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Voice of the Worldwide Vedanta Movement

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Bd cChairman Mr. Stard SmthVice-Chairman r. nadjban areasurer r. en R. FreedmanSecretary Mr. Chare S. WrthDirectors Swam vkarananda, Mr. Rta a, Mr. Jhn . Fynn, Swam Manhananda, Mr. Chare Matha,

r. Parthaarath Mkhadhyay, r. Pavtrachatanya, r. Uha SankrthEmeriti r. Santh Kmar, r. arbar La Sharma

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I cannt ere n wrd hw mchth jrna ha enrched me wth thert edanta and the teachng Ramakrhna and Swam vekanandaand Mther Sarada.

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Sherah, Wet enga, Inda

In Swam and hma Swamhakarananda eaned the eence reaty d and the nvere. Te ee-ng that I am a ern and I have a bdy the aarent reaty (vbe nvere).Te reazatn that I et, bt I am ntthe bdy, the abte reaty (rah-man).

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with sri ramana maharshiby swami DamoDarananDa

Ibegn wth a hrt e ketch Ramana Maharh: Sr Ramana Ma-harh wa brn n a devted brahmn

amy n 1879 n a twn near Madra nSth Inda. When he wa even-teen year d and t a hgh chtdent, he had a mytca eer-ence the ever-etng dvne Iwthn hme. eeer and deeermedtatn nred hm t eavehme and g t the acred h rnachaa n rvannamaa,

am ad. He cntned hrta ractce there, berv-ng ence r many year. Fnay,he attaned that reme rtaeace and b whch aeth andertandng. evtee fckedt hm rm bth Inda and abradt receve h beng and btanrta gdance. He aed awayn 1950. ven nw devtee rma ver the wrd g t ray andmedtate n the hy atmhere

the ahrama where the ant ved nrvannamaa.

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In 1939 at the age twenty, Iet my hmetwn rr n Karna-taka t g t the nearby cty Mangaren the wet cat t re my hgheredcatn. Tere n my hte, I cameacr a ctra bgrahy Sr Ra-mana Maharh that wa beng crcated

amng the tdent. he bk my

tnned me. My mmedate reactn wat thnk, Maharh vng n Inda nw!I mt g and er mye at h eet.

Frm that nt nward I became

very ret e mnd. I began cn-tnay annng t rn away rmMangare t rvannamaa t taywth the hy and enghtened Maharhand be gded by hm n the ath rta mnatn. I wa gredby th ne thght that any thercncern abt my rther edcatn,r the need t take ermn rm myarent, dd nt even cr my mnd. Itjt fahed rm wthn, by the grace d, I had an rtnty t be wth a

age atma-saksatkara(Se-reazatn).I et that at a ct I mt g t hm andbe at h eet t be gded n the rtaath, that beng the ny re e.

Te an r every ern e baedn tendence carred rward rmrev ve. eneray, t tart gettngfehed t drng ate adecence. Terce me at nbe tendence mthave gven my e th dden trn.

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I td the manager my hte that Iwa eavng, then bked a tran tcket t

rvannamaa. ew day ater I wattng n a cach n a tran caed theMadra Ma. It haened that n thatame cach an edery brahmn gentemanwa a a aenger. He wa travengwth h amy. ter harng d amngthemeve, the head the amy trnedt me and aked where I wa gng. Hewa rred t earn that ch a yngtdent a mye wa gng t vt thegreat age n rvannamaa. rngr cnveratn he kndy adved me t

get rm the tran abt mdnght atthe ram tatn, and then take thetran rm there t rvannamaa. e-ng ver-enthatc bt neerenced n

traveng, I had bght a tran tcketr rvannamaa n the MadraMa, whch ge a the way rmthe wet t the eat cat Inda,wtht reazng that I needed tchange tran r rvannamaa nthe mdde the jrney. H advcewa a gdend. eng recced

wth my na bjectve, I wd havemed the cnnectng tran. I cnd-ered t t be the Lrd grace gdngme t my dvne detnatn.

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bt mdnght I gt at theram rarad tatn andwaked acr the atrm t wherethe tran r rvannamaa watandng. ter a whe the tran

tarted mvng. t dawn rm agreat dtance between hgh rngteme wa, I wa abe t ee themng gopuram (twer) r-nachaewara eme that acedtward t the r drectn. Te

teme wa tated n the te whereLrd Shva ad t have manetedhme n the rm a hy lingam(tne ymb) ang wth Shakti (Hdvne wer) at the t Mt. r-nachaa.

S R M1879 1950

Editors note: he ol lowing articleby revered Swami Damodarananda o the Ramakrishna Order reminds me o an incident concerning revered Swami

Bhavyananda, who was the head o ourVedanta Centre in Bourne End, UK, ormany years. Ater nishing his education inmedical school, he had gone to see Sri Rama-na Maharshi and told him about his desireto join the Ramakrishna Order as a monk.Hearing that, the Maharshi was pleasedand said to Swami Bhavyananda (thenGundappa), In this age Sri Ramakrishnawill work.Swami Bhaskarananda


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ter traveng thrght the nghtand a the wng mrnng wthteatng any d, I reached rvannamaararad tatn abt mdday. Otdethe rarad tatn I nd a tonga(hre-drawn carrage) and reached Sr

Ramanahrama abt 2 p. ere g-ng nt the ahrama I gave away myetra cthe and mney t the drver the tnga. He then tk me arnd thebdng and hwed me the ha whereSr Ramana Maharh cd be nd. Itk my bath at the bathng theteme, then went traght t where theage wa eated.

I wa very tred ater my trave, ateratng Sr Ramana, I at dwn, eanngagant a wa. Hwever, a n a I had

dne th, the Maharh gazed drecty atme wth nbnkng, wde-en eye. Ia ked nt h eye wth a hmtyand wnder. In th way, bth cn-tned t tare nt each ther eye ra cnderabe tme. Whe th wa ha-enng I et a thgh Sr Ramana wahwerng h grace n me. y h meregaze t eemed ke the Maharh wa e-tabhng me nce and r a n rtae, thrgh a t tra and trbatn.Perha he nttvey aw my rta

detny. bt ve mnte ater h eyebecame ha ced a he aed nt hntrectve cmmnn wth the Se. Iater earnt that t wa qte cmmn rthe Maharh t reman n ch tate dvne abrtn thrght the day andnght. One wh abde natray n tnewth the eace and b the Sreme knwn t be n Sahaja Samadh. SrRamana Maharh wd ntermttentyeerence th Sahaja Samadhi.

