Celebrated French Opera singer, born in a poor family of South France. A celebrity by dint of talent and perseverance. First meeting with Swamiji at Chicago perhaps some time in 1894. Swamiji assuaged …
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“Vaikuntha, call on me.” – Sri Sarada Devi
Vaikuntha, a disciple of Holy Mother from Cuttack, visited her at Kamarpukur. Ramlal and Lakshmi were also there. Before he left, Vaikuntha bowed down to Raghuvir in the shrine and then to Holy …
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Dhammapada, Verse 305 – The Story of the Monk Who Stayed Alone
Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 305: ekāsanaṃ ekaseyyaṃ eko caram atandito |eko damayam attānaṃ vanante ramito siyā || 305 || 305. Alone one sits, …
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Suresh Chandra Datta’s Vision of Sri Ramakrishna
One day in 1886, Suresh Chandra Datta went to see Sri Ramakrishna at the Cossipore garden house to seek initiation from Him. Seeing the fragile condition of the Master, Suresh could not bring himself …
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Learn to Live with Others – Bhagavad Gita
O Arjuna! In My view that Yogi is the best who, out of a sense of identity with others on account of the perception of the same Atman in all, feels their joy and suffering as his own.(BG 6.32) If …
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Three Kinds of Knowledge – Bhagavad Gita
The knowledge by which one sees the one undivided, imperishable substance in all beings which are divided, should be known to be Sattvika. (BG 18.20) But the knowledge by which one sees as a …
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