Tag Archives: vedanta

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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Inadequacy of Science

Posted on November 5, 2013 by gokulmuthu

Science versus religion is a popular topic in the written and visual media in India. However, I find there are two concerns here. One is that, they always hail science as the silver bullet for all human problems. This is … Continue reading →

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Seven Laws of Spiritual Life

Posted on October 21, 2013 by gokulmuthu

Here are the seven “laws of spiritual life” as listed by Swami Yatiswaranandaji in his monumental book “Meditation and Spiritual Life”. Whatever we take to be real for the time being, affects our whole personality, thoughts, emotions and actions. Our … 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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An interesting way of presenting Vedanta

Posted on August 19, 2013 by gokulmuthu

All creatures seek happiness. Human beings have three ways to pursue happiness: by experiences, by actions and by knowledge. These roles are called – bhoktaa (experiencer), kartaa (doer) and jnaataa (knower), respectively. Most of us pursue happiness through experiences. We … Continue reading →

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