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ter a whe, me redent theahrama began t dtrbte ct ece rt n ea c t the devtee wh wereeated n the ha. I tk my eave rmSr Ramana, then wth my hare rtn hand wy entered the aagewaybetween the ha and the ktchen. earthe ktchen Sr Ramana brther, Swamranjananandaj, the manager theahrama, wa tandng wth a ew ade

wh were heng wth the ckng. I td

them my dere t tay n the ahramaand ead a rta e. ter me d-cn they agreed t et me tay.

I wa td that earer a yng manwth rta ncnatn ke me hadcme t the ahrama. Havng tayedr a whe, dbt are n h mndabt whether he hd reman n the

ahrama. S he arached Sr Ramanaand aked hm whether t wa the betr hm t tay n the ahrama, r retrnhme t erve h arent. Sr Ramanatd hm that he et that tayng n theahrama t re h rta dea wathe rght thng t d, then he hd dthat. Otherwe, he et that retrnnghme t erve h arent wa better, thenhe hd re that cre n e. T,Sr Ramana adved the yng man te h wn jdgment a dctated by h

at karma(tendence nherted rm hrev brth). Fnay the yng mandecded t retrn hme.

Tat nght I et n an en verandah,the weather beng qte ht.

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I wa aked t he n the ktchendeartment. My day dte cntedmty brngng rewd t the ktch-

en rm the trehe, bng the mkthat had been brght rm the ahramadary, and rnng the enrm ktchenvee t make them erecty cean,ater they had been wahed by the adervant. t that tme the ahrama wawy gettng bt a dnatn trckedn. Te ktchen wa made md wa,wth arge enng r ventatn. Temnkey the neghbrhd ed tee n and, they gt an rtnty,enter the ktchen thrgh the enng

t eat whatever d wa avaabe. Sater nch, when the ade wh dd theckng wd g and ret, a ne mydte I wd chae the mnkey away.

Sr Ramana ed t tay mty n hct n a bg ha thrght the day ecetwhen he had t g t t anwer the ca natre. It haened that the acewhere I dd mt my wrk wa neara aageway, whch Sr Ramana wde t g t the bathrm. One day whenI wa by rnng the bg ktchen ve-

e, I ddeny aw Sr Ramana, dreed

n h a n-cth, tandng a hrtdtance away rm me wth a matwe nder h arm and hdng a ttewater-t n ne hand and h wakngtck n the ther. He wa mng at me. Iqcky teed ade and reqeted hmt rceed thrgh the aageway. Stbeamng at me, he ndcated that t wa

n cncern, and aked me t cntne myseva(ervce). I qcky made way r hmand agan reqeted hm t cntne hwakng. It wa ny then that he came aew te cer and wy waked away.It trck me hw hmbe, ege ande-eacng he wa.

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One mrnng at abt 4 A I wa m-

mned t the ktchen. When I enteredthe ktchen verandah t my rre Ind Sr Ramana n h a n-cthttng near the chtney-grndng tne. Ibegan t grnd the ccnt crang andhe heed me by hng n the verfw-ng ngredent. t the ame tme, he waby ttng at, ch eer and therthng nt the chtney that were reqredt make t taty. ew ther ee werea ttng nearby. When the grndngwa ver he aced a the cntent nt

a vee. Ten he went nt the ktchenand reared the eanng n a bg nwth , mtard and dry ch eer,etc. ter t had bed n the tve andbecme ready, he brght t t rmthe ktchen t the ace n the verandahwhere the chtney wa beng reared.Ten he began rng the eanng verthe chtney and mng t n we.

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When Sr Ramana had gt the cht-ney ready, he dtrbted a tte t each the r r ve ee wh were ttngthere. Ten he ted h ace and rmabve dred a bt the chtney nth mth wtht h nger tchngh mth. (h heathy rnce nt cntamnatng d reared n thektchen wth ne ava wed evennw n Inda amng ctred Hndame.) the devtee were enjyngthe chtney, Sr Ramana aked them hw

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a ket qet. Ten Sr Ramana medand qed n am, I the chtneyakng r de (cake made rce andent)? veryne enjyed the jke andmed. Te redent then dered andthe chtney wa taken t the ktchen tbe erved wth the de when the mrn-ng vtr arrved.

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Sr Ramana net entered the vegetabecttng rm, where a ktchen atantwa cttng vegetabe r the nch thatwa t be erved t the redent and vt-ng devtee. Sr Ramana began atngthere a by cttng vegetabe rthe var dhe. He at cr-eggedand ct them wth the tmt attentn.I ntced that the vegetabe ece were

amt a eacty the ame ze. Frmth I earnt the en that whatever ac-tn a ern errm hd be dnewth great cncentratn, r every wrk the wrh the Lrd.

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I reca, drng the day thegenera rtne wa mewhat ke th:ary n the mrnng at abt 4:00 Ame devtee ed t gather n the ha

r rayer and medtatn. dawn a-rached, the eda Pathahaa acharyas(teacher at the ahrama Sankrt ch)wd cme wth ther tdent and chantme mrtant edc mantra ch a theshantimantra, the Purusa Suktaand theNarayana Sukta. Ten bhajans(devtnang) were ng by the devtee n am,eg, Maayaam and ther angage. the whe, Sr Ramana wd remaneated n h ct wth ha-ced eye ab-rbed n the Se. When the ngng wa

ver, a the devtee ed t t qetyand medtate r a whe. We wd thendere and attend t r mrnng d-te. bt 7:30 r a the redent,get and ther wd aembe n thecrtyard t have ther breakat deand chtney. ter breakat, nn-redentvtr wd begn t arrve t er therpranams (atatn) t Sr Ramana nthe ha where he wd be ttng rrecnng n h ct.

Smetme the ha wd .

Mty, a the vtr ed t kee qet,

hay jt t enjy beng n the reence the great Brahmavit(knwer rah-man) wh wa ttng bere them. In thatrtay rcharged ha ed wth hyvbratn many had ther nner ernadbt reved by themeve wththavng t even verbaze them.

