Voice of Vivekananda
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Gangadhar was so compassionate that he once gave his own shirt to a poor classmate whose shirt was torn. Without telling his parents, he would secretly give food to beggars. He was a strong moralist …
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Bhavatarini Devi (1877–1973) - Better known as “Basumati Ma”, wife of Upendranath Mukherjee, lay devotee of the Master and founder of the publishing house “Basumati Sahitya Mandir”. Born in a family …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 179-180: yassa jitaṃ nāvajīyati jitam'assa no yāti koci loke |taṃ buddham anantagocaraṃ apadaṃ kena padena nessatha || …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 178: pathavyā ekarajjena saggassa gamanena vā |sabbalokādhipaccena sotāpattiphalaṃ varaṃ || 178 || 178. Than o’er …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 177: na ve kadariyā devalokaṃ vajanti bālā have nappasaṃsanti dānaṃ |dhīro ca dānaṃ anumodamāno ten'eva so hoti sūkhī …
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Once Swami Abhedananda desired to buy a golden seat for Sri Ramakrishna and place him on it. When he was going to the jewellery shop he heard a voice saying, ‘Stop my son, what are you doing?’ This he …
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