Showing posts with label DEVOTION. Show all posts
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4/28/14

BHAGABAT GITA(BENGALI)



BHAGABAT GITA(BENGALI)



                                                                 

4/4/14

9/5/11

BHAWAN KAPIL

Sankhya Shashtra by Rishi Kapil:- The author of this Darshan is Rishi Kapil ji & its subject is about the Prakriti & its products & Purusha. It is absorbed that the word "Purusha" is denoted for both the God & the Soul. The basis of this darshan is Sat Kaarya Vaad "Nothing can ever become something , nor can something ever become nothing". The order of Creation & Dissolution of the universe from the Prakriti is exclusively explained in this darshan. Only through discrimination obtained by knowing the true form of the material world & purusha, Moksha/Salvation is obtained. It is also explained that the universe is not false, True in existence by having the material world as the subtle cause


SHANKHYO DARSHAN



                                                                     

8/26/11

SWAMI AVEDANANDA

Author of several exquisite Sanskrit hymns on Sri Ramakrishna and Sri Sarada Devi – the most popular one being ‘prakritim paramam’- Swami Abhedananda was a rare combination of several talents like intellectual acumen, devotional fervour and yogic introspection. He was a good speaker and a prolific writer.


Known as Kaliprasad Chandra in his pre-monastic days, he was born on the 2nd October 1866 in Calcutta to enlightened parents, both to whom were deeply devoted to Mother Kali. Even from his boyhood days, he was inclined towards the study of Sanskrit. As he grew up he was drawn to the study of philosophical works, both eastern and western. His desire to become a yogi brought him to Sri Ramakrishna who immediately recognized him as a disciple of his inner circle. He progressed speedily in the inner life under the guidance of the Master.

After the demise of the Master, Kali accepted Sannyasa along with the other disciples and became ‘Swami Abhedananda.’ He was given to much study and contemplation during the early days of his monastic life earning for himself the nickname ‘Kali Tapasvi.’

When Swami Vivekananda wanted a proper assistant to continue the work in the West, he naturally thought of Swami Abhedananda.
His very first discourse on Advaita Vedanta delivered at London was an instant success. He later shifted to New York. He toured and lectured very extensively in the West (both U.S.A. and Europe) for a quarter of a century. His lectures attracted the cream of Western intellects as also earnest seekers of Truth. He returned to India in 1921 and formed a ‘Ramakrishna Vedanta Society’ in Calcutta to carry on his work in his own way. When he gave up the mortal coil on the 8th September, 1939, the era of the direct Sanyasin disciples of the Master came to an end.
TEACHINGS
If you desire to have firm and unshakable faith and devotion to the Lord, you should also take to tapasya, hard austerities. Tapasya does not mean aimless wandering hither and thither, it really means regular and steadfast japa, meditation and self-control.

Why should you be afraid of doing work? If the mind is not purified by work, one cannot attain true knowledge. Wherever you go with your little mind, the mind will also accompany you and abide with you.


MORONER PARE


                                                                                        

8/17/11

ACHINTA KUMAR SENGUPTA


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Sengupta, Achintya Kumar (1903-1976) poet, novelist and editor, was born on 19 September 1903 at Noakhali town, the work place of his father. His original home was at madaripur district. His father, Rajkumar Sengupta, was a lawyer.
Achintya Kumar spent his early life at Noakhali and had his schooling there. After the death of his father in 1916, he went to Kolkata to live with his elder brother Jitendrakumar Sengupta.
                                                  
          
He passed matriculation from South Suburban School in 1920, Intermediate in Arts from South Suburban College (now Asutosh College) in 1922, Bachelor of Arts with Honours in English literature in 1924, and Master of Arts from the university of calcutta in 1926. He also passed the law examination in the first division in 1929. He began his career as a temporary munsif in 1931 and retired in 1960, after having being promoted to sub-judge, district judge and special officer with the Law Commission.

