Tag: Ramakrishna

• Swami from Sri Lanka

  Welcome to South Africa! His Holiness Sri Swami Sarvarupanandaji Maharaj, the Head of our  Sri Lanka Ramakrishna Mission arrived in Durban today. He was visibly joyful in paying a 10 day visit to this Rainbow nation where in many places he will participate in the 156th Birth Anniversary celebrations of Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi.…

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  11 Dec 2009

  Ashrama, Durban, Hinduism, people, Ramakrishna, Religion, saints, sannyasa, Travel, website, women, worship

  Ashrama, Belur Math, celebration, children, Colombo, culture, devotees, Durban, Hinduism, hospital, Kolkata, Ladysmith, monks, Newcastle, Phoenix, Ramakrishna, Sarvarupananda, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swami Vivekananda, vedanta, Vimokshananda, Vivekananda

• Digital Delights

  If Sri Ramakrishna was a leaping flame of spiritual realization, Holy Mother was a steady glowing fire of God-consciousness. To the Master, Sri Ramakrishna, she was the goddess of wisdom in human form. To her disciples she was the Divine Mother herself. To her devotees she was a more real mother than their own earthly…

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  8 Dec 2009

  Ashrama, Durban, Gods, Hinduism, Ramakrishna, Religion, saints, Scriptures, women, worship

  Ashrama, celebration, conference, culture, devotees, digital, dream, Durban, grace, heart, Hinduism, Holy Mother, love, monks, prayer, Ramakrishna, Sarada, South Africa, tithi puja, vedanta, Vimokshananda, women

• Be like a Bee!

  Today we celebrate Gita jayanti. The Bhagavad Gita forms part of the great Indian Epic, the Mahabharata. The words of this “song celestial” have flowed from the Lord, Sri Krishna Himself. The Gita chanting is generally preceded with what is known as “Gita Dhyanam” – nine introductory verses in praise of Bhagavad Gita. Originally published…

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  28 Nov 2009

  Ashrama, Durban, Gods, Harmony, Hinduism, Mythology, people, Ramakrishna, Religion, saints, Scriptures, worship, Yoga

  Ashrama, bee, culture, devotees, Durban, Gita, grace, heart, Hinduism, Krishna, Lotus, love, monks, nectar, prayer, Ramakrishna, satsang, South Africa, Vimokshananda

• Pat for a pet!

  In 1980, a clinical research project at Brooklyn College, New York, studied heart-disease patients after their discharge from the hospital. Dr. Erika Friedmann, Ph.D., Professor of Health and Nutrition Sciences at the College, tracked each survivor, studying their medical histories, lifestyles, families, relationships – every documentable detail. Co-researcher Dr. Aaron Katcher, M.D., reported: “The presence…

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  21 Nov 2009

  Ashrama, Durban, Gods, Harmony, Hinduism, Mythology, people, Ramakrishna, Religion, saints, Scriptures, worship

  Ashrama, cats, culture, devotees, dogs, Durban, Goddesses, Hindu Gods, love, monks, Pets, Ramakrishna, Shiva, South Africa, Swami Vivekananda, vedanta, Vimokshananda, Vivekananda

• Magnanimous Mother

  From The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (To M.) “One must accept the forms of God.  Do you know the meaning of the image of Jagaddhatri? She is the Bearer of the Universe.  Without her support and protection the universe would fall from its place and be destroyed.  The Divine Mother, Jagaddhatri, reveals Herself in the heart of…

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  27 Oct 2009

  Ashrama, Gods, Hinduism, Mythology, people, Ramakrishna, Religion, Scriptures, women, worship

  Ashrama, celebration, culture, devotees, Hinduism, Jagaddhatri, monks, prayer, Ramakrishna, Ranchi, tribal, Vimokshananda, women