Swami Sadananda (Gupta Maharaj, 1865-1911) Pre-monastic name Sharatchandra Gupta. Born in the Garpar area of Calcutta on 6.1.1865, brought up at Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh where his father, Jadunath, …
Swami Vividishananda
Vividishananda, Swami (Dwijen Maharaj)—Disciple of Swami Brahmananda, joined the Order at Bhubaneswar Math (1919), ordained into sannyasa by Swami Shivananda (1923). Service at Bhubaneswar and Rajkot …
It’s Not Easy to Attain True Humility
A MAN went to a sadhu and said with a great show of humility: "Sir, I am a very low person. Tell me, O Master, how I am to be saved." The sadhu, reading the heart of the man, told him, "Well, go and …
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Swami Punyananda (Priya Maharaj)
The swami joined the Order at the Contai Ashrama in 1922 and received his mantra diksha from Swami Shivanandaji and also sannyasa-diksha from him in 1926. As Secretary of the Rangoon Sevashrama (which …
Chandogya Upanishad 3.18.6
श्रोत्रमेव ब्रह्मणश्चतुर्थः पादः स दिग्भिर्ज्योतिषा भाति च तपति च भाति च तपति च कीर्त्या यशसा ब्रह्मवर्चसेन य एवं वेद य एवं वेद ॥ ३.१८.६ ॥॥ इति अष्टादशः खण्डः ॥ śrotrameva brahmaṇaścaturthaḥ pādaḥ …
Chandogya Upanishad 3.18.5
चक्षुरेव ब्रह्मणश्चतुर्थः पादः स आदित्येन ज्योतिषा भाति च तपति च भाति च तपति च कीर्त्या यशसा ब्रह्मवर्चसेन य एवं वेद ॥ ३.१८.५ ॥ cakṣureva brahmaṇaścaturthaḥ pādaḥ sa ādityena jyotiṣā bhāti ca …