Achintya Kumar's first poem was published in prabasi in 1921 under the penname of Niharika Devi. He was considered to be one of the key numbers of the Kallol group who, after rabindranath tagore and sharat chandra chattopadhyay, were able to instate in literature. He is particularly remembered for his excellent fictionalisation of the life of religious leaders. His first novel, Bede (1928), is widely appreciated in modern bangla literature for its form, style, and subject matter. His writing is deeply influenced by modernism. The subject matter of his poetry includes romantic themes and he is also able to represent the mass consciousness. He was also noted for his skill in writing short stories, and ability to depict the lives of the working class.
Achintya Kumar wrote around 70 books; noteworthy among the novels are Kakjyotsna (1931), Bibaher Cheye Bada (1931), Prachir O Prantar (1932), Pratham Kadamphul (1961); prominent among the poetical works are Amabasya (1930), Amra (1932), Priya O Prthibi (1933), Nil Akash (1949), Purba Pashchim (1969), Uttarayan (1974). Among the biographies mention can be made of Parampurus Shrishriramakrishna (four volumes, 1951-56), Bireshvar Vivekananda (three volumes, 1958-69); among the plays, Ekanka Natya-Sangkalan (1945); and among the story works, Tuta-phuta (1928), Kath Khar Kerosin (1945), Chasabhusa (1947), Ekratri (1961) etc.
Achintya Kumar took over the charge of publishing Kallol in 1925. He worked with the Bichitra for a short period too. His reminiscence called Kallolyug, or the Kallol era, (1950) created a stir in its time. He received the Jagattarini Award, the Rabindrasmriti Award (1975) and the Sharatchandra Smriti Prize (1975) for his achievement in literature and journalism. He died in Kolkata on 29 January 1976.



ACHINTYA KUMAR SENGUPTA RACHANABAI-1


                   




            













ACHINTYA UMAR SENGUPTA RACHANABALI PART2


                                                              








8/15/11

SHANKAR NATH ROY



BHARATER SADHAK-1

                                                                         





















BHARATER SADHAK -2


                                                                           




















BHARATER SADHAK -3


                                                                       






















BHARATER SADHAK-4


                                                                             




6/27/11

RISHI AUROBINDO

For the last 40 years of his life in Pondicherry Shri Aurobindo worked tirelessly for the realization of his vision of a divine life upon earth. He revealed his new message for humanity and its glorious future primarily through his writings which reflect unerringly his genius as a scholar, writer, poet, literary critic, philosopher, social thinker, revolutionary, patriot, visionary and yogi.
His masterful command over the English language, his infallible power of expression, his sharp intellect, his poetic genius, and above all his yogic insight and his love for humanity make it a veritable experience reading his works.

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COMPLETE WORKS OF RISHI AUROBINDO

In this Works of Rishi Aurobindo you will get the
gems of life that touches every corner of your heart
it consist of following Subject and their Content:

01EarlyCulturalWritings  02CollectedPoems  03-04CollectedPlaysAndStories 05Translations 06-07BandeMataram 08Karmayogin 10-11RecordOfYoga 12EssaysDivineAndHuman 13EssaysInPhilosophyAndYoga 15TheSecretOfTheVeda 17IshaUpanishad 18KenaAndOtherUpanishads 19EssaysOnTheGita 20TheRenaissanceInIndia 21-22TheLifeDivine 23-24TheSynthesisOfYoga 25TheHumanCycle 26TheFuturePoetry
27LettersOnPoetryAndArt 28LettersOnYoga-I 32TheMotherWithLettersOnTheMother 33-34Savitri 35LettersOnHimselfAndTheAshram 36AutobiographicalNotes

                                                                                            


LIFE OF RISHI AUROBINDO


                                                                                        

We are often confronted with a problem or a situation where we do not know what to do. It is as if we are standing in front of a closed door whose key is lost and we are not able to move forward.
In these moments, if we take a book of spiritual force and power, concentrate quietly and with a kind of seeking, an inner quest, ask for guidance, help or an answer and open the book at random, there we find exactly the answer we were seeking, as if it had been written just for us!





AUROBINDO TEACHING


"The most vital issue of the age is whether the future progress of humanity is to be governed by the modern economic and materialistic mind of the West or by a nobler pragmatism guided, uplifted and enlightened by spiritual culture and knowledge...." Sri Aurobindo
                                                                        






LIFE AND TEACHING OF RISHI AUROBINDO



         Sri Aurobindo's yoga points the way toward the kind of transformative practice we need to realize our greatest potentials. No philosopher or contemplative of modern times has done more to reveal our possibilities for extraordinary life." Michael Murphy, founder, Esalen Institute and author, The Future of the Body


"Sri Aurobindo (is) the foremost of Indian thinkers, who has realized the most complete synthesis between the genius of the West and of the East." Romain Rolland, Nobel Laureate


