Voice of Vivekananda
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Vipradas joined the Order in 1922 at the Bhubaneswar Math. Swami Shivanandaji, the 2nd President of the Ramakrishna Order gave him mantra-diksha and later in 1923 the sannyasa-diksha. After serving in …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 186-187: na kahāpaṇavassena titti kāmesu vijjati |appassādā dukhā kāmā iti viññāya paṇḍito || 186 ||api dibbesu kāmesu …
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Of all the Maharashtrian women sants, Janabai is the most popular and her abhangs are sung widely. The way she performed all her household chores together with Vitthala, giving to her daily drudgery a …
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Om! May He protect us both together; may He nourish us both together;May we work conjointly with great energy,May our study be vigorous and effective;May we not mutually dispute (or may we not hate …
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स यावदादित्यो दक्षिणत उदेतोत्तरतोऽस्तमेता द्विस्तावत्पश्चादुदेता पुरस्तादस्तमेतादित्यानामेव तावदाधिपत्यंस्वाराज्यं पर्येता ॥ ३.८.४ ॥॥ इति अष्टमः खण्डः ॥ sa yāvadādityo dakṣiṇata …
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Offering pranams to Sri Ramakrishna Swami Shankaranandaji once told Swami Veetaraganandaji (Shyamapada Maharaj), “Do you know how to offer your pranams to Sri Sri Thakur when you visit the temple? …