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Vedanta in Practice

A Micro-Blog from Swami Vimokshananda – earlier at Durban, Singapore and Dublin – now at Yelagiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, India – "A private diary for public consumption!"

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  • Delight of Devotees

    A devotee who has had long association with monks of the Ramakrishna Order was telling me the other day that the direct disciples of Sri Ramakrishna were unique, each in his own way. He hastened to add that even today, though to a varying lesser degree, the monks are indeed special. Generally, a monk’s life…

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    6 Aug 2010
    Religion
    celebration, culture, devotees, Durban, Hinduism, monks, Ramakrishna, Shantatmananda, vedanta
  • Giving unasked…

    Sri Swami Nirvananandaji Maharaj (Sujji Maharaj), a disciple of Swami Brahmananda, was one of the Vice-Presidents of the Ramakrishna Order. I had the blessed fortune of being initiated by him at our Mumbai Ashram within the sanctum of Holy Mother’s Temple. On this auspicious occasion of Sri Guru Purnima, I am happy to highlight an…

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    25 Jul 2010
    Hinduism, Religion
    Ashrama, Belur Math, Brahmananda, devotees, grace, Guru, mantra, Nirvanananda, prayer, Ramakrishna, Vimokshananda
  • Spiritual sojourn

    Welcome to South Africa! Next Thursday night i.e., on July 15, 2010, His Holiness Sri Swami Shantatmanandaji Maharaj, the Head of our New Delhi Ramakrishna Mission branch will be with us in Durban. He is eagerly looking forward to pay a 15-day visit to this Rainbow nation wherein he is scheduled to participate in the functions…

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    8 Jul 2010
    Hinduism, Religion
    children, Durban, monks, Sarada, Shantatmananda, South Africa, Swami Vivekananda, women
  • Fascinating Festival

    The first Children’s Cultural Festival (CCF) that I saw in Durban was in 2007, three months after I was posted to South Africa. I had attended earlier many such functions in India and had come to the conclusion that too long hours was too much to be my treat. Imagine the severity of the sting…

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    20 Jun 2010
    Hinduism, Religion
    Ashrama, celebration, children, culture, devotees, Durban, Rally, Ramakrishna, Saradaprabhananda, South Africa
  • Trial and Time

    There are many devotees who seek spiritual guidance through email messages. Some problems are quite tricky in the sense that they are not easily given to satisfactory solutions. Many of the doubts arise, in some cases, due to their inability to understand what their Gurus have instructed. That is why it is always better to…

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    5 Jun 2010
    Hinduism, Religion
    Belur Math, children, devotees, grace, Guru, mantra, prayer, Ramakrishna, women
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