"Aurobindo treatises are among the most important works of our time in philosophy, ethics and humanities. Sri Aurobindo himself (is) one of the greatest living sages of our time, and a most eminent moral leader." Pitirim Sorokin, Harvard university                                                                              

SWAMI VIVIKANANDA





"My homage and respect to the very revered memory of Swami Vivekananda . . . . after having gone through [his works], the love that I had for my country became a thousandfold."
-- Mahatma Gandhi


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COMPLETE WORKS OF VIVEKANANDA 


   "I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honour of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanaticism, of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen, and of all uncharitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goal."
 
 
Swami Vivekananda
Representative of Hindus
Parliament of Religions
Columbian Exposition, Chicago World Fair
11 September 1893.                                                                         
        

 

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WORKS OF VIVEKANANDA


                                                                                   










COMPLETE WORKS OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN AUDIO



                                                                                            

For the first time in history, as has been said elsewhere, Hinduism itself forms here the subject of generalisation of a Hindu mind of the highest order. For ages to come the Hindu man who would verify, the Hindu mother who would teach her children, what was the faith of their ancestors will turn to the pages of these books for assurance and light. Long after the English language has disappeared from India, the gift that has here been made, through that language, to the world, will remain and bear its fruit in East and West alike. What Hinduism had needed, was the organising and consolidating of its own idea. What the world had needed was a faith that had no fear of truth. Both these are found here. Nor could any greater proof have been given of the eternal vigour of the Sanâtana Dharma, of the fact that India is as great in the present as ever in the past, than this rise of the individual who, at the critical moment, gathers up and voices the communal consciousness.






SWAMI VIVEKANADA



Vivekananda’s concept of ‘potential divinity of the soul’ gives a new, ennobling concept of man. The present age is the age of humanism which holds that man should be the chief concern and centre of all activities and thinking. Through science and technology man has attained great prosperity and power, and modern methods of communication and travel have converted human society into a ‘global village’. But the degradation of man has also been going on apace, as witnessed by the enormous increase in broken homes, immorality, violence, crime, etc. in modern society. Vivekananda’s concept of potential divinity of the soul prevents this degradation, divinizes human relationships, and makes life meaningful and worth living. Swamiji has laid the foundation for ‘spiritual humanism’, which is manifesting itself through several neo-humanistic movements and the current interest in meditation, Zen etc all over the world.
                                                                                        




SWAMI VIVEKANANDA TEACHING


                                                                                            
Some imaginations help to break the bondage of the rest. The whole universe is imagination, but one set of imaginations will cure another set. Those that tell us that there is sin and sorrow and death in the world are terrible. But the other set — thou art holy, there is God, there is no pain — these are good, and help to break the bondage of the others. The highest imagination that can break all the links of the chain is that of the Personal God.









BHAKTIJOG


                                                                                                 

It is  a immensely teaching book for every one who wants to
take Bhakti Path as there way of life. In this book you will
get:(1) Bhaktir Lokkhon- in Page-1. (2) Ishwarer Lokkhon in
Page-6. (3) Prtakhyao Anuvhuti I Dharma in Page-12.(4) Gurur
Pryojoniota in Page-15. (5) Guru O Sishyer Lokkhon in Page-17. (6)Abotar in Page-22. (7) Montra in page-25. (8) Prateek-O-Pratima-Upashona in Page-28. (9) Ishtanistha Page-31.
(10)Bhaktir Sadhan in Page-33.
 Pora Bhakti: (1) Bhaktir Proshtuti -Tyag in Page-38. (2)Bhakter Boiragya Premprosuto in Page-41. (3)Vhokti yoger shavhabikata  O Uhar Rohosso in Page -45. (4)Bhoktir Prokash ved Page-47 (5)Bishwa Prem O Attosamarpan in Page-49
(6)Pora Vidya O Pora Bhakti Ak in Page-53.(7)Prem Trikonattok in Page-55.(8)Premer Vogoban er Proman Tini in Page-59. (9)Manobiao Bhashai Vogobot Prem er Bornana in
Page-61
 