Once when I wa a tte ree rm

my ktchen dte, I went t ee Sr Ra-mana n the ha at abt 11:00 A. gr ade vtng rm ne thenverte n the tate Karnataka watakng t hm. Whe anwerng ne ther qetn n mantanng encea a rta dcne, I heard hm ay,Maunam [hy ence] nt jt kee-ng qet wtht takng. Hdng n tne thght ane cndered t be therea maunam. I ed t vt Sr Ramanawhen he wd be ttng n the ha t

have the rtnty t gather ch ear wdm.On ne ccan I wtneed a bare-

cheted brahmn tandng r a ng tmebere Sr Ramana wth ded hand.Perha Sr Ramana knew hm, r heeemed t jt gnre hm. Ten antherdevtee entered the ha and began wak-ng tward Sr Ramana. n a SrRamana aw th ecnd devtee, hebegan eakng t hm wth great jy.T, drng thee vtng hr we cd

ee Sr Ramana n h var md. dbt he knew the devtee nnerthght and atttde.

get wd be ered nch wthSr Ramana, th they wd get thertnty t have h hy cmanyt the aternn. Frm abt 4:00 p Ihad the sevadty grndng aked rceand ent r the net mrnng de.One devted edery ady ed t heme by hng n the verfwng, em-qd dgh wth her rght hand nt

the grnder. n a I wd be reerm th ervce, I ed t g agan t theha t enjy Sr Ramana hy cmany.One aternn I aw hm takng t medevtee n the ha. Whe remanngeated n h bed, he wy tretched heg dwn nt they tched the fr.He wa hdng h wakng tck n het hand, and maagng h knee wthh rght hand. he cntned dngth, he wy tred t tand . Ten heremembered that he wa nt de t g

t nt 5:00 p, and ked at the

cck. mazngy, jt at that mment tbegan t trke ve cck! He jt medat th and a wa h ctm, gt twak tward the rnachaa H r hevenng abtn n the rnnng tream,erha have a tte eerce. We wedhm r a hrt dtance, then et hm twak ane.

Sadh rnachaa (Majr . W. Chad-wck) ed t medtate n the ha eanngagant a brary cbard, wth a bettraed arnd h back and eg. In thway, he wa tranng h eg t t reryn a cr-egged tn whe medtatngke the ther rta eeker. devteeknwn a Mther chmma cd abe een qety ttng and rayng n theha. Havng t her hband and her twchdren ne ater anther n qck cce-n, he had gne t Sr Ramana eekng

cnatn. y h grace, her mnd grad-ay became cam and eace. Many chrtay-heaed devtee tayed n theahrama when I wa there.

rnd net, the evenng rayer andmedtatn en wd tart wth e-dc chantng, devtna ngng, rayerand medtatn, a n the mrnng. Teat tem n the rgram wd be entmedtatn, when everyne wd try tmedtate n the reence Sr Ramana.He wd then be eated n h ct cm-

etey abrbed, ke Lrd Shva.Once, an admntratve sevak (v-nteer) the ahrama came near SrRamana ct at th tme and began ca-ng t h name der and der. trt hagavan wa naware h ca,a he wa ttay mmered n that nnerence dvne eace and b. Hwever,a the sevak vce became very d, SrRamana retrned t cncne the ter wrd and rended n am,Enna, enna? (What, what?). We ed

t enjy wtneng ch ncdent manytme thrght the day. rng hvar md and r ta atttde,when he wd dea wth a knd ee, there wd never be any ere-n atge n h ace, and I neveraw hm yawnng. He aeared t be everengred n the eerence sat-chid-anandam.

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I wa enjyng my tay n the Rama-nahrama and day havng Sr Ramanahy cmany whenever I wa ree rmmy hmbe ervce (seva) n the ktchen.ter nch, when I wd be by cha-ng the mnkey away rm the ktchen,I a had me ree tme t read mehy bk rm the brary. Te bk

that made the bgget mren n mewa the Lie o Sri Ramakrishna (wtha rewrd by Mahatma andh). Twa my rt rtnty t read the hy,nrng and wnder e Sr Ra-makrhna. Te bk a ncded medeta abt the Hy Mther Sr Saradaev, Swam vekananda, and thermnatc dce and ay devtee Ramakrhna. T, I rt came t earnabt the Ramakrhna Mn and theadqarter at er Math, near Kkata,

whe I wa tayng at Ramanahrama.One day whe I wa readng th bkn the ktchen, hwever, I wa hcked tee my nce tandng bere me. He hadcme a the way rm Madra n h cart take me hme. When I td hm mydere t tay n the ahrama, he gt angryand rdered me t get ready t g.

t that mment I decded t rn awayrm the ahrama and ve ndeendentyn the h rnachaa. ng nde,I tk my are cthe and made at

abt 2:00 p tward Mt. rnachaa.I dd nt want t get caght by a earcharty that mght cme kng r me, I ket the man track by gng thrghthe ret, avdng Skandahram andthe ther ace where Sr Ramana waknwn t have tayed. Sre engha Iwa ater t earnmy nce wa taken ta the ace t k r me. Snce hedd nt nd me, he nrmed the een Ramanahrama that my mther waatng, wang and rayng r me t

cme back t r he n Madra. Hethen retrned hme emty-handed.

hat evenng I c mbed dwn theh and et n the verandah an dteme wtht havng taken any d rdrnk. et mrnng ater bathng, I wentt the Sr rnachaewar eme wherethey gave nch,prasadam, t get. ternch I taked t ne the ret, whawed me t tay n the teme r abtthree day, renderng me ervce dr-ng that erd. It cnted grndng

andawd ate r the pujas (wrh

ervce) the var dete. y thtme the ee at Sr Ramanahrama hadcme t knw that I wa tayng at thernachaewar teme. Tey caed meback t the ahrama. When I retrned,they td me abt my mther wangand weeng, etc. Tey rered me tay her a vt, and then retrn t Sr Ra-

manahrama. ccrdngy, I went t rhe n Madra where my mther watayng. wa t be eected, a myreatve revaed n me nt t takeregn t the etreme and t cntnemy tde. Rectanty, I agreed t beadmtted t the ngneerng Inttte andenred n a cre ve year.

