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Swami Vivekananda
Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Volume 9 Letters (Fifth Series) Lectures and Discourses Notes of Lectures and Classes Writings: Prose and Poems (Original and Translated) Conversations and Interviews Excerpts from Sister Nivedita's Book Sayings and Utterances Newspaper Reports Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Volume 9 Letters - Fifth Series I Sir II Sir III Sir IV Balaram Babu V Tulsiram VI Sharat VII Mother VIII Mother IX Mother X Mother XI Mother XII Mother XIII Mother XIV Mother XV Mother XVI Mother XVII Mother XVIII Mother XIX Mother XX Mother XXI Mother XXII Mother XXIII Mother XXIV Mother XXV Mother XXVI Mother XXVII Mother XXVIII Mother XXIX Mother XXX Mother XXXI Mother XXXII Mother XXXIII Mother XXXIV Mother XXXV Mother XXXVI Mother XXXVII Mother XXXVIII Mother XXXIX Mother XL Mrs. Bull XLI Miss Thursby XLII Mother XLIII Mother XLIV Mother XLV Mother XLVI Mother XLVII Miss Thursby XLVIII Adhyapakji XLIX Mother L Mother LI Mother LII Mother LIII Mother LIV Mother LV Friend LVI Mother LVII Mother LVIII Sir LIX Mother LX Doctor LXI Mother— LXII Mother— LXIII Mother LXIV Mother— LXV Mother LXVI Mother— LXVII Friend LXVIII Mrs. G. W. Hale LXIX Christina LXX Mother— LXXI Sister Christine LXXII Isabelle McKindley LXXIII Christina LXXIV Christina LXXV Christina LXXVI Your Highness LXXVII Sir— LXXVIII Christina— LXXIX Mrs. Ole Bull LXXX Sir LXXXI Mrs. Bull LXXXII Mrs. Funkey LXXXIII Mrs. Bull LXXXIV Christina LXXXV Mrs. Bull— LXXXVI Miss Thursby LXXXVII Friend LXXXVIII Christina LXXXIX Mrs. Funkey XC Christina XCI Christina XCII Mrs. Bull— XCIII Sir XCIV Mrs. Bull— XCV Mother— XCVI Sir XCVII Mrs. -
The Role of the Ramakrishna Mission and Human
TOWARDS SERVING THE MANKIND: THE ROLE OF THE RAMAKRISHNA MISSION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA Karabi Mitra Bijoy Krishna Girls’ College Howrah, West Bengal, India sanjay_karabi @yahoo.com / [email protected] Abstract In Indian tradition religious development of a person is complete when he experiences the world within himself. The realization of the existence of the omnipresent Brahman --- the Great Spirit is the goal of the spiritual venture. Gradually traditional Hinduism developed negative elements born out of age-old superstitious practices. During the nineteenth century changes occurred in the socio-cultural sphere of colonial India. Challenges from Christianity and Brahmoism led the orthodox Hindus becoming defensive of their practices. Towards the end of the century the nationalist forces identified with traditional Hinduism. Sri Ramakrishna, a Bengali temple-priest propagated a new interpretation of the Hindu scriptures. Without formal education he could interpret the essence of the scriptures with an unprecedented simplicity. With a deep insight into the rapidly changing social scenario he realized the necessity of a humanist religious practice. He preached the message to serve the people as the representative of God. In an age of religious debates he practiced all the religions and attained at the same Truth. Swami Vivekananda, his closest disciple carried the message to the Western world. In the Conference of World religions held at Chicago (1893) he won the heart of the audience by a simple speech which reflected his deep belief in the humanist message of the Upanishads. Later on he was successful to establish the Ramakrishna Mission at Belur, West Bengal. -
Kriya Yoga of Mahavatar Babaji
