Gist of Karma Yoga – Sivananda 1. Karma Yoga is selfless service unto humanity. The important point is to serve humanity without any attachment or egoism. The central teaching of the Gita is non-attachment to work. Lord Krishna says: “Work, but your duty is to work but not expect the fruits thereof.” 2. The mind […]
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Universal Prayer – Sivananda
Universal Prayer – Sivananda You are, Oh Lord, the Creator of this Universe. You are the Protector of this world. You are in the grass and the rose. You are in the sun and the stars. My reverence to You, Oh Destroyer of the cycle of births and deaths! I bow to You, Oh Bestower […]
Have regard for me – Thyagaraja
Have regard for me – Thyagaraja Devotional Song Main Verse (Pallavi) Don’t You have any regard for me? What words are you gesturing to me? Final Verses (Charanam) Verse 1 Is there not even a little kindness? Is my wish against any righteousness? Oh Lord who wears garland made of forest flowers! Won’t […]
Life of Saint Thyagaraja
Life of Saint Thyagaraja Family and Lineage Saint Thyagaraja, pronounced “thi-yaa-ga-raajaa”, was born in 1767 in Tiruvarur, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu to Seethamma and Kakarla Ramabrahmam in a Telugu Brahmin family. Thyagaraja means “King of Renunciation”, indicating Lord Shiva. His family belonged to the Smarta tradition and Bharadvajasa lineage (gotra). Thyagaraja was the third son of his […]
Chinmayananda Quote 2
Chinmayananda Quote 2 Swami Chinmayananda Teachings Just as physics, biology, and other sciences are not the exclusive property of any one country, or of people in a particular era or age, but are universally applicable irrespective of time and age, similarly the science of living as pronounced by the Rishis of Vedanta, visualizes a plan […]
Chinmayananda Quote 1
Chinmayananda Quote 1 Swami Chinmayananda Teachings Man’s control of nature external is called civilization. Man’s control of nature internal is called culture.
Atma Bodha – Verses 21 to 30 – Sankara
Atma Bodha – Verses 21 to 30 – Sankara Sri Adi Sankaracharya’s Atma Bodha Verse 21. Fools, because they lack in their powers of discrimination, superimpose on the Atman, which is the Absolute Existence-Knowledge, all the varied functions of the body and the senses, just as they attribute blue color and such to the sky. Verse […]
Four kinds of people – Ramakrishna
Four kinds of people – Ramakrishna Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa spoke: Men may be divided into four classes: those bound by the fetters of the world, the seekers after liberation, the liberated, and the ever-free. Among the ever-free we may count sages like Narada. They live in the world for the good of others, to teach men […]
How to deal with the wicked – Ramakrishn
How to deal with the wicked Devotee: “Sir, if a wicked man is about to do harm, or actually does so, should we keep quiet then?” Master: “A man living in society should make a show of tamas (forceful nature) to protect himself from evil-minded people. But he should not harm anybody in anticipation of […]
Pavahari Baba – Vivekananda
Pavahari Baba Sketch of the Life of Pavahari Baba By Swami Vivekananda In religion we have the man of intense thought, of great activity in bringing help to others, the man of boldness and daring self-realisation, and the man of meekness and humility. The subject of this sketch was a man of wonderful humility and […]
Non-injuring Yogi – Vivekananda
Non-injuring Yogi By Swami Vivekananda Non-injuring has to be attained by him who wants to be free. No one is more powerful than he who has attained perfect non-injuring. No one could fight, no one could quarrel, in his presence. Yes, his very presence, and nothing else, means peace, means love wherever he may be. Nobody […]
Atma Bodha – Verses 11 to 20 – Sankara
Atma Bodha – Verses 11 to 20 – Sankara Sri Adi Sankaracharya’s Atma Bodha Knowledge of the Self Verses 11 to 20 11. Because of its association with different conditionings, such ideas as caste, color, and position are superimposed upon the Atman, the Self, as flavor, color and so on are superimposed on water. 12. […]