Frtnatey, r he n Madra warght near the Ramakrhna Math andMn centre n Myare. I began tvt the teme day and tak t the wa-

mj and brahmachar. One day I wareadng the wrk Swam vekanandawhen a artcar aage eat t atme. Te aage wa: Y have devtednnmerabe ve t amy and mate-ra cncern. Can y nt at eat erth ne e t d? Immedatey theanwer weed rm wthn my mnd:Ye, I can d that! T dea nred me mch that I then and there made arm retn t dedcate mye t SrRamakrhnantead tdyng and

ater earnng mney a my amy wdwant me t d.I nrmed revered Swam hehanan-

da, then the erntendent theRamakrhna Mn Stdent Hme nMadra, my decn. I ed t meet hmten and he nred me very mch. Hegave me a etter ntrdctn t reveredSwam yaghananda the RamakrhnaMn hrama n angare. h,n 1940, I agan nd mye rnnngawayth tme t jn the Ramakrhna

Mn angare hrama.

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I tayed n the angare ahramar abt year earnng Sankrt, thecrtre and the Mn dcne rayer, medtatn and rta er-vce. In 1946 t wa tme r me t gt r headqarter at er Math, nearKkata, t have my rta ntatn. Iwa t receve a hy mantra rm revered

Swam rajananda, the Predent the

Ramakrhna Order and a dce the Hy Mther, Sr Sarada ev. In aearate ceremny I a tk my rah-macharya vw.

On the way t the er Math, head-qarter the Ramakrhna Mn,I thght t wd be gd t vtSr Ramanahrama t ee Sr Ramana

Maharh bere he gave h bdy. Ireached Sr Ramanahrama n Febrary17th, 1946, ang wth tw ther devteerm angare, and tayed there r threeday. On the rt day I at n the fr rnch wth a the ther vtng devtee.Sr Ramana at at the head the ne. Ithnk t wa Kre Pat (the egetaberanny) wh came rt t erve Sr Ra-mana wth a ew dhe he had reared. he wa n her nnete, Sr Ramanady aked her n am, Enna kondu-

bandirke? (What have y brght?)She decrbed her dhe. Ten he wydtrbted the ame me d, tte bytte, t a .

I berved Sr Ramana Marharh ahe wa eatng. He tk me ece ch eer t h crry and hedthem away t a crner the banana earm whch he wa eatng. ew gran rce a haened t get tck t thech eer. Hwever, he cryretrned thee t the ret the d n

h ea, that even the ew granwd nt be careey wated. When hehad nhed nch, h ea ate wa etttay cean (ecet, cre, r the ewch eer).

ter nch, Sr Ramana tarted wak-ng tward the ha where he nrmay atn h ct and met devtee. I mmedate-y wed hm. ter he reached h ct,I ated hm and aked hm n nght et me knw the eaet ath. thghSr Ramana knew ngh, he nrmay

ke ny n am. t he jt ked atme and getred wth h hand r me tt dwn. I at dwn n the fr n rnt hm. Ten Sr Ramana began watchngthe ther devtee arrve, t dwn andgraday the ha. antedthat he had nt anwered my qetn, Iced my eye and began dng mentajapa(reettn the hy name d).ter a whe he ad t me rerr ectrer wh wa knwn t hm, T


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rerty. It be that thee daterhave haened, a the crtre ay, det the w d. everthee, Swam,I am cned. Can y eae enghten

me n th area?Swami:Tma, r crtre ay thata ng a yr mnd and bdy are rea ty, y w have yr ene agency. Inther wrd, y w thnk yre athe der yr hyca r menta actv-te. ng a y retan yr ene agency, y have n aternatve bt t hdyre renbe r whatever y d,gd r bad. t that tage y dnt havethe rght t ay that everythng haen-ng accrdng t d w, becae y

have nt eerenced d yet. ng ay havent eerenced d, t y Heet ny a the unknown source thcreatn. We dced a th when y

came t ee me the very rt tme.w, nce d nknwn t y,

what rght d y have t ay that d renbe r th r that dater? Ithat nt hycry? Y may rghty camthat the rce natre are renber natra dater ke earthqake,trnade, etc., bt nt d.

t y cnter th, ayng, I tryt beeve n the crtre, becae theycntan trth that have been knwnthrgh the er-en eerence

rtay enghtened . nd nce

CharlesMathias

(An imaginary dialogue between aSwami and a gentleman named Tomas ata branch center o the Ramakrishna Order inthe United States o America. Te rst and

second dialogues in this series can be oundin the Spring and Summer2009 issues o ba edanta respectively.)

c: Gd c.

homas: Y td me that d ke a great magcan wh ha createdth wrd wth H wer magc. Hm, the wrd ny an n r kea mve, and we are at bet jt manymve character cnjred by Hm.

Y a td me that a ng a I amnt rtay mned, my bdy andmnd are rea t me, and th wrd.Y a ad that a I nteectay accetthat th wrd rea t me, d, thecreatr th wrd, mt a be rea,a are the dvne ncarnatn, the ant,the crtre, and n. Terere, t wbe hycry n my art t ay that thwrd reay an n.

he crtre ay that d m-nreent, mncent and mntent,

ade rm beng the tmate dener jtce, and n. Scrtre a aythat everythng haen n th wrd byd w. t we ee many atrc-te, act njtce, gencde, mayhem,etc., takng ace arnd the wrd. Ieverythng haen accrdng t dw, I my cant ndertand why d dng ch hrrbe thng. ent Hehave cman n H heart r H wncreatre? e He enjy crety? eHe enjy r erng?

Or are the crtre wrng n ayngthat everythng haen accrdng td w? Frm r eerence t eemthat nt d, bt hman beng are re-nbe r cmmttng gencde, erakng, and var ther atrcte andact crety and njtce n th wrd.O cre, me dater, ch a earth-qake, trm, tnam, etc., haenr whch we are nt renbe. Teedater ten cae great hmane a we a that ther creatre,

what t eak wantn detrctn

the swami anD thomas, Dialogue iiiby swami bhaskarananDa

the crtre ay that everythng haenaccrdng t d w, I cannt dmthe dea. Tat why I reay cant nder-tand why d wngy cae dater

that k cnte nncent ve. Whyde d wngy aw gencde, andther terrbe thng t haen n thewrd? e He nt have cmanr H creatre? Or He jt cre andhearte? Hw can I ve ch a d?

homas: Swam, y have ereedmy dea mre beaty than I cdhave dne.