Kriya Yoga of Mahavatar Babaji Kriya Yoga Kriya Yoga, the highest form of pranayam (life force control), is a set of techniques by which complete realization may be achieved. In order to prepare for the practice of Kriya Yoga, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are to be studied, the Eight Fold Path learned and adheared to; the Bhagavad Gita is to be read, studied and meditated upon; and a Disciple-Guru relationship entered into freely with the Guru who will initiate the disciple into the actual Kriya Yoga techniques. These techniques themselves, given by the Guru, are to be done as per the Mahavatar Babaji gurus instructions for the individual. There re-introduced this ancient technique in are also sources for Kriya that are guru-less. 1861 and gave permission for it's See the Other Resources/Non Lineage at the dissemination to his disciple Lahiri bottom of organizations Mahasay For more information on Kriya Yoga please use these links and the ones among the list of Kriya Yoga Masters. Online Books A Personal Experience More Lineage Organizations Non Lineage Resources Message Boards/Groups India The information shown below is a list of "Kriya Yoga Gurus". Simply stated, those that have been given permission by their Guru to initiate others into Kriya Yoga. Kriya Yoga instruction is to be given directly from the Guru to the Disciple. When the disciple attains realization the Guru may give that disciple permission to initiate and instruct others in Kriya Yoga thus continuing the line of Kriya Yoga Gurus. Kriya Yoga Gurus generally provide interpretations of the Yoga Sutras and Gitas as part of the instructions for their students. -
Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi
american vedantist Volume 15 No. 3 • Fall 2009 Sri Sarada Devi’s house at Jayrambati (West Bengal, India), where she lived for most of her life/Alan Perry photo (2002) Used by permission Holy Mother, Sri Sarada Devi Vivekananda on The First Manifestation — Page 3 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE A NOTE TO OUR READERS American Vedantist (AV)(AV) is dedicated to developing VedantaVedanta in the West,West, es- American Vedantist (AV)(AV) is a not-for-profinot-for-profi t, quarterly journal staffedstaffed solely by pecially in the United States, and to making The Perennial Philosophy available volunteers. Vedanta West Communications Inc. publishes AV four times a year. to people who are not able to reach a Vedanta center. We are also dedicated We welcome from our readers personal essays, articles and poems related to to developing a closer community among Vedantists. spiritual life and the furtherance of Vedanta. All articles submitted must be typed We are committed to: and double-spaced. If quotations are given, be prepared to furnish sources. It • Stimulating inner growth through shared devotion to the ideals and practice is helpful to us if you accompany your typed material by a CD or fl oppy disk, of Vedanta with your text fi le in Microsoft Word or Rich Text Format. Manuscripts also may • Encouraging critical discussion among Vedantists about how inner and outer be submitted by email to [email protected], as attached fi les (preferred) growth can be achieved or as part of the e mail message. • Exploring new ways in which Vedanta can be expressed in a Western Single copy price: $5, which includes U.S. -
VI. Literary Works (1950-1976)
Ramakrishna-Vedanta in Southern California: From Swami Vivekananda to the Present VI. Literary Works (1950-1976) 1. Swami Prabhavananda 2. Ida Ansell (Ujjvala) 3. Gerald Heard 4. Aldous Huxley, Alan Watts and D. T. Suzuki 5. Christopher Isherwood 6. Swami Vidyatmananda (John Yale, Prema Chaitanya) 7. Public Speakers and Film Personalities 1. Swami Prabhavananda wami Prabhavananda contributed greatly to bringing the essential message of Vedanta to the West. The sixteen books he S wrote can be grouped into five categories. A more detailed discussion of his pre-1950 works appears earlier in this book. (1) Translations of religious scripture (4): Srimad Bhagavatam: The Wisdom of God (1943); Bhagavad-Gita with C. Isherwood (1944); Crest-Jewel of Discrimination with C. Isherwood (1947); and The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal with F. Manchester (1948). (2) Commentaries on religious scripture (3): How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali with C. Isherwood (1953); The Sermon on the Mount According to Vedanta (1963); and Narada’s Way of Divine Love: The Bhakti Sutras of Narada (1971). Prior to publication of these books, the Swami gave a series of highly praised in-depth lectures on the Sermon on the Mount and Narada’s Bhakti Sutras, as well as on the Bhagavad Gita, all of which can be purchased from Vedanta Press and Catalog. Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood provided an invaluable service by making Eastern scripture intelligible to the Western reader. The ambiguity of many translations and commentaries had proved to be a great obstacle in spreading Vedantic ideas to readers in the West. -
