one day and did much injury. The man in rage gave some blows to the cow which killed her. Then to avoid the terrible sin he bethought …
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Buddha’s Non-attachment – Ramana Maharshi
During a conversation on non-attachment, Bhagavan said, “In this part of the country, one of our ancients wrote, ‘O Lord, thou hast given me a hand to use as pillow under my head, a cloth to cover my …
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