Swami ( ): We ,Tma, r crtre have gven vadanwer t ch qetn. everthee,

ntead reerrng t the crtre, et dc thee nt ng jt rean-ng and cmmn ene, and ee d reay hearte and cre.

t at rt, n a arne, we hdcngratate d r nt beng e-cnceted. ccetng that everythnghaen accrdng t d w, t mtbe admtted that He hmbe enght have awed H creatre ke tcrtcze H cndct. Unke me , He dent eem t be t eager rrae r hnr. Had He wanted raer hnr, He wd never have awedanyne t crtcze Hm. In th ene,we have t admt that d better than

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We can a ay that t d wthat we hd crtcze Hm. t eat ththnkng w kee r cncence cear.Int t , Tma?

y the way, Tma, have y heardthe ayng: Te pot calling the kettle black?

homas: Ye, Swam.Swami: Have y ever ered rm

any ne r whch y had t take anantbtc?homas: Ye, evera tme.Swami: ctr recrbe antbtc

t k bactera nde the atent bde.very tme an antbtc ed, mn bactera get ked nde a atentbdy. nd the bactera are many tnyvng beng. Int t cre t k them?

Whenever we eat, we becme ren-be r the death many vng bengn the rm h, w, gat, amb, g

and bee catte. I y thnk a vegetaranmea better, y are wrng. very dgran ha e n t. I y w t, t w be-cme a vng ant. egetabe a havee and eeng. Te am hyct Inda, Sr J. C. e, errmed manyeerment wth ant a we. He harved that vng ant a ee an.

de rm th , hman hnter k mre than 100 mn anma nthe wrd every year. nd what abtb-ghtng n San? I that very cm-

anate?In Wrd War II, ver 52 mnmtary ernne and cvan gt ked. accrdng t avaabe tattc r2006, 43,000 ee were ked and 2.5mn njred n atmbe accdentthat year n the Unted State ane. Whatt eak ther cntre! Tey were ntact d; they were the act hmanbeng wh ay that d cre! Intthat the t cang the kette back?

One nteretng thng that d

never reay annhate the etence H creatre. Ter bde are detryed,bt ther ve n. ventay thrgha ere rebrth d make every a erect a He . Shd that becndered crety? I t crety t w aeed? When y w a eed, the eed getdetryed n rder t cae the brth aant. S a the death a bdy rmd nt vew. ven thgh thebdy detryed, the ackage cntng the , mnd, ene and the vta

energy cntne t et.

In th cntet et me te y abt anncdent n the e Sr Ramakrhna,wh cndered the greatet ant mdern Inda by mn n Inda andabrad.

Once me grm were gng bybat t a am ace grmage nenga. dden trm cazed the bat

and many the grm n the bat ded.Hearng the new, me the ee nthe reence Sr Ramakrhna weredcng whether t wa ar and cm-anate n the art d t et thegrm de. ter a, the grm weredevtee d!

Hearng ther dcn, Sr Ra-makrhna became very grave and ad tthem, Hw d y knw that d hanttaken them t a mch better ace? SrRamakrhna, wh had eerenced d,

knew where d had taken them. Otherddnt have that knwedge.Mt tend t thnk that there

nthng better than t ve n th wrd.T remnd me a try:

On a ht mmer day n Inda, metraveer had taken heter n the cnghade a hge banyan tree. Sddeny abrd n the tree tarted chrng: ee,ee, ee.

Immedatey, me the traveercamed that they knew what the brd wa

ayng. One, a grcer, camed that thebrd wa ayng, gar, at, eer.nther, a daryman, camed that the

brd wa ayng, mk, cheee, btter.t a cbber amng them rteted.

He td the ther, Y a are wrng. Iknw eacty what the brd ayng. Itayng, thng ke eather.

In jdgng d we behave eactyke that cbber. Wth r mted nte-gence we thnk that we are cmetentt crtcze the mncent d! t then,

that mt be d w a we! Int t ,Tma?

homas: What ha I ay? Y arerght, Swam, were jt a bnch cb-ber! May d have ty n .

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kn, hde, dead try. 2. anger tem, vz. eve.3. ead bdy. T at tem zzed me. Te metr wdbe an dea vehce r carryng dead bde t the crematngrnd. It ecent, ecnmca, and demcratc. Te ght

an ccana cre a a ew aenger wd erve a a -berng remnder t mrevey aenger therwn mrtaty.

In ne Kkata metrtatn: enga trana-tn the em at beard, wed bythe enga tranatn.Metr tatn thrgh-t the wrd cd dmmene gd by -

wng Kkata ead andtng medeva andcaca etry r theterary enrchment the mae. It wd bear mre edyng thanthe care grat thatdee the metr tatn

me cte I cd name.Sgn n the wa a Hnd teme: n Hnd are nt

awed t enter the n ceanng . Hh? re nn-Hndnt n need n-ceanng? Or are they n that ther n

w cg the and detry t n-ceanng caabty? n-ceanng that cant abrb the n a ew nn-Hndcant be mch a n-ceanng , n my nn.

er Math ha away ted gn rhbtng a mttde ecar actvte: htgrahy, mkng, ayng rad andtae recrder, cnckng, tterng, etc. T becae manyvtr have the nrtnate habt treatng the hy recncta a bc ark. w there a new ne at the very entrance tthe Ramakrhna eme: Peae wtch yr mbe hne.a, th a t deter the new generatn ce hne-crazedIndan. very nw and then, n the var teme I vted, Idhear a mbe hne rng. t n ne cae, there wa a cmen-

atng actr. Te rngtne wa the enng ne Khandanahava andana.

Recenty I revted Inda and eerenced renewed ac-natn wth Indan gn.

What vtr can rget the tern admntn thated t be ted n gn n many raway tatn? ckete

trave a ca ev. Or the gn warnng agant eedngn mntan rad: Iy are marred, dvrceeed. etter t be atn earth than rt nheaven. I y want tdnate bd, dnt d tn the rad, d t n thebd bank. nd eventhe antve What thehrry?

Indan gn have nt

t any ther qantcharm. On my atet vtI nted the wng:

dvertement r theCrcde ank and theSwndy Pet and ermteCntr.

On the back an a-t-rckhaw: Lve r aeny r y!

Otde an ce: F fedged mney changer. Te thnkngmnd cmeed t nqre: What wd a ha-fedged mneychanger be ke? Wd he gve y ny ha the nrma rate?

Over a nk at the rear a retarant: O COM. T t deter ctmer rm cmbng ther har at the nk.On many wa: Cmmt n nance. T mch mre

eegant than nt rnate agant the wa.On a -hrt: Fthy, tnkng RICH. w t three

nt bad.On many rad: ccdent rne zne. Here agan the

thnkng mnd cmeed t nqre: I the zne rnet accdent, why dnt the athrte d methng abt t,ntead jt tng a gn?

