Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
Turiyananda then decided to practise sadhana alone at Rajpur, on the Mussoorie Hill of Dehra Dun. Here a police officer thought that Turiyananda was an anarchist posing as a holy man, and asked him …
Continue Reading about I Am Not Frightened Even of Yama – Swami Turiyananda →
By VivekaVani
After attaining illumination, Sri Ramakrishna waited for his disciples nearly twenty-five years. During the last few years of his life, when his young disciples joined him, the Master poured all his …
Continue Reading about Yet I Love You So Much – Sri Ramakrishna →
By VivekaVani
Of reading, Swami Turiyananda gave us the advice to read only books written by men of realization. When he found a lady student studying a book of New Thought, he told her, “Go to the source. Don’t …
Continue Reading about Go to The Source – Swami Turiyananda →
By VivekaVani
From Cambridge, Turiyananda went to Boston and became the guest of a wealthy woman, who helped him with the Vedanta work there. Unfortunately, she was quite bossy. Once she had a difference of opinion …
By VivekaVani
Turiyananda travelled to various places in India with Vivekananda. Once, in Darjeeling, Swamiji said to Turiyananda: “Brother Hari, I have made a new path and opened it to all. Up till now it was …
Continue Reading about I Have Made a New Path – Swami Vivekananda →
By VivekaVani
From Bombay, Turiyananda and Brahmananda went to Mount Abu, Pushkar, Jaipur, and Vrindaban. In Vrindaban they practised severe austerities for six months. According to Indian custom, a monk begs for …