Vedantham : ( 07/11/2012. )

Chinmaya Mission : As we revel in the luminous aura of Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda's 108th Janma Jayanti, our hearts brim with joy, and our minds overflow gratitude.  Together, we celebrated not only his auspicious birth anniversary on 8th May but also the Jayanti of Bhagavan Shri Adi Shankara on 12th May.  Under the loving guidance of Swami Viviktananda (Regional Head, CM Kerala) and the blessings of Swami Tejomayananda and our Global Head Swami Swaroopananda, Chinmaya Mission Kerala united the entire Chinmaya family in a grand event titled 'Chinmaya Sankaram 2024'.  It was a phenomenal five-day odyssey delving into the sacred legacies of two towering figures in our Sanatana Dharma and Advaita Vedanta tradition: the revered Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda and the illustrious Bhagavatpada Shri Adi Shankaracharya.  Together, they kindled the lamp of devotion and Self-realization, dispelling the confusion of a spiritually wavering Bharat with the eternal wisdom...

================================================================================== Tuesday, 30 Apr 2024.  05:30. Yoga & Meditation True Spiritual Living Chapter 1: Spirituality is the Expansion of Being - 3. Post-3. =================================================================================== If that were the case, it would be very difficult to live in this world because, on one side, we have a compulsive feeling that there is some connection between ourselves and others, and on the other side, we cannot see any connection. That is why we are fighting with people. Every day you fight with me, and I fight with you. I disagree with you, and you disagree with me. I do not like you, and you do not like me. Why does this situation arise? It is because you cannot see any connection with me, and I cannot see any connection with you. It cannot be seen. Well, it is a very practical truth. What is the connection? You are sitting there. What link is there between you and me? Absolut...

=========================================================================== Tuesday, 02 Apr 2024.  05:30. Yoga & Meditation True Spiritual Living Chapter 1: Spirituality is the Expansion of Being - 2. Post-2. ============================================================================ Whatever be the extent of our knowledge, whatever be the depth of our genius, we cannot get out of the idea that we are in space, we are in time, and things are connected in some sort of a causal relation. Not only that—we have the idea that things are outside us. Now, I am again coming to the point of  the difference between being and doing. Why has this peculiar notion of there being a distinction between being and doing arisen? It is because you have a distinction between yourself and other people in the world. There is a distinction drawn between yourself and others. You are not I, and I am not you. This is something very simple to understand. Inasmuch as my existence—which is called 'my being...