Bhagavad Geeta: The Truly Scripture Universal for the Attainment of Perfection Part 2/2
It is customary with people to divide human activities into two distinctive types—the spiritual and the temporal, the sacred and the secular. But the Bhagavad Gita makes...
Varna Ashram – Division of Labour is based on action and inner quality
“The fourfold order was designated by Me classifying each by the different distribution of Guna and Karma. (Gita 4:13)
The division of society into four Varnas (Brahmanas, ...
Bhagavad Geeta: The Truly Scripture Universal for the Attainment of Perfection Part 1/2
Certain criteria contribute to make a book universal in its character. The language in which it happens to be couched is not in itself of great consequence....
Origin of Valmiki Ramayana by Sri Swami Sivananda
The Ramayana of Valmiki is perhaps the most ancient and glorious epic in the world. It is known as the Adikavyam—the first poem. Ramayana exercises a great moulding power on the...
Bhagavad Geeta studies Existence-Knowledge-Bliss Part 2/2
Inert matter exists; a living being also exists. The difference between the existences of these two has to be taken note of. A living being is aware of its own existence while the...
Bhagavad Geeta studies Existence-Knowledge-Bliss Part 1
God in His absolute state is beyond the ken of mind and speech. He is indefinable. But when He is immanent in the universe, He is denoted as Sat-cit-anandam—Existence-Knowledge-Bliss. There is no other...
KARMA AND GRACE
There are two things we must always remember – Justice and Grace. Justice or the Law of Karma applies to all. As you sow, so shall you reap. Those who do not surrender to the Lord, feel...
Bhagavad Geeta: The way of Sri Krishna
The knowers of Truth have equated Sri Krishna with Reality or Paramatman. The plan and purpose of Vedanta is to lead the aspirant towards the Reality. Seemingly man is encaged within a mortal...
Mahabharata Series by Swami Vivekananda Part 1
The other epic about which I am going to speak to you this evening, is called the Mahâbhârata. It contains the story of a race descended from King Bharata, who was the...
All Schools of Vedanta seen through Bhagavad Geeta
The principles enunciated in the Scriptural Trinity go by the name of Vedanta. The word is a compound of Veda and Anta. It means the end or culmination of the Vedas....
