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What my teacher learnt from his teacher

Posted on November 30, 2013 by gokulmuthu

Swami Paramarthananda ji on Lessons from his Guru, Pujya Swami Dayananda ji’s Teachings INTRODUCTION : On the auspicious occasion of Pujya Swamiji’s satabhishekam, I would like to share some thoughts. I consider myself extremely fortunate to be a disciple of … Continue reading →

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Gist of Vedanta in Two Words

Posted on November 17, 2013 by gokulmuthu

(This article was published in the January 2014 issue of Vedanta Kesari, the monthly magazine published from Ramakrishna Math, Chennai.) The most popular quotation of Swami Vivekananda is “uttishthata, jaagrata, praapyavaraan nibodhata” – “Arise! Awake! Stop not till the goal … Continue reading →

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Three Stages of Bhakti

Posted on September 29, 2013 by gokulmuthu

God (Ishvara) is that being to whom the entire material universe is the body, the cosmic dynamics is the activity, all the thoughts of all the individual beings put together is the mind and the self-awareness of the whole universe … Continue reading →

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What is Moksha?

Posted on June 13, 2013 by gokulmuthu

You are in reality of the nature of pure Consciousness. You are eternal. You have no birth nor death. It is Nature that keeps changing in front of you, appearing in your Consciousness, like reading a book. Out of ignorance, … Continue reading →

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Advaita is Simple

Posted on December 2, 2012 by gokulmuthu

The truth is described in the Gita as the greatest secret. In fact, it is the greatest open secret. One person may read a number of books and hear hours of lectures on Advaita and still not understand it. Another … Continue reading →

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