The Supreme The Mind The Body – Nisargadatta Questioner: From what you told us it appears that you are not quite conscious of your surroundings. To us you seem extremely alert and active. We cannot possibly believe that you are in a kind of hypnotic state, which leaves no memory behind. On the contrary, your […]
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Gist of Sankara’s Viveka Chudamani by Ra
Gist of Sankara’s Viveka Chudamani ~ Ramana Maharshi’s Preface In His Full Translation Of The Work Talks with Ramana Maharshi Talk 349 – 23rd January, 1937 Sri Sankara’s Path to Salvation Through Discrimination A Note By Sri Ramana Maharshi (In the new issue of The Vision is published the following note, being the translation by […]
Affection towards me – Thyagaraja
Affection towards me – Thyagaraja Devotional Song Main Verse (Pallavi) Oh Lord! When will You have affection towards me who is an orphan? Middle Verse (Anupallavi) Oh Lord! Please pardon all my mistakes, Oh Lord Pattabhirama! Abhirama! (Oh Lord! When will You have affection towards me who is an orphan?) Final Verse (Charanam) […]
Pathway to God – Love – Gandhi
Pathway to God – Love – Gandhi Pathway to God Part II : Moral Sadhana CHAPTER FIVE LOVE (AHIMSA) Om Three Great Jewels (Cardinal Virtues) Truth—Love—Restraint Truth supports. Love unites. Restraint enlivens. We can conquer the world by Truth and Love. Control of Thought, Word and Deed is Brahmacharya – a Perennial Spring of Eternal Energy. […]
Meditation Breathing Preliminaries – Viv
Meditation Breathing Preliminaries – Vivekananda The greater part of the practical lessons which the Yogi gives us is in the mind, the power of concentration and meditation…. We have become so materialistic. When we think of ourselves, we find only the body. The body has become the ideal, nothing else. Therefore a little physical help […]
Gist of Karma Yoga – Sivananda
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]