In Kkata metr tatn: Serve & ey. I th an n-vtatn t ay tenn? Te name a aw rm? Sme knd

mantra? I anybdy knw, eae enghten me. n Kkata metr tatn: Whe traveng n the

Metr raway, y ha nt carry: 1. ny enve artce, vz.

new signs o inDiaby bahut pagal

Chare Matha

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a prehensile taleswami bananananDa answers your uestions

by staorD smith

S

wami Bananananda lives in the high branches o the tall-est mangrove tree in the Sunderbans iger Preserve o theGangetic delta. He is considered to be a partial maniestation

(less than 5% by weight) o Lord Rama's great devotee Hanu-manji.Q: I y dn't mnd my akng, Swam, when dd y rt

reaze that y were an ncarnatn Hanmanj?A:Te rt gn, I beeve, aeared when I wa abt three

year d. My grandather ed t wear a ar gae wthbrght hny gd wre rm. One day I neaked behnd hm,jmed n h head, grabbed the gae and camered thde nder the ktchen tabe. Ten when I wa abt evenI tk t cmbng t the t the dnng rm htch andthrwng eant he dwn nt my ant' ate dal. ce year ater drng mnn ean I nted n try-

ng t jm ver every dde I aw n the rad, n matter hwbg t mght be.y then we had retty mch gred t t. I y dg deey

nt r he-y bk, y' nd that a the gn and ymtmdecrbed r a manetatn were n evdence. t enghabt met merey a ery mnkey' tae. I thght y hadme qetn.Q:What abt yr amy atrger? d he he cnrm

yr detny?A: I knw nthng

abt the hae themn nr the tn

the tar....Q: I ee, kay. We,

Swam, n act I have beenwnderng abt a ce thng. I jt tk atr t Inda and entme tme wakng arndCactta. ven wth therecent ecnmc bmand a that there t at qar and verty.When I came back hme

t Pam each everybdywa nce and cean andwe-dreed and, hw tay t, jt prosperouskng. S den't thatmean that we mercan are avred by d and mre evvedthan a the r ee?A:ctay, t mean the eact te that. Y ee, arth

n reaty an edcatna enterre, a ch. Pee cme heret earn thng. nd a the eay en are matered, y mven t mre dct chaenge. S whch harderbeng a rchayby n Pam each r ng a rckhaw baret thrgh

the m Kkata? nd the rckhawwallah ha acheved

eace mnd whe the ayby a rtrated and merabeachcwe thnk what that mean.

Or cnder a mnkey vng n a cage n a z beng ed

three tme a day by dtng attendant ver a mnkey t nthe jnge havng t rvve by t wt. Whch wd becmetrnger and mre caabe? merca wth a t cmrt andweath ke a kndergarten r the eat evved, the whare jt ncarnatng rm the anma tate and nt yet ready rmre dct chaenge. mercan need t have t, eay vebecae that' a they can hande.Q: I dn't ndertand why mercan are rch and rv-

eged they have becme ddeny angry and c. Teyg t bc meetng wth gn tcked dwn n ther antcket and cream threat and nt at ne anther becaethey dn't want gvernment-nred heath nrance. Why

that?A: Part t may my be the a rrtabty retngrm beng ddeny awakened rm a ng ee. Mt theeee have been n a dee tr r at eat eght r nne year.t mre ndamentay, tw wrd can ean t: attachmentand earatn. I y accmate weath, yr attachment wmake y arad t e t. Fear generate rtratn and anger.nd y dn't ndertand that a e an ntercnnectedweb cncne, ther ndvda can be erceved a en-

eme t t derve y yr rche.

Let me gve y an e-

ame hw earatnand aenatn can makey crazy. Tere an an-cent try td by reder cncernng hw neday an ndvda went td and aked abt thederence between heavenand he. d thghtr a mnte, cratchedHer head and ad, It eaer t hw y than

ean t.S She ed hm dwn a

ng wndng tarcae t ayer that ened t nttw arge ha. Te rt

ha wa he, whch wa a bedam angry mnkey creechngand and cratchng and hng mady abt. It eem that therm wa ermanenty neted wth hrde bg, aggrevefea that avagey attacked and reentey bt a the mnkeyaembed there.

Heaven wa n the adjacent rm. It wa eacty dentca tthe rt ha n every reect. cet that here, ntead a the

mnkey hng abt each n ther wn ndvda merabe

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nanty, methng ee wa haenng.Te mnkey had ared . nd wthneach ar they were takng trn careyand thrghy ckng the fea t the r the ther. nd they were ateace. I dn't knw y have ever hadfea n the thck r arnd yr neck.It' nt a eaant eerence. It' jt

abt mbe t ck them t yr-e, even y have a mrrr and a gdthnderbt.Q: t, Swam, they tak abt ree-

dm. Tey cam that ther reedm beng threatened.A:What they ca reedm n reaty

avery. When they ay reedm they aretakng abt nettered greed. themreedm mean the ncntraned rghtt accmate ende hea ccntand n the rce et bth ther be-

ng and deete the anet. t greedcan never be ther than avery t ne'dere. One a mch bnd by chan gd a by chan rn.Q: Y mentned e tng the

anet. Swam, de that reay matter?ccrdng t edanta the entre hycaane an n. S what derencede t make rerce get ted red , r we k ther ece? It'a jt mayaanyway.A: We, t ' baca y a matter

erectvethe ng rn ver thehrt rn. In the ng rn, y're rght.Over bn year anet cme andg and ther e rm, any, daearwth them. t me dtant tre dater n w fare t and n the rcery r tte hme anet t a cr. Overthe ean the arth mn e-ce w evve, thrve r awhe, then getnct. S, ye, rm that nt vew thardy matter whether me ece eta ew year ahead chede. In the end

t a cme t the ame. nd rm thetandnt Utmate Reaty, cre,the entre rce creatn, reervatnand detrctnand agan arnd thewhee ende tme ry. nythngthat change by dentn nrea.

Te rbem wth the hrt rn. Inthe hrt rn we are tck rght here nr ny bde trggng t rvve andgrw. Mt nrtnatey are ta ng way rm eerencng UtmateReaty. We are jt mddng thrgh day

by day a bet we can.