SRI RAMAKRISHNA




"The time was ripe for one to be born, who in one body would have the brilliant intellect of Sankara and the wonderfully expansive, infinite heart of Chaitanya; one who would see in every sect the same spirit working, the same God; one who would see God in every being, one whose heart would weep for the poor, for the weak, for the outcast, for the downtrodden, for every one in this world, inside India or outside India; and at the same time whose grand brilliant intellect would conceive of such noble thoughts as would harmonize all conflicting sects, not only in India but outside of India, and bring a marvelous harmony, the universal religion of head and heart into existence. Such a man was born, and I had the good fortune to sit at his feet for years. Let me now only mention the great Sri Ramakrishna, the fulfillment of the Indian sages, the sage for the time... For the first time I found a man who dared to say that he saw God, that religion was a reality to be felt, to be sensed in an infinitely more intense way than we can sense the world. I began to go to that man, day after day, and I actually saw that religion could be given. One touch, one glance, can change a whole life. I learnt from my Master that the religions of the world are not contradictory or antagonistic. They are but various phases of one eternal religion... The first part of my Master's life was spent in acquiring spirituality, and the remaining years in distributing it... His life is a searchlight of infinite power thrown upon the whole mass of Indian religious thought. He was the living commentary to the Vedas and to their aim. He had lived in one life the whole cycle of the national religious existence in India."
- Swami Vivekananda

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GOSPAL OF SRI RAMKRISHNA


                                                                  

Sri Ramakrishna, the God-man of modern India, was born at Kāmārpukur. This village in the Hooghly District preserved during the last century the idyllic simplicity of the rural areas of Bengāl. Situated far from the railway, it was untouched by the glamour of the city. It contained rice-fields, tall palms, royal banyans, a few lakes, and two cremation grounds. South of the village a stream took its leisurely course. A mango orchard dedicated by a neighbouring zamindār to the public use was frequented by the boys for their noonday sports. A highway passed through the village to the great temple of Jagannāth at Puri, and the villagers, most of whom were farmers and craftsmen, entertained many passing holy men and pilgrims. The dull round of the rural life was broken by lively festivals, the observance of sacred days, religious singing, and other innocent pleasures.
About his parents Sri Ramakrishna once said: "My mother was the personification of rectitude and gentleness. She did not know much about the ways of the world; innocent of the art of concealment, she would say what was in her mind. People loved her for open-heartedness. My father, an orthodox brāhmin, never accepted gifts from the Śudrās. He spent much of his time in worship and meditation, and in repeating God's name and chanting His glories. Whenever in his daily prayers he invoked the Goddess Gāyatri, his chest flushed and tears rolled down his cheeks. He spent his leisure hours making garlands for the Family Deity, Raghuvir."
                                                        by Swāmi Nikhilānanda






SRI SRI RAMKRISHNA


                                                                              
IN THE HISTORY of the arts, genius is a thing of very rare occurrence. Rarer still, however, are the competent reporters and recorders of that genius. The world has had many hundreds of admirable poets and philosophers; but of these hundreds only a very few have had the fortune to attract a Boswell or an Eckermann.
When we leave the field of art for that of spiritual religion, the scarcity of competent reporters becomes even more strongly marked. Of the day-to-day life of the great theocentric saints and contemplatives we know, in the great majority of cases, nothing whatever. Many, it is true, have recorded their doctrines in writing, and a few, such as St. Augustine, Suso and St. Teresa, have left us autobiographies of the greatest value. But, all doctrinal writing is in some measure formal and impersonal, while the autobiographer tends to omit what he regards as trifling matters and suffers from the further disadvantage of being unable to say how he strikes other people and in what way he affects their lives. Moreover, most saints have left neither writings nor self-portraits, and for knowledge of their lives, their characters and their teachings, we are forced to rely upon the records made by their disciples who, in most cases, have proved themselves singularly incompetent as reporters and biographers. Hence the special interest attaching to this enormously detailed account of the daily life and conversations of Sri Ramakrishna.
"M", as the author modestly styles himself, was peculiarly qualified for his task. To a reverent love for his master, to a deep and experiential knowledge of that master's teaching, he added a prodigious memory for the small happenings of each day and a happy gift for recording them in an interesting and realistic way. Making good use of his natural gifts and of the circumstances in which he found himself, "M" produced a book unique, so far as my knowledge goes, in the literature of hagiography. No other saint has had so able and indefatigable a Boswell. Never have the small events of a contemplative's daily life been described with such a wealth of intimate detail. Never have the casual and unstudied utterances of a great religious teacher been set down with so minute a fidelity. To Western readers, it is true, this fidelity and this wealth of detail are sometimes a trifle disconcerting; for the social, religious and intellectual frames of reference within which Sri Ramakrishna did his thinking and expressed his feelings were entirely Indian. But after the first few surprises and bewilderments, we begin to find something peculiarly stimulating and instructive about the very strangeness and, to our eyes, the eccentricity of the man revealed to us in "M's" narrative. What a scholastic philosopher would call the "accidents" of Ramakrishna's life were intensely Hindu and therefore, so far as we in the West are concerned, unfamiliar and hard to understand; its "essence", however, was intensely mystical and therefore universal. To read through these conversations in which mystical doctrine alternates with an unfamiliar kind of humour, and where discussions of the oddest aspects of Hindu mythology give place to the most profound and subtle utterances about the nature of Ultimate Reality, is in itself a liberal, education in humility, tolerance and suspense of judgment. We must be grateful to the translator for his excellent version of a book so curious and delightful as a biographical document, so precious, at the same time, for what it teaches us of the life of the spirit.

