Buddhism, The Fulfillment of Hinduism – Vivekananda 26th September, 1893 I am not a Buddhist, as you have heard, and yet I am. If China, or Japan, or Ceylon follow the teachings of the Great Master, India worships him as God incarnate on earth. You have just now heard that I am going to criticise […]
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Sisters and Brothers of America – Viveka
Sisters and Brothers of America Response to Welcome By Swami Vivekananda At the World’s Parliament of Religions, Chicago 11th September, 1893 Sisters and Brothers of America, It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us. I thank you in the name of […]
How to see God – Ramakrishna
How to see God – Ramakrishna M: (Mahendranath Gupta) “Is it possible to see God?” MASTER: “Yes, certainly. Living in solitude now and then, repeating God’s name and singing His glories, and discriminating between the Real and the unreal – these are the means to employ to see Him.” Longing and yearning M: “Under what […]
Devotion and Worldly Duties – Ramakrishn
Devotion and Worldly Duties – Ramakrishna Need of holy company & Meditation in solitude M. (Mahendranath Gupta) (humbly): “How, sir, may we fix our minds on God?” MASTER: “Repeat God’s name and sing His glories, and keep holy company; and now and then visit God’s devotees and holy men. The mind cannot dwell on God […]
God With and Without Form – Ramakrishna
God With and Without Form Sri Mahendra Nath Gupta is familiary known to the readers of the “Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna” by his pen name M. He kept a diary of all his meetings and experiences with Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and later wrote them in a book. This first, full-fledged volume of the “Gospel” was […]
Bhaja Govindam
Bhaja Govindam Bhaja Govindam was rendered extempore by Jagadguru Sri Adi Sankaracharya. The story behind this great work is this. Sri Adi Sankaracharya came across an old grammarian who was strenuously memorizing all the complex rules of Grammar, instead of devoting his time in contemplating on God and meditating. Due to Sri Sankara’s compassion and […]
Chanting, Meditation etc. of any use ? –
Chanting, Meditation etc. of any use ? – Nisargadatta Q: What is better — repetition of God’s name, or meditation? M: Repetition will stabilize your breath. With deep and quiet breathing vitality will improve, which will influence the brain and help the mind to grow pure and stable and fit for meditation. Without vitality little […]
Steps for Self-Realization – Vivekananda
Steps to Realization First among the qualifications required of the aspirant for Jnâna, or wisdom, come Shama and Dama, which may be taken together. They mean the keeping of the organs in their own centres without allowing them to stray out. …. Thus the mind acts through two agencies — one external, and the other […]
Work for Work’s Sake – Vivekananda
Work for Work’s Sake Man works with various motives. There cannot be work without motive. Some people want to get fame, and they work for fame. Others want money, and they work for money. Others want to have power, and they work for power. Others want to get to heaven, and they work for the […]
The Search for Happiness – Chinmayananda
The Search for Happiness When a bow is bent and a string is tied, the tension of the string will depend upon the curvature of the bow. But the bow always tries to return to its straight shape, trying to go back to its original nature. In the same way, all living beings—plant, animal, […]
Where is your God? – Chinmayananda
Where is your God? – Chinmayananda Question: Where is your God? I do not see, hear or know Him, and in these days of misery and sorrow, if at all He exists, I find Him to be absolutely blind and deaf. I refuse to believe in God. Answer: You are perfectly right in your […]
Get Hold of Yourself – Vivekananada
Get Hold of Yourself Work and its secret We are all the time, from our childhood, trying to lay the blame upon something outside ourselves. We are always standing up to set right other people, and not ourselves. If we are miserable, we say, “Oh, the world is a devil’s world.” We curse others and […]
