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Radhe Krishna All,

What is Education? 



Swami Vivekananda explains beautifully that "Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man"



so education must be best taught to promote plain living and high thinking 



Our Swamiji used to say that, Our present day schools and colleges give secular education. 



There is neither ethical discipline nor spiritual instruction. The students have no spiritual high ideals of life. They learn…

We all use mantras or words all day long -- repetitive, out loud, or silently -- phrases such as "It's hard," or "I'm tired." "I don't know what I'm doing," "It will never happen ... .. I'm stressed," "There's not enough time," or "There's not enough money." We don't even notice them becoming part of our reality by…

Dear all,  

Question: “Today’s society seems to be in a very bad condition as never seen before. What is the reason for this?”

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji:

“It is only men who form the Society. Today, individual discipline has become a big question mark. Therefore, society will also be indisciplined only.

Responsible parents bring up their children in a disciplined way. They do not like their children reading unwanted, useless…

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Girish Chandra Ghosh was a man full of vices. Name the vice and he had it. However, he had deep affection for Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. Ramakrishna asked him to chant the Lord's Divine Name every morning and evening. Girish Chandra Ghosh said, I cannot. It is not possible for me to chant the Divine Name every morning and evening



Paramahamsa said, "Well! Chant it just before…

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A hen lays her eggs and sits on it to hatch it. By the touch of the hen the egg is hatched and the chickens come out of the eggs. Likewise, the Guru touches his disciples and this activates the spiritual fervour in them.

Many young boys used to visit Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. Suddenly these young boys would stop visiting him. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa would feel disturbed and when the boys visited him after a gap would question them, 'why have…

Dear Friends,



May the grace of Gurudev Swami Sivananda illumine the New Year, with brightness and radiance of hope, aspiration and inspiration.



At the dawn of this New Year, I wish to remind you of Gurudev's message of Divine Life. Live a life of selflessness and service unto all beings. Worship God with devotion and develop Divine Love.



Meditate upon the Supreme Being regularly each day without fail.…

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Let us say that on the compound wall of our house some dirty posters have been pasted. What should we do to stop this? We should paste a poster reading, 'do not paste any poster on this wall.' This would stop further pasting of posters. Thus, by listening to Lord's qualities, Life histories of great devotees, Vedic sounds, sound of the Divine Names unwanted thoughts are erased out and new ones do not crop up. All our Desire, Anger are wiped out. Listening…

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The well is the family life into which we have fallen. It is verily the Guru(spiritual preceptor) who has come up to lift us out of this well of a family life. The rope that he drops for us to take hold of is verily the path of Namasankirtan (taking the Divine Name of the Lord). It has the trademark of innumerable saints who have followed this path. If the Guru says…

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A man has fallen into a well. A man offers to lift him up. The fallen man asks, "Sir! You offer to lift me up. But, would you not, in this attempt, fall down?"



The man on top questions back, Do you think that I do not value my life? I can lift not just one like you but a hundred, a thousand, a lakh and a crore of people fallen into this well.



This man having gained…

Happiest House …

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How can our Religion be protected? - By protecting, by supporting three sects of people - the Vedic scholars, the 'archakas'(Temple Priests) and those who narrate the 'Itihasa -Puranas' (the Holy Epics).



'Alayam' (Temple) means 'segarithu vaithal' (to collect), i.e a place where there is a collection of something. God is omnipresent no doubt. Sunlight is found everywhere; yet only when passed through a…

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A Sadhak who is involved in spiritual practice should never exhibit himself in any way till he enjoys total experience.



In worldly life, too, many a leader seeing what they deem as shortcomings in the society start an organization with rehabilitation in mind. They commence such movements without any self-interest, in all goodwill and with a sense of sacrifice. However, eventually caught in the net of…

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A spiritual aspirant who practices dhyana should remember and follow certain rules. His speech, food intake and sleep should be within permissible limit. This does not mean he should totally give them up. Not so. The person who has control over his taste buds ('jihva') easily wins over his senses and progresses geometrically in his sadhana (practice).



He should speak only what…

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None can be without doing any work. So, let the body performs any work but let the mind rest. This is dhyana. Every path, be it Bhakti(Devotion), Jnana(Wisdom) or Vichara (Enquiry) all finally lead to only dhyana. This includes even karma marga (Path of action). Dhyana does not mean just sitting with our eyes closed for long hours. Dhyana is popularly believed to be meditating on a form of God but even japa of a…

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We have the choice to go down the ladder or up the ladder of creation. It all depends on how well we make use of this birth. God does not decide our birth.



Death is not for the body. Only 'death' of…