In a distant time,Under the snowy,Himalayan peaks.Night charcoal dark,a single shining star.Three sages come together,To confer and to meet.All do concur the shining star,lead the way to a virgin mother.To a child, whose birth the sages await,for many a century, with baited a breath. The dark s...
How Chaitanya Mahaprabhu impacted all the luminaries of India Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486 – 1534) can be termed as the torch-bearer for the later nationalist movement in India.The non-cooperation movement of Mahatma Gandhi was earlier practiced by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu against Muslim rulers who...
“गुशब्दस्त्वन्धकारः स्यात् शब्दस्तन्निरोधकः/अन्धकारनिरोधित्वात्गुरुरित्यभिधीयते//”“Gushabdastvandhakaarah Syaat Rushabdstannirodhakah/Andhkaaran...
Swami Vivekananda represented India and Hinduism at the Parliament of the World’s Religions (1893) 125 years ago. This was the first World’s Parliament of Religions and was held from September 11 to 27, 1893, at the Art Institute of Chicago as part of the World's Columbian Exposition.The Parliam...
Sisters and Brothers.I am privileged, honoured and blessed to present my understanding on the message and teachings of Swami Vivekananda who was an Enlightened Monk, a great reformer, a preaching Nationalist, a great humanist and an illuminated soul. His master Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa said in spi...
“In the Karma-Yoga no effort is ever lost, and there is no harm. Even a little practice of this discipline protects one from great fear of birth and death.” –The Shrimadbhagavad-GitaKarma means Action. Any mental or physical action is called Karma. The result of this action is also called Karm...
As his belly rises with each deep, slow breath, his frayed undershirt exposes the bare skin underneath – brown, of course, due to genetics, but browned even more deeply from a life in the sun. The thin plastic chair upon which he sits bends with his weight as he sinks deeper into afternoon slumber...
The SREI Foundation successfully organised a summit and an award function of Global Order of Dignitaries (G.O.D.) and Philanthropists, 2018, on July 28 and 29, 2018, at Westin Hotel, Kolkata, India, in association with the We Care for Humanity and Sant Nirankari Mission. The G.O.D. Award...
The putting together in contradistinction of science and religion has been the task of philosophers, religion, sociologists, writers, and anyone who even cares to think, for many centuries now. So, here I would not go into the traditionally discussed aspects of this debate but rather would highlight...
So Parmarth seems to be more of a ‘city’ ashram, then, rather than a traditional ‘forest’ ashram, wouldn’t you agree?” the interviewer queries. He is a young man from Bombay doing a story on Rishikesh, gurus and the spiritual path in general. He’s come to Parmarth Niketan to take my in...
