Mahabharata Series by Swami Vivekananda Part 2
I told you last night of the peculiar form of the ancient Indian marriage. It was called Svayamvara, that is, the choosing of the husband by the princess. A great gathering of princes...
Synopsis of the Seven Kandas the Ramayana by Sri Swami Sivananda
In Bala-Kanda the Incarnation of Sri Rama and his childhood life are described. Rama helps Visvamitra by guarding his sacrifice. He slays ogress Tataka and Subahu. He frees...
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...
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...
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....
