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Poojya Swamiji explains it thus : “This Ashram is actually a Brahmavidya abode. Right from the beginning I did not have any idea of establishing an institution. If I were having an idea, I would have proceeded in a different manner. To establish an institution means to think constantly about the institution and to recruit or allow people to come and join us with a view to do institutional work. That would have been a little different. It is based primarily on man power, not seeking. Whoever has got the aptitude to work in an institution and take the institution’s ideals to the people by way of a suitable propaganda, I think it will be different. Whereas I only had one thought in my mind. In the same manner I happened to see my Gurudev and I liked him, I sought deeksha from him. After getting the deeksha for me deeksha and my Guru were everything. I did not think of anything else. It is that deeksha and the sādhana I did very fervently that you can say made me the way I was and I am. |
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Text : Laghu-yogavāsiṣṭha: | Download MP3 |
Text : Srimad Bhaagavatam | Download MP3 |
Text : Upadeshapanchakam |
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Text : Upadeshapanchakam |
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Text : Tripurasundari-vedapaada-stotram 110 | Download MP3 |
Text : Subhaashitam | Download MP3 |
Text : Matrupanchakam | Download MP3 |
Text : Srimad Bhaagavatam | Download MP3 |
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Text : Yogavasishtha | Download MP3 |
Text : Vivekachoodamani | Download MP3 |
Text : Srimad Bhaagavatam | Download MP3 |
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Text : Vivekachudamani | Download MP3 |
Key Concepts : Restraint over senses, Inner Affluence Meaning : When the worldliness is kept away, the mind becomes placid; and placidity of the mind leads to the vision of the Supreme Self. When ‘That‘ is well realized, all worldly bondages fall off. Hence the withdrawal from worldliness is the footstep for liberation.
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Text : Vivekachudamani | Download MP3 |
Key Concepts : Discrimination, Inward Vision Meaning : Contemplation upon the external worldly objects and situations only intensifies clinging to our desires which finally lead to more and more misery. Knowing this, through discrimination, one should leave the thoughts of external objects and ceaselessly apply oneself to the contemplation upon the real Self. |
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Article : The Power Within | Quote : Shraddha (Attention) |
Shloka Text : Shloka-56-kaupinam shatakhanda | Short Message : Mind is the Source of My Happiness |
Shloka Audio : {mp3}Shloka-56-kaupinam-shatakhanda{/mp3} | Publication : Joy of Self-realization |
Text : Sreemad Bhaagavatam | Download MP3 |
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Text : Devi aparaadhakshamaapanastotram | Download MP3 |
Key Concepts : Desirelessness, Wholesome Devotion Meaning : I do not entertain any desire for liberation. Nor do I have any desire for worldly prosperity. O Goddess with moonlike countenance! Neither do I crave for attaining spiritual wisdom, nor happiness. Hence, O Mother, I beseech you in full humility, grant that my lifetime here be spent uttering solely your names like "Mṛḍānī (Parvati), Rudrāṇī (Durga), Śiva Śiva, Bhavānī, and those alone.
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Text : Sreemad Bhaagavatam | Download MP3 |
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Text : Vivekachudamani | Download MP3 |
Key Concepts : Qualities of a Knower, How to approach a Knower Meaning : He who is well-verserd in scriptures, who is taintless and pure, who is free from desires, who is a Knower of Brahman of the highest order, who has withdrawn into the Supreme, who is peaceful like fire that is devoid of fuel, who is an ocean of mercy that needs no cause for its expression, and he who is a friend to those good people who surrender to him. Worshipping such a Guru with devotion, and when that Guru is pleased with one’s surrender, humility and service, approaching him, one should ask about all that is to be known.
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