How can we understand the ways of God through our small intellects? As Bhishma lay dying on his bed of arrows, the Pandava brothers and Krishna stood around him. They saw tears flowing from the …
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Lakshmi Devi
Laxmimani Devi (1864-1926)—Daughter of Rameshwar Chattopadhyay, second elder brother of the Master. Born in parental home on the day of Saraswati Puja in February 1864, had two brothers, Ramlal and …
The Essence of the Gita by Swami Turiyananda
Perhaps you know what our Master Paramahamsa- deva used to say. He would say that the meaning of the Gita could be discovered by uttering the word Gita a number of times. Gita then comes to sound like …
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Swami Vivekananda’s Quotes On Shraddha
Shraddha is a Sanskrit word with no exact English equivalent. In the Wikipedia article, the word Shraddha is explained as "faith with love and reverence".[Source] In Bhagavad Gita, 4:39, …
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Bhagavata in the Ear, Brothel in the Mind
Once, two friends were going along the street when they saw some people listening to a reading of the Bhagavata. "Come, friend," said the one to the other, "let us hear the sacred book." So saying he …
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Swami Gahanananda
Swami Gahanananda, the fourteenth President of the Ramakrishna Order, was born in October 1916 at Paharpur village of Sylhet district (now in Bangladesh). His pre-monastic name was Naresh Ranjan Roy …