Some people claim that, though direct manufacture of happiness may be impossible, it is, indeed, possible to manipulate external objects and circumstances into a favourable design that will yield a feeling of happiness. These are the worldly people, successful people of the material world — rich, honoured, and generally accepted as intelligent. According to the…
Category: Daily Practices
Why there is So Much Suffering in This World?
This individual personality, that you and I have been given, is to grow; and in order to grow, the intelligent nature — or that intelligence you call God — has supplied each and everyone of us the most appropriate environment, relationships, objects and beings around us. All these have been supplied to each individual, exactly…
Sorrow Follows Reaction
The Global Head of Chinmaya Mission, Swami Swaroopananda, released a souvenir at Chinmaya Mission New Delhi titled ‘Doubts Dispelled’. It is a compilation of a series of questions – answers, from talks and satsangs, at various places with Swamiji.We are bringing this series of blogs based on that souvenir. Sorrow Follows Reaction is a blog…
Is Spiritual Living a Must for Right Living?
We all wonder what is the importance of scripture or spirituality in our lives. Here Swami Chinmayananda explains beautifully the significance of spiritual living. Somebody once donated a radio and said, “Swamiji! Ye Aapka hai (this is yours)”. He told me how to switch it on when I admitted that I know little about the…
Thoughts on Patriotism
What is Patriotism? Pujya Swami Chinmayanandaji defines love in three ways. There is first the lower kind of love which is called sneha, and then a higher kind of love which is called prema. The lower kind of love is based on demanding and wanting while prema, the higher kind of love is based on giving. It is…
Perplexing Results
The Global Head of Chinmaya Mission, Swami Swaroopananda, released a souvenir at Chinmaya Mission New Delhi titled ‘Doubts Dispelled’. It is a compilation of a series of questions – answers, from talks and satsangs, at various places with Swamiji. We are bringing this series of blogs based on that souvenir. Perplexing Results is the third…
Equal and Opposite Reaction
The Global Head of Chinmaya Mission, Swami Swaroopananda, released a souvenir at Chinmaya Mission New Delhi titled ‘Doubts Dispelled’. It is a compilation of a series of questions – answers, from talks and satsangs, at various places with Swamiji.We are bringing this series of blogs based on that souvenir. Equal and Opposite Reaction is the…
The Nuances of Karma
The Global Head of Chinmaya Mission, Swami Swaroopananda, released a souvenir at Chinmaya Mission New Delhi titled ‘Doubts Dispelled’. It is a compilation of a series of questions – answers, from talks and satsangs, at various places with Swamiji.We are bringing this series of blogs based on that souvenir. The Nuances of Karma is the…
Ecology – The Modern Confusion (Part 1)
This is the talk given by Swami Chinmayananda at K C College Hall, Mumbai on 16th July 1992. With interesting stories and new insights, He has beautifully cited the modern confusion around our understanding of ecology. Ecology – Our Reflection A squint eyed young man was recently hospitalized and therefore looking emaciated, tired, fatigued. He…
Desires Don’t Come True – By Swami Chinmayananda
We are under a delusory idea that thought is an idle, impotent happening, within ourselves. In fact, thought has godly powers. As each thought sweeps across the mind, its secret potency rises up in front of us, like the mysterious genie in ‘Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp’. A willing slave to execute our thought commands!…