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Ramana Maharishi on Guru

Articles, Sadhana, SaintsJuly 27, 2018278Views 1Like 0Comments

I have not said that a Guru is not necessary. But a Guru need not always be in human form. First a person thinks that he is inferior and that there is a superior, all-knowing, all powerful God who controls his own and the world’s destiny and worships him or does bhakti. When he reaches a certain stage and becomes…

Tarakhepa: Story of a Saint

Articles, SaintsJuly 21, 2018264Views 1Like 1Comment

Manimohan Goswami was a young man during the rule of British India, born in Bangladesh, and like many others of that era, took to armed revolution as a means of overthrowing the foreign rulers. Manimohan had a spiritual inclination from childhood, having been intiated into some mantra in a dream when he was a kid,…

Vivekananda and Kali

Articles, Sadhana, SaintsJuly 4, 2018320Views 1Like 0Comments

EXCERPT from " THE LIFE OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA BY HIS EASTERN AND WESTERN DISCIPLES", Advaita Ashrama. After the death of Swami Vivekananda's father, the family fell into hard time, with not enough money even for two meals. That is when the one day Narendranath Dutta thought he will go an ask Ramakrishna to use…

When Ramakrishna Became Kalpataru

Articles, Sadhana, Saints, ShaktiJune 24, 2018230Views 0Likes 0Comments

January 1, 1886, was " an event of unusual consequence and meaning" in the life of Sri Ramakrishna and his followers. Ramakrishna was suffering from throat cancer at that time, and his health was declining. It was a relatively good day for him, and he took a walk in the garden. And something strange…

Bilvamaṅgala Thakura

Articles, SaintsMay 21, 2018152Views 0Likes 0Comments

The story goes that during 12th century in South India there lived a Brahmin by the name of Bilvamaṅgala Thakura who led an extremely debauched lifestyle and was very attracted to a prostitute named Cintamani. After the death of his father even before the period of mourning could get over, Bilvamaṅgala, his mind under the…

Yogiraj Shyama Charan Lahiri

Articles, SaintsMay 21, 2018267Views 0Likes 0Comments

Yogiraj Sri Shama Charan Lahiri was born on 30 September 1828 in Ghurni village of Nadia district of West Bengal. While working for the railways in 1861, Lahiri Mahasaya was transferred to Ranikhet, in the foothills of the Himalayas. One day, while walking in the hills, he heard a voice calling to him. After climbing…