August 2009
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Different religious faiths and spiritual paths...
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa is a famous mystic of 19th-century India, who religious school of thought led to the formation of the Ramakrishna Mission in India. The great master is regarded as the leader of the harmony of all religions teachings as in “As many faiths, so many paths”. Ramakrishna Mission centers all over the world, started by his famous disciple Swami Vivekananda, are...
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WatchAmma sings Mahishhaasura mardini stotram (Aigiri Nandini). Composed in sanskrit by Adi Shankaraacharya.
1. ayi girinandini nanditamedini visvavinodini nandinute | girivaravindhya shirodhinivasini vishnuvilasini jisnunute | bhagavati he shitikanthakutumbini bhoorikutumbini bhoorikrute | jaya jaya he mahishasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute || 2. suravaravarshini durdharadharshini...
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“Those that have the qualification to understand the Bhagavad-Gita are of three...”
– Baladeva Vidyabhusana
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Science, evolution and the inner journey
OSHO clearly states the role of science and why it has never understood the inner journey of the self. Watch him deliver the explanation rejecting science in the video: OSHO: Science and the Inner Journey
Yes, there is no difficulty. Words can be defined clearly. The difficulty is not because of the words, the basic difficulty is coming from somewhere else. That is, the scientist, deep down,...
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God is one and is the divinity within oneself
Siddhar Baba Nataraj has been in tapas for over 45 years and is a Siddhar master. His mastery is apparent through his egoless nature of utter humility, overflowing love and childlike joys. Wild animals, from squirrels to birds literally walk on his hands with no fear. Baba teaches ahimsa - non-harming and non-violence, self-mastery and the essence of the mystical Siddhar tradition.
Siddhar...
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The Bhagavad Gita - The Song of the God
The Bhagavad Gita (Sanskrit भगवद् गीता, Bhagavad Gītā, “Song of the God”) is an important and revered sacred scripture of Hinduism, and is considered as one of the most important religious classics of the world. The Bhagavad Gita is a part of the epic Mahabharatha, comprising of 700 verses. The teacher of the Bhagavad Gita is Sri Krishna, who is regarded by the Hindus as the supreme...
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The Life and Message of Sri Ramana Maharishi
As a young man of 17, in South India, Sri Ramana Maharshi suddenly had an overwhelming sense of imminent death. So sure was he that he was about to die that he simply lay down and relaxed into the inevitable. Holding still as a corpse and holding his breath, as though already dead, he inquired into ‘who’ it was that died. What he realized was that the ‘I’, the awareness...
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What does Paramahamsa mean?
The Hamsa (means ”swan” in Sanskrit) is an important motif in Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy. It refers to attainment of sannyasa or the highest stage of achievement in Hinduism, and this honorific is usually given only after a probation of at least 12 years as an ascetic and only to those who have achieved full self-knowledge.
Its symbolic meanings are:
Upon verbally...
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Foreign Greed Buying Up Farmland in Africa and...
Wealthy government funds and investment funds funded by high-networth individuals, are buying up farmland in Africa and Asia to grow food, a profitable business, with a rapidly growing global population and rapidly rising prices for food worldwide due to increased demand. The high-stakes game of real-life monopoly is leading to a new form of modern colonialism to which many poor countries submit...