Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
(Anecdote from the life of Swami Chinmayananda) Wealth is by no means a measure of happiness, since joy is not to be found in the sense objects. If it were contained in those objects, each object …
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(Anecdote from the life of Swami Chinmayananda) There was a time when there was a major crisis in running the Mission, dissent amongst members. A devotee was discussing the difficulties the Mission …
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During 1896, in Alambazar, Swami Akhandananda suffered from Malaria. He had the following vision: He saw the luminous form of baby Krishna in his room, and Krishna’s mother, Yashoda, appeared from …
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A woman devotee asked her, “Why can’t we perceive you as the Divine Mother?” Holy Mother replied: “Can everybody recognize divinity? There lay a big diamond at a bathing place. People thought it …
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Concern for devotees While I was in the Training Centre during 1968-69, I sometimes was called to write some letters for Swami Abhayananda Maharaj, generally known as Bharat Maharaj. He was very …
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One morning at 9:00 a.m., a couple of days before his passing away, the Swami [Swami Ramakrishnananda] was lying down with closed eyes. His attendant was silently seated nearby. All of a sudden Swami …
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