Voice of Vivekananda
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(Anecdote from the life of Swami Chinmayananda) Once Pujya Gurudev’s telephone diary was lost. But he remained undisturbed and dictated hundreds of addresses of people for the volunteer to note …
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(Delivered in California) Hiranyakashipu was the king of the Daityas. The Daityas, though born of the same parentage as the Devas or gods, were always, at war with the latter. The Daityas had no …
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स यो बलं ब्रह्मेत्युपास्ते यावद्बलस्य गतं तत्रास्य यथाकामचारो भवति यो बलं ब्रह्मेत्युपास्तेऽस्ति भगवो बलाद्भूय इति बलाद्वाव भूयोऽस्तीति तन्मे भगवान्ब्रवीत्विति ॥ ७.८.२ ॥॥ इति अष्टमः खण्डः ॥ sa yo …
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बलं वाव विज्ञानाद्भूयोऽपि ह शतं विज्ञानवतामेको बलवानाकम्पयते स यदा बली भवत्यथोत्थाता भवत्युत्तिष्ठन्परिचरिता भवति परिचरन्नुपसत्ता भवत्युपसीदन्द्रष्टा भवति श्रोता भवति मन्ता भवति बोद्धा भवति कर्ता भवति …
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Swami Subodhananda was practising austerities in Gaya when he had a life threatening experience which he later described: ‘It was the month of August. I saw a person wade through the Phalgu river and …
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On 25 April 1933, [Swami] Shivananda had a stroke. His right side was paralyzed and very soon his speech became impaired. A few months later [Swami] Vijnanananda arrived at Belur Math to see him. When …
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