Lk at t th way. Te anet and tbhere are nrea, bt yr bdy,whch a art t. S y actayreach a nt where y are try andncerey nderent t the erng anddetrctn yr wn bdy, then aa matter cre y w be bva we t the etence r nnetence

the entre hyca ane. t a nga the heath, cmrt and we-beng yr bdy are any mrtance t y,then y w need t be eqay attentvet the envrnment n whch yr re-c bdy deend. Ony a very hman beeve therwe.Q: t me tradtn gget that

the wrd may ddeny cme t an end.Fr eame, wthn the atve mercancmge bth the H rheceand the Mayan caendar redct great

catacymc event. I , maybe trahngthe envrnment reay den't matter.Maybe eatng a the mange a ata we can my art the cmcan. What d y thnk that?A: I thnk nw we are engagng n

rte ecatn. nythng -be cre, bt the better vew thatthe vne Pan maneted thrghnatra aw.

One mt remember t dtngh be-tween a ca event ch a envrnmenta

cae n arth, whch cd haen,and cmete annhatn the hycaane, whch ccr nveray ny at theend a cmc cyce. In the rmer n-tance hyca etence cntne n abere, ny n a mre brth and natyeve. t rreectve the eventaanetary tcme, r dharmaa arth'nhabtant t reect t natra awa bet we can. I beeve that what theH rhece ay a we.

S, aa, t k ke we are rnnng

t e thng t chatter abt.bt nw a c aternn breeze wbe watng thrgh my treet abde. Itbeckn t me. Peae wng by y'reever n the neghbrhd. t be carent t te n the ta any ryeeng tger.

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by want t knw a hrtct! Ten SrRamana aked, hrtct t where?

One my rend wh had at dwnnet t me ndged my eg and ndcatedthat Sr Ramana wa takng t me. Iened my eye and aw that he wa

mng at me. Obvy, Sr Ramana hadny been watng r the ther devtee tarrve they t cd benet rm hanwer t my qetn! O cre, I tdhm that I wanted a hrtct t Atma-darshanam (reazatn the Se). Heaked me what I wa reenty dng tattan that ga. I reed that n my wnhmbe way I wa ractcngjapa-sadhana.Hearng that, Sr Ramana ad that japawa nt ny me and drect, bt thebet methd t e n makng rgre

n rta e. He qted a hrae rmthe Bhagavad Gita 10.25: Yajnanamjapayajnosmi. (mng rtatc acr-ce, I am the acrce japa.)

Frther eabratng, he ad that a the methd dedcatng nee tParamatman (the Sreme eng), theeaet and the bet methd the reet-tn the mantra ne wn chendety. Japa rmte a cntant fw vng rayer rm wthn r nner -mnatn. T wake a bte thrt

that teady ncreae, eadng t a trngcrrent cntn yearnng r thevne, knwn a vyakulata. When thyearnng deve nt dee abrtn(dhyana), vnty revea te rmwthn. T Atma-darshanam.

Sr Ramana cntned t ean abtjapa-sadhanaand Se-reazatn. Hw-ever, an an brahmn devtee wtha thck acred thread wh wa eated ahrt dtance away, dy aked hma qetn abt creatn and t cae.

Te brahmn ad that me crtrementned that t wa de t the karma rahma, the creatr, whe ther cr-tre tated that creatn ccrred de tthe karma thejivas(). Hence, hewanted Sr Ramana hme t reveth derence nn. Sr Ramanajt gave hm a knd k, then cntnedt ean the bject at hand by qtnganther vere rm the Gita,

Yogayukto vishuddhatma vijitatma ji-tendriyaha.

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poets orner

lipyate. (Bhagavad Gita5.7)(Wth the mnd red, wth dev-

tn t errmance actn, and thebdy cnqered and the ene bded,ne wh reaze the Se a the Se n abeng, thgh engaged n actn, nttanted.)

Sr Ramana wa evdenty n a gd

md and went n endng rtathght baed n th vere rm theGita r abt twenty-ve mnte. Te

Od

Forgetting, we seek it here;we seek it therethe ugitive joy

we long to wearabout the naked psyche sel.

Outside, outside with eager hands,we seek our joy in oreign lands

marred by time and circumstance,where feeting joys are lost

always lost

to time and impermanence.In wondrous trance

we take no heed,ever seeking things that cannot eed

the haunting hunger that grows worsethe more its ed with the curse

o the worldly brevity o things outsidewaxing and waning with times tide.

Yet the inconstant world seems but a toy,when beyond it blooms

the Causeless Joy.

R A

C Vd(cknwedgement: Letters o Swami

Vivekananda,dvata hram, Mayavat,mra, Hmaaya)

He stands

On a massive rockNot o basalt not o graniteBut oVedanta light,Te enormous sea o humanityLaps his eetTe whole worldUnitesReveals,His head pierces theLimitation o the blue skyAnd in his heavenly vision

Come upTe past, the present, the utureHis vision spreadso the past, in the present,And slowly crossesTe barrier o imeA deep voice reverberatesResonatesIn the sky, in the airTe great messageFor the universes and super universeArise

AwakeMove on Move on to thy goal.o where? o where?A desperate questIn his resounding voiceTe holiest o the holiestAnswer comeso the source o the light oreedom.In his reverberating voiceTe sermon arisesWe are all wayarers

devtee n the acked ha aed theacred wrd rta reveatn. Inbre, Sr Ramana eaned that the a-rant rt reeat the mantra t d wtha be dgence and devtn. Ten,a h r her vng atttde ntene, thereettn graday becme nternazed. the bdy, ene and mnd get red

and becme ree rm ther eh natre,the whe beng get tned t the vne.Te wer the mantra enter nt every

nk and cranny the ndvda. Tearant becme mantramaya (ed wththe rta wer the mantra), n andthrgh a actvte. One e get tran-rmed nt a cntn erng t theLrd, wtht any attachment remanngt the ret ne actn.

everthee, the matent brahmn

reeated h qetn abt creatn. T

Our destination isTe road to reedomWe are travellerson the Road to reedom.Te sea o humanityLaps his eet

Waves ater wavesIrresistible waves;

All sensitive heartsAre tormentedWith a questTat comes out rom VedantaWhat is this universe?How has it come to be?Where does it meet its end?Te deep voice answersTe eternal quest gets quenched

From reedomTis creationComes into beingIt survives in reedomIn reedom it ends.

He stands on a massive rockHis existenceCrosses the barrier o time and spaceTe sea o humanityLaps his eetAgain and again.

