इन्द्रियाणां पृथग्भावमुदयास्तमयौ च यत् ।पृथगुत्पद्यमानानां मत्वा धीरो न शोचति ॥ ६॥ indriyāṇāṃ pṛthagbhāvamudayāstamayau ca yat .pṛthagutpadyamānānāṃ matvā dhīro na śocati .. 6.. Having …
Jun 6: Religion Is Its Own End
The first great thing to accomplish is to establish a character...Do not fret because the world looks with suspicion at every new attempt, even though it be in the path of spirituality...Religion is …
Chandogya Upanishad 8.6.6
तदेष श्लोकः । शतं चैका च हृदयस्य नाड्यस्तासां मूर्धानमभिनिःसृतैका । तयोर्ध्वमायन्नमृतत्वमेति विष्वङ्ङन्या उत्क्रमणे भवन्त्युत्क्रमणे भवन्ति ॥ ८.६.६ ॥॥ इति षष्ठः खण्डः ॥ tadeṣa ślokaḥ | śataṃ caikā …
Lessons from Swami Atmananda
The man of action In 1987, I was in our Raipur Ashrama serving in the shrine as a pujari. Swami Atmananda Maharaj was the head of the centre. He was an impressive personality both by his abilities …
Katha Upanishad 2.3.5
'Here, Here is Knowledge...' Here is another passage which shows the different states of realisation. यथाऽऽदर्शे तथाऽऽत्मनि यथा स्वप्ने तथा पितृलोके ।यथाऽप्सु परीव ददृशे तथा …
June 5: Shodashi Puja
SHODASHI PUJA The new-moon night of 5th June, 1872, was the auspicious time for the worship of Kali in her aspect as Phalaharini (destroyer of the effects of past deeds). In Sri Ramakrishna’s mind …