‘Ethics in Vedanta’ is a series of blogs we will be publishing from the book, ‘The Choice is Yours‘ by Swami Chinmayananda. Our choices should be based on some ethics and values. Here we understand what are the ethics mentioned in Vedanta. After reading and understanding each value we will be better equipped to make…
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Ethics in Vedanta – Service or Niskama Karma
‘Ethics in Vedanta’ is a series of blogs we will be publishing from the book, ‘The Choice is Yours‘ by Swami Chinmayananda. Our choices should be based on some ethics and values. Here we understand what are the ethics mentioned in Vedanta. After reading and understanding each value we will be better equipped to make…
The Choice is Ours
‘The Choice is Ours’ is the first of the series of blogs we will be publishing from the book, ‘The Choice is Yours‘ by Swami Chinmayananda. Our choices should be based on some ethics and values. Here we understand what are the ethics mentioned in Vedanta. After reading and understanding each value we will be…
Necessity for A Guru by Swami Sivananda
Knowledge of the Self can be attained only by the grace of the Guru or the spiritual preceptor. The knowledge is transmitted from the preceptor to disciple. You can know the unknowable (Brahman) by purifying your mind, by serving a Guru who is a Brahmanishtha (established in truth), by getting lessons from him and by…
Swami Tapovan Maharaj – An Inspired Saint of India
From time to time, there are born in the sacred land of India, spiritual Masters surpassing all comparison. Swami Tapovan Maharaj was such a Master. Early Years Swami Tapovan Maharaj was born in 1886 in an aristocratic family. From a very tender age, he was not attracted to the materialistic life and expressed dissatisfaction with…
Swami Chinmayananda – A Tribute to the Master
Who was Swami Chinmayananda? Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati was a Hindu spiritual leader who inspired the formation of Chinmaya Mission, a worldwide non profit organisation, to spread the knowledge of Advaita Vedanta. Swami Chinmayananda is known for teaching Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads, and other Hindu scriptures. From 1951, he spearheaded a global Hindu spiritual and cultural…
A Life of Insipiration and Service – Swami Chinmayananda, the Master
“Only in the silence of quiet mind can you realise your oneness with the supreme reality [Brahman].” – Swami Chinmayananda Swami Chinmayananda: How He Taught In early years, Swami Chinmayananda held Marathon discourses of 41-100 days duration. Later, as he crisscrossed the globe, delivering one lecture series after another without respite, his jnana yajnas settled…
A Life of Inspiration – Balan to Swami Chinmayananda
Swami Chinmayananda’s Formative Years “The future is carved out of the present moment. Tomorrow’s harvest depends upon today’s ploughing and sowing.” – Swami Chinmayananda In Kerala, the birthplace of Adi Shankara and many other spiritual giants, was born Balakrishnan Menon (Balan), who was to become Chinmayananda. He was born in the city of Ernakulam on…