“A picture of the Sun can very well be drawn. But the drawing cannot depict the splendor of the Sun. One may pretend to be an ascetic but may lack the inner spiritual experience. A man may give sermons or extempore lectures on spiritual ma…

“The dispeller of ignorance is called Guru. In this two lettered word, ‘gu’ stands for darkness, and ‘ru’ means, the remover of darkness. It is the ignorance of one’s own self that causes all misery and suffering. This ignorance can be rem…

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1. om jaya bhagavadgīte mayya jaya bhagavadgīte |hari-hiya kamala-vihāriṇi sundara supunīte || om jaya ||Glory unto Thee, O Mother Bhagavad Gita,Who plays in the lotus heart of LordHari, Who is most beautiful and pure. 2. karma-sukarma-pra…

(To be read at the end of the day’s Gita study) (その日のギータ学習の最後に読む) 1.dharovāca -bhagavan parameśāna bhaktiravyabhicāriṇī |prārabdhaṁ bhujyamānasya kathaṁ bhavati he prabho ||1|| Goddess Earth queries –O Supreme Lord! How cont…

Q: Why does Lord Datta hold the Japa Mala (Rosary)? Ans: Lord Datta meditates on Himself. He practices the principle of 'Aham Brahmaasmi' 'I Am That'. The beads of His Japa Mala cal be compared with entire creation comprising all living be…

Parama Pujya Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji’s message during Srichakra Puja this morning. I hope everyone is chanting the Bhagavad Gita every morning. Everyone kindly chant the Bhagavad Gita daily. This is as very cruel time. Chantin…

Just yesterday, in the Yoga Vasishtam discourse, Pujya Bala Swamiji was mentioning how on the path of sadhana, one should never become arrogant. There are no coincidences, only divine orchestrations. Very grateful to be visiting the Brahma…

“Ignorance is the root cause of all our suffering, miseries and sorrows in the world. It is due to ignorance that we believe that happiness exists outside in the world. Ignorance gives rise to desires, which in turn, impulse us to act in o…

“The world is like a rose plant. There are both flowers and thorns in the rose plant. Likewise, joys and sorrows are both intertwined in the worldly life (‘samsaara’). “We should not fill our minds with overwhelming joy thinking that the p…

Spider silks are among the toughest known materials and thus provide models for renewable, biodegradable, and sustainable biopolymers. However, the entirety of their diversity still remains elusive, and silks that exceed the performance li…