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Siva Jnana Jiva Seva

Sri Ramakrishna Lila Prasanga by Swami Saradananda
Siva Jnana Jiva Seva

Sometime in 1868, Sri Ramakrishna went on pilgrimage with Mathur Babu and family. Mathur was the manager of the Kali Temple at Dakshineswar. The party stopped at Deoghar. The town and its surrounding villages were then in the grip of a terrible famine, and the…

Every work should be done as worship

Every Work as Worship

Sri Sarada Devi, The Holy Mother: Her Teachings and Conversations by Swami Nikhilananda
Every Work as Worship

One morning … someone was sweeping the courtyard. After the work was all done, that person threw the broomstick aside. At this the Holy Mother Sarada Devi said, “What is this? You have thrown away the broomstick with such disrespect when the work is done. It…

Swami Vivekananda in America

Fearlessness of a Knower of Brahman

Vivekananda: A Biography by Swami Nikhilananda
Fearlessness of a Knower of Brahman

Swami Vivekananda had a strange experience in a small American town, where he was confronted by a number of college boys who had been living there on a ranch as cowboys. They heard him describe the power of concentration, through which a man could become…

Sri Shankaracharya and the Chandala

Who has touched whom?

Sankaracharya and an Untouchable: An exposition of Manisha Panchakam by Swami Ranganathananda
Who has touched whom?

Once upon a time, when the great Shankaracharya was on his way to the holy salvation-offering Kashi, he saw on the road a Chandala, and said, ‘Get away, get away!’