Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 61: carañce nādhigaccheyya seyyaṃ sadisamattano |ekacariyaṃ daḷhaṃ kayirā natthi bāle sahāyatā || 61 || 61. If a …
Narayana Suktam
The Narayana Sukta is, in a way, the mystical appendix to the Purusha Sukta of the Veda, the only difference between the Purusha Sukta and the Narayana Sukta being the divination of the Deity …
Should We Avoid Eating Meat?
Swami Brahmananda Says — [To the question: “Should we avoid eating meat, since it entails killing?”] Nonsense! The Buddhists say: ‘Harmlessness is the highest virtue.’ What does this mean? You can …
The Story of How Totapuri Gave up Anger
One evening Sri Ramakrishna was seated with Totapuri near his sacred dhuni. Both of their minds were almost completely absorbed in nondual knowledge as they talked about God. The Atman, as if dwelling …
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Sri Ramakrishna’s Experience of Oneness
One day Sri Ramakrishna was at the bathing ghat, watching the Ganges in an ecstatic mood. Two boats were at the ghat and the boatmen were quarrelling. Suddenly the stronger man gave the weaker one a …
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Dhammapada, Verse 60 – The Story of a Certain Person
Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 60: dīghā jāgarato ratti dīghaṃ santassa yojanaṃ |dīgho bālānaṃ saṃsāro saddhamma avijānataṃ || 60 || 60. Long is …
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