The Complete Works of Sister Nivedita
SISTER NIVEDITA'S LECTURES AND WRITINGS Hitherto unpublished collection of lectures and writings of Sister Nivedita on Education, Hindu Life, Thought and so on Volume V SISTER NIVEDITA GIRLS' SCHOOL 5 Nivedita Lane, Calcutta 700003 Published by The Secretary, Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Sister Nivedita Girls' School, S Nivedita Lane, Calcutta 700003 First Edition October, 1955 Printed at Printaid, New Delhi CONTENTS Page Editor's Preface ... vii ON EDUCATION Teaching the Three R's on Modern Principles ... 1 Note on Indian Historic Pageants ... 20 The Education of Woman ... 24 The Education of Women ... 28 Fineness of Character ... 31 Modern Education of the Oriental Woman ... 34 Women and the Arts ... 37 Hints on Practical Education ... 41 The Educational Method ... 51 Child-Garden Schools for India ... 54 The Sociological Method in History ... 57 Occasional Notes : Creative Knowledge ... 64 From the Concrete to the Abstract ... 65 From the National to the International ... 68 The Education of Indian Women ... 71 ON HINDU LTFE, THOUGHT AND RELIGION Interview with Swami Vivekananda on the Bounds of Hinduism » ... 79 Revival or Reform ... 82 Brahmin and Kshatriya ... 89 Indian Thought ... 90 The Laws of Thought ... 95 Occasional Notes: On Love and Charity ... 98 Work Is Workship ... 101 Thirst for Higher Life ... 105 Saints and Scriptures ... 108 Obedience and Discipline ... 110 IV Page Thinking and Living 115 Religion as a Living Force 116 Self-Development 118 The Real and the Ideal 120 Being and Becoming 122 Towards the Supreme Goal 123 -
A Brief Life of Swami Vivekananda
A BRIEF LIFE OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA EARLY DAYS Swami Vivekananda, or Narendranath Datta, or simply Naren, as he was called in his pre-monastic days, was born to Vishwanath Datta and Bhuvaneswari Devi in Calcutta on Monday, 12 January 1863. The Datta family was rich, respectable, and renowned for charity, learning, and a strong spirit of independence. Vishwanath Datta was an attorney-at-law in the Calcutta High Court. He was proficient in English and Persian, and took great delight in reciting to his family the poems of the Persian Poet Hafiz. Bhuvaneswari Devi was an accomplished lady with a regal bearing. She was deeply religious. Before the birth of Naredranath, though she had daughters, she yearned for a son and asked one of her relatives at Varanasi to make religious offerings to Viresvara Siva. It is said that she dreamt later that Siva promised to be born as her son. Narendranath was born some time afterwards. In this early childhood, Narendranath was rather restless and given to much fun and frolic. But at the same time, he had a great attraction for spiritual matters and would play at worshipping or meditating on the images of Ram- Sita, Siva etc. The stories of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, which his mother told him, left an indelible impression on his mind. Traits such as courage, sympathy for the poor, and attraction towards wandering monks appeared spontaneously in him. Even in childhood, Narendranath demanded convincing arguments for every proposition. With these qualities of head and heart, he grew into a vigorous youth. -
The Gospel of the Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi Recorded by HER DEVOTEE – CHILDREN
The Gospel of the Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi Recorded by HER DEVOTEE – CHILDREN Page 1 of 769 PREFACE 'The Gospel of the Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi', is the full translation of the Bengali work 'Sri Sri Mayer Katha', parts of which have already come out in translation under other titles. This Math itself had published some important sections of it as early as 1940 under the title 'Conversations of the Holy Mother', incorporated in her biography 'Sri Sarada Devi the Holy Mother'. The present book, however, embodies the whole of the Bengali text. Most of the reminiscences and conversations of the Holy Mother, except what appears in the great work of Swami Saradeshananda, entitled 'The Mother as I saw her', also published by this Math, are now available for the English reading public in one volume. Recorded as it is by a large number of the devotee- children of the Mother, the present book reveals to mankind a great character that chose to remain outside public notice behind the Purdah and in the obscurity of the village of Jayrambati. Even under these conditions the great lady's greatness could not be obscured. Through the impressions and recollections of a large number of men and women of various stations in life, who came into contact with Sri Sarada Devi, her greatness emerges in Page 2 of 769 the bright colours of Universal Motherhood, never before witnessed in so striking a manner in any personality we know of. Therefore, while the contents of this book are of special importance to the followers of Sri Ramakrishna, they can make an appeal to all who appreciate the great human value of motherliness. -
LECTURES and DISCOURSES the METHODS and PURPOSE of RELIGION in Studying the Religions of the World We Generally Find Two Methods of Procedure
LECTURES AND DISCOURSES THE METHODS AND PURPOSE OF RELIGION In studying the religions of the world we generally find two methods of procedure. The one is from God to man. That is to say, we have the Semitic group of religions in which the idea of God comes almost from the very first, and, strangely enough, without any idea of soul. It was very remarkable amongst the ancient Hebrews that, until very recent periods in their history, they never evolved any idea of a human soul. Man was composed of certain mind and material particles, and that was all. With death everything ended. But, on the other hand, there was a most wonderful idea of God evolved by the same race. This is one of the methods of procedure. The other is through man to God. The second is peculiarly Aryan, and the first is peculiarly Semitic. The Aryan first began with the soul. His ideas of God were hazy, indistinguishable, not very clear; but, as his idea of the human soul began to be clearer, his idea of God began to be clearer in the same proportion. So the inquiry in the Vedas was always through the soul. All the knowledge the Aryans got of God was through the human soul; and, as such, the peculiar stamp that has been left upon their whole cycle of philosophy is that introspective search after divinity. The Aryan man was always seeking divinity inside his own self. It became, in course of time, natural, characteristic. It is remarkable in their art and in their commonest dealings. -
154Th Birthday Celebration Of
154th Birthday Celebration of 15th Inter School Quiz Contest – 2016 IMPORTANT & URGENT NOTE FOR THE KIND ATTENTION OF PRINCIPALS OF SCHOOLS Std. VII to Std. IX QUIZ PLEASE PHONE & CONFIRM IN WRITING THE NUMBER OF COPIES REQUIRED : 1) QUIZ BOOKLETS : To be given in advance to interested students. 2) QUIZ QUESTION : To be kept CONFIDENTIAL until the day of PAPERS the contest at school level. 3) ANSWER SHEET : For Correction RAMAKRISHNA MATH, 12th Road, Khar (West), Mumbai - 400 052. Ph : 6181 8000, 6182 8082, 6181 8002 E-mail : [email protected] Website : www.rkmkhar.org Contents Unit 1: Multiple Choice Questions(50questions) Unit 2: Fill in the Blanks 2a. Swami Vivekananda’s Utterances by theme (24 questions) 2b. Utterances of Swami Vivekananda (13 questions) 2c. Life of Swami Vivekananda (26 questions) Unit 3: Choose any one option (10 questions) Unit 4: True or False 4a. From Swamiji’s life (11 questions) 4b. From Swamiji’s utterances (8 questions) Unit 5: Who said the following 5a. Who said the following to whom (5 questions) 5b. Who said the following (10 questions) Unit 6: Answer in one line (4 questions) Unit 7: Match the following (28 questions) 7a. Events and Dates from Swamiji’s first tour to the West 7b. Incidents that demonstrate Swami Vivekananda’s power of concentration 7c. The 4 locations of the Ramakrishna Math 7d. People in Swami Vivekananda’s life who helped him in bleak situations 7e. Events in Swamiji’s life with what we can learn from them 7f. Period of Swamiji’s life with events from his life Unit 8: Identify the Pictures (16 questions) Note: Any of the questions below can be asked in any other format also. -
Diary of a Disciple
Sarat Chandra Chakravarty I From the Diary of a Disciple (Translated from Bengali) [Place: Calcutta, the house of the late Babu Priyanath Mukhopadhyaya, Baghbazar. Year: 1897.] It is three or four days since Swamiji has set his foot in Calcutta (On February 20, 1897.) after his first return from the West. The joy of the devotees of Shri Ramakrishna knows no bounds at enjoying his holy presence after a long time. And the well-to-do among them are considering themselves blessed to cordially invite Swamiji to their own houses. This afternoon Swamiji had an invitation to the house of Srijut Priyanath Mukhopadhyaya, a devotee of Shri Ramakrishna, at Rajballabhpara in Baghbazar. Receiving this news, many devotees assembled today in his house. The disciple also, informed of it through indirect sources, reached the house of Mr. Mukherjee at about 2-30 p.m. He had not yet made his acquaintance with Swamiji. So this was to be his first meeting with the Swami. On the disciple's reaching there, Swami Turiyananda took him to Swamiji and introduced him. After his return to the Math, the Swami had already heard about him, having read a Hymn on Shri Ramakrishna composed by the disciple. Swamiji also had come to know that the disciple used to visit Nâg Mahâshaya, a foremost devotee of Shri Ramakrishna.* When the disciple prostrated himself before him and took his seat, Swamiji addressed him in Sanskrit and asked him about Nag Mahashaya and his health, and while referring to his superhuman renunciation, his unbounded love for God, and his humility, he said: (Words addressed by King Dushyanta to the bee which was teasing Shakuntalâ by darting at her lips — Kalidasa's Shâkuntalam.) — "We are undone by our vain quest after reality; while, O bee, you are indeed blessed with success!" He then asked the disciple to send these words to Nag Mahashaya. -
Swami Vivekananda - the Teacher
International Journal of Humanities Social Sciences and Education (IJHSSE) Volume 5, Issue 4, April 2018, PP 1-15 ISSN 2349-0373 (Print) & ISSN 2349-0381 (Online) http://dx.doi.org/10.20431/2349-0381.0504001 www.arcjournals.org Swami Vivekananda - The Teacher Sudhish Chandra Banerjee* 2 Diamond Park, Kohinoor Apt. Flat-10, PO-JOKA, Kolkata-700104, India *Corresponding Author: Sudhish Chandra Banerjee, 2 Diamond Park, Kohinoor Apt. Flat-10, PO- JOKA, Kolkata-700104, India Abstract: Swami Vivekananda (Swamiji) was ordained to be the world teacher by his Guru himself. Swamiji taught the world in awakening the innate divinity through Yoga, attaining super consciousness mind-state with awareness of the infinite world that exist with cosmic mind, beyond our limited sensory-world.. Swamiji preached for man-making education awakening innate divinity. Some of his messages imparted as the world teacher are: All knowledge is within us, with awakening of the self it gets manifested. Western education, enabling one to be self-supporting, should be coupled with Eastern values - Brahmacharya as the guiding motto, with Shraddha and faith in one’s self. Nation building demands all inclusive education reaching the masses. Women education is stressed upon with Sri Ma Sarada Devi’s ideal as the pivotal point; imparting self- supporting and character building education, having no control of men in their management. We should do good to the world, apparently to help the world, but really to make us pure and perfect. Swamiji was beloved to all, being an emblem of personified Love- much more than his dazzling personality and wisdom of a sage.