These two are very important mantras(4&5) for two reasons. One – it attempts to describe Atman. Two – it talks about Shakti. अनेजदेकं मनसो जवीयो नैनद्देवा आप्नुवन्पूर्वमर्षत् …
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Chandogya Upanishad 3.7.3
स य एतदेवममृतं वेद रुद्राणामेवैको भूत्वेन्द्रेणैव मुखेनैतदेवामृतं दृष्ट्वा तृप्यति स एतदेव रूपमभिसंविशत्येतस्माद्रूपादुदेति ॥ ३.७.३ ॥ sa ya etadevamamṛtaṃ veda rudrāṇāmevaiko bhūtvendreṇaiva …
Isha Upanishad, Verse 3
असुर्या नाम ते लोका अन्धेन तमसावृताः ।तांस्ते प्रेत्याभिगच्छन्ति ये के चात्महनो जनाः ॥ ३ ॥ asuryā nāma te lokā andhena tamasāvṛtāḥ |tāṃste pretyābhigacchanti ye ke cātmahano janāḥ || 3 …
Lessons from Swami Shantananda
Divine innocence When I was in the Training Centre for Brahmacharis at Belur Math, I would go to Shantananda Maharaj’s room which was in Premananda Bhavan ground floor (just opposite to Swami …
Swami Abhayananda (Bharat Maharaj)
Swami Abhayananda (1890-1989) - Pre-monastic name Atulchandra Guha. Born in Majkhara village of Dhaka district. Left school to join Anushilan Samiti, a secret association of revolutionaries. Joined …
Dhammapada, Verse 153-154 – Venerable Ānanda’s Stanzas
Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 153-154: anekajāti saṃsāraṃ sandhāvissaṃ anibbisaṃ |gahakārakaṃ gavesanto dukkhā jāti punappunaṃ || 153 ||gahakāraka …
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