                              by Aldous Huxley








SRI SRI RAMKRISHNA KOTHAMMRITAM

                                            




"You will have to do a little of Divine MotherÕs work; you will have to speak out the Bhagavata to people. You are my own, of the same substance as father and son. You are one of those who trade in the jewellery of the Spirit. Mother, you have endowed him only with one kala (one-sixteenth part of Divine Energy)! O, I see this will suffice to carry out Your mission."
– Sri Ramakrishna to the Author

SRI RAMKRISHNA ARATI(AT BELUR MATH) AND OTHER VIDEO


Watch and listen Sri Ramkrishna  Arati at
Belur Math, Purify yourself with chanting.

                                                                                       
















                                              

ADYAPEATH
                                                                           


To find the beginning of this story, it is necessary to go back in time, beyond the remarkable early-twentieth-century life of a Bengali man named Annada Charan Bhattacharya; beyond the even more remarkable nineteenth-century life of the great Bengali saint Sri Ramakrishna; beyond even the carving in antiquity of an exquisite black marble image of the Divine Mother--for this story begins at Creation itself and is continually beginning and being replayed in the cycle of birth, death, and renewal of every soul of every devotee of God.

Dreams and Visions

In 1915, a young Brahmin named Annada Charan Bhattacharya was setting up a successful practice in
Ayurvedic medicine in Calcutta. A capable scientist, he had discovered seven patent medicines and went on to become a renowned doctor all over Bengal.Annada Thakur, as he came to be known, was a deeply religious man, filled with devotion to the Divine Mother Kali and Her great nineteenth-century Bengali saint, Sri Ramakrishna.








SRI MA TRUST
                                                                                       

                                                                     

Sri Ma Trust is a charitable and non-profit making organization engaged in propagating Indian culture with special emphasis on the life and teachings of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa and Sri M.
This Trust was founded by Swami Nityatmananda on December 12, 1967 in the memory of his revered first guru Sri M. – a person who inspired in him a feeling for living the life of a tapasvi for the realization of God for obtaining eternal peace and happiness in the midst of normal occupation.
In these restless times of stress and strain, what can give more light to the troubled householder than the message of Sri Ramakrishna as embodied in the life of his great householder devotee, Sri M.? The Trust has published 'Sri Ma Darshan' in Bengali and Hindi in sixteen volumes, and its first ten volumes in translation into English, under the title 'M., the Apostle & the Evangelist'. Sri Ma Darshan is a faithful record of the conversations of Sri M. in the diaries of his intimate and devoted disciple, Swami Nityatmananda.
The Trust has also published Volumes I to III of the original Bengali edition, 'Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita,' in English, and Volumes I to V in Hindi.
Among the other prestigious publications of the Trust, mention may be made of 'A Short Life of M.,' 'The Life of M.' and a compendium of views and tributes of renowned sadhus and other devotees of Sri Ramakrishna in a volume entitled 'Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita Centenary Memorial'.
Sri Ma Trust is a registered body with its office at 579, Sector 18-B, Chandigarh, India. Its building in Sector 19-D, Chandigarh named Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita Peeth, is comprised of a meditation room and a reading room cum library. The Trust is run mainly on donations from the devotees of Sri Ramakrishna, and friends and admirers of the Trust.