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Purpose of Life – Be Happy and Help Others.

Posted on August 29, 2011 by gokulmuthu

If we ask different people of what the purpose of their life is, they will reply different things. If we analyze the answers, they can be generalized as “Be happy and help others”. This is what Swami Vivekananda elaborated as … Continue reading →

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Seeing God Everywhere

Posted on June 7, 2010 by gokulmuthu

(An edited version of this article was published in the June 2019 issue of Vedanta Kesari, the monthly magazine published from Ramakrishna Math, Chennai.) There is a nice story in the book “Hindu Symbology and Other Essays” by Swami Swahanandaji … Continue reading →

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Mission Statement

Posted on April 18, 2010 by gokulmuthu

I was reading a blog on the Purpose of Life at http://celestinechua.com/blog/2008/12/how-to-find-out-if-you-are-living-your-real-purpose-now/ I was thinking what I consider as the purpose of my life. The best way I can put into words the purpose of my life is the motto … Continue reading →

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Swami Vivekananda and Human Excellence

Posted on January 14, 2010 by gokulmuthu

On 12th January 2010, on the occasion of the birthday of Swami Vivekananda, celebrated by the Government of India as the National Youth Day, Samskrita Sangha at Indian Institute of Science had organized a talk by Swami Paramasukhananda, a monk … Continue reading →

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aatmano mokshaartham jagat hitaaya cha

Posted on February 17, 2007 by gokulmuthu

Swami Vivekananda set the motto of Ramakrishna Math and Mission as “aatmano mokshaartham jagat hitaaya cha”, which means “For one’s own liberation and the world’s welfare”. This is a very wonderful concept. These words can be understood from two stand … Continue reading →

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