And his voice rises and allsAriseAwakeAnd move on move onFrom the great reedomo a greater reedom,Overcome all bondages and limitations,Overcome the bondage o lie and deathAchieve reedom rom the journeyBy a circuitous pathDay in and day out,Achieve the world o eternal reedom

Achieve this worldTrough the perection o workWork Work Work,Do away with love o powerCultivate aith in yoursel.Let the music o eternity

Wake upTrough your blessingsAnd fow down my veinsAnd spread into my senses,Guide me, lead meo the destination o eternal reedom;Vedanta gets its ullmentIn the realization o EternityIn the perection in eternity.

Aj M

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humorthe spie o lieHd

Faced wth hard tme, the cmanyered a bn ne thand dart any emyee wh cd cme wtha way avng mney.

Te bn went t a yng wman naccntng wh ggeted mtng trebne t ten dar.

T Kd Jd

Y eem t be et, ad the kndyjdge t the wtne. I anythng thematter?

Ye, yr Hnr, ad the wtne, Iwre t te the trth, the whe trthand nthng bt the trth, bt every tme

I try, me awyer bject.

T P

Ph man mved t the US andmarred an mercan gr. thgh hngh wa ar rm erect, they gtang very we, nt ne day he rhednt a awyer ce andaked hm he cdarrange a dvrce rhm.

Te awyer td hmthat gettng a dvrcecd deend n the cr-cmtance, and akedhm the wng qe-tn:

H a v e y a n y grnd?

Ye, an acre and haand nce tte hme nt.

, I mean what

the ndatn thcae?

It made cn-crete.

I dnt thnk y ndertand. eether y have a rea grdge?

, we have carrt, and nt needne.

I mean, what are yr reatn ke? my reatn t n Pand.I there any ndety n yr mar-

rage?

We have h-dety tere and gd

ayer.e yr we beat y ?, I away bere her.Why d y want th dvrce?She gng t k me.What make y thnk that?

I gt r.What knd r?She gng t n me. She by a

btte at drgtre and t n he nbathrm. I can read, and t ay: PhRemver.

T P M

When he nd t he wa gng tnhert a rtne when h cky atherded, Chare decded he needed a wman

t enjy t wth. S ne evenng at a artyhe tted the mt beat wman hehad ever een. Her natra beaty tk hbreath away.

He arached her and ad, I mayk ke any ther rdnary man, bt njt a week r tw, my ather w de, andI nhert 20 mn dar.

Te wman mmedatey ked Chare,and jt three day ater, he became htemther.

Wmen are mch marter thanmen.

L Exd

d created the dg and ad: St a

day by the dr yr he and bark atanyne wh cme n r wak at. Frth, I w gve y a e an twentyyear.

Te dg ad: Tat a ng tme t bebarkng. Hw abt ny ten year and

I gve y back the ther ten? S dagreed.d created the mnkey and ad:

ntertan ee, d trck, and makethem agh. Fr th, I gve y atwenty-year e an.

Te mnkey ad: Mnkey trck rtwenty year? Tat a retty ng tme terrm. Hw abt I gve y back tenke the dg dd? nd d agreed.

d created the cw and ad: Ymt g nt the ed wth the armer

a day ng and er nder the n,have cave, and gve mk t rt thearmer amy. Fr th, I w gve y ae an ty year.

Te cw ad: Tat knd a tghe y want me t ve r ty year.Hw abt twenty and I gve back thether rty? nd d agreed agan.

d created man andad: at, ee, ay,marry and enjy yre. Fr th, I gve

y twenty year.t man ad: Onytwenty year! Cd yby gve me mytwenty, the rty thecw gave back, the tenthe mnkey gave back,and the ten the dg gaveback. Tat make eghty,kay?

Okay, ad d,Y aked r t.

S that why rr rt twenty year weeat, ee, ay and enjyreve. Fr the net

rty year we ave n the n t rtr amy. Fr the net ten year we dmnkey trck t entertan the grandch-dren. nd r the at ten year we t nthe rnt rch and bark at everyne.

Le ha nw been eaned t y.

Chare Matha


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tme Sr Ramana gracy td the brah-mn that he wd bt try t ndertandthe methd rtazng nee a he

had jt eaned, the anwer t ah qetn wd ntaney arerm wthn. ne dve dee wthn,the mnd dve nt the Se, and adtnctn between bhakta (devtee),

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INDIAW v M

d B M. n theryear, d wa wrhed a the vneMther rga rm Setember 25th t28th at er Math, the headqarter the

Ramakrhna Order, wth de emntyand grander. Te Kmar Pja errmedn Setember 26th drew hge crwd.Te Kkata tatn rdarhan, thevernment-rn Inda, teecat vethe wrh the vne Mther rgaat derent tme n a the r day. r-ng the r day wrh, d eredt Mther rga (Praad) wa erved tabt 90,000 devtee.

R M A,P, cd vc d -

v d B.On Jy 17th, n a meetng ISIO2020a gba ntatve Wrd HeathOrganzatnr. .P.J. bd Kaam,rmer Predent Inda, raed theRamakrhna Mn hrama n Patna,r t cmmendabe ervce tward the

reventn bndne thrgh Saradaetraaya, t eye-care center n Patna.he meetng wa attended by everamnter har; the dd. rectr

enera Heath, vt. Inda; meca WHO and rereentatve var ther hta that render eye-care t atent n Inda.

R M M c-dc Y Cv. On gt 27th

and 28th the branch the RamakrhnaMath n Mangare cndcted a very c-ce yth cam. On bth the day mrethan 550 yth attended the cnventn.Interactve en and ectre n tcke Hw t eve Inner Strength,

ncent Indan Scentc Hertage, Le:

t, ae n Stdent Le, andHw t Uneah Yr Ptentaty ntPerrmance were arranged rm mrnngt evenng. mnent ern rm der-ent ed ke r. Tmmaa Hegde, r.Mahadevan, Pr. jay, Smt. Sandhya S.Pa and Swam dhamayananda nter-acted wth the artcant. On the atday, n beha the Ramakrhna Math,

Mangare, Smt. Sandhya S. Pa dtrb-ted charh t me mverhedmertr tdent.

I- zd R M VvdM, Vdd. Ramakrhna M-n vekananda Memra, addara,rganzed an nterath event at I.. PateSemnar Ha M.S. Unverty n 11th

Setember. Te event wa nagrated byr. Shanta Smaya, Charman KJSmaya rt, Mmