Inspirational stories

Readings from the book Yogah Karmasu Kaushalam of Swami Akhandananda

Readings from the book Yogah Karmasu Kaushalam of Swami Akhandananda

Readings from the book Aseem Prakash of Swami Ramsukhdas

Readings from the book Aseem Prakash of Swami Ramsukhdas

Readings from the book Aseem Prakash of Swami Ramsukhdas

Readings from the book Aseem Prakash of Swami Ramsukhdas

Readings from the book Aseem Prakash of Swami Ramsukhdas

Readings from Narad Bhakti Darshan published by Satsahitya Prakashan Trust

Readings from Narad Bhakti Darshan published by Satsahitya Prakashan Trust

Readings from Narad Bhakti Darshan published by Satsahitya Prakashan Trust

Readings from Narad Bhakti Darshan published by Satsahitya Prakashan Trust

Readings from Narad Bhakti Darshan published by Satsahitya Prakashan Trust

Readings from Narad Bhakti Darshan published by Satsahitya Prakashan Trust

Readings from Shri Guru Gita published by Shaiva Bharati Shodha Pratishthanam 1999 edition.

Fix your mind on Me alone and surrender your intellect to Me. There upon, you will always live in Me. Of this, there is no doubt.

But those who dedicate all their actions to Me, regarding Me as the Supreme goal, worshiping Me and meditating on Me with exclusive devotion, O Parth, I swiftly deliver them from the ocean of birth and death, for their consciousness is united with Me.

But those who dedicate all their actions to Me, regarding Me as the Supreme goal, worshiping Me and meditating on Me with exclusive devotion, O Parth, I swiftly deliver them from the ocean of birth and death, for their consciousness is united with Me.

For those whose minds are attached to the unmanifest, the path of realization is full of tribulations. Worship of the unmanifest is exceedingly difficult for embodied beings.

But those who worship the formless aspect of the Absolute Truth—the imperishable, the indefinable, the unmanifest, the all-pervading, the unthinkable, the unchanging, the eternal, and the immoveable—by restraining their senses and being even-minded ...

Sri Krishna said, those who fix their minds on Me and always engage in My devotion with steadfast faith, I consider them to be the best yogis.

Arjun inquired, between those who are steadfastly devoted to Your personal form and those who worship the formless Brahman, who do You consider to be more perfect in Yog?

The senses are superior to the gross body, and superior to the senses is the mind. Beyond the mind is the intellect, and even beyond the intellect is the soul. ...

Therefore, O best of the Bharatas, in the very beginning bring the senses under control and slay this enemy called desire, which is the embodiment of sin and destroys knowledge and realization.

The senses, mind, and intellect are said to be breeding grounds of desire. Through them, it clouds one’s knowledge and deludes the embodied soul.

The knowledge of even the most discerning gets covered by this perpetual enemy in the form of insatiable desire, which is never satisfied and burns like fire, O son of Kunti.

Just as a fire is covered by smoke, a mirror is masked by dust, and an embryo is concealed by the womb, similarly one’s knowledge gets shrouded by desire.

Shri Krishna replied, it is lust alone, which is born of contact with the mode of passion, and later transformed into anger. Know this as the sinful, all-devouring enemy in the world.

Arjun asked: Why is a person impelled to commit sinful acts, even unwillingly, as if by force, O descendent of Vrishni (Krishna)?

Vivekananda's presence of mind.

Vivekananda's concentration in classroom.

Vivekananda's concentration.

Vivekananda's childhood curiosity.

Vivekananda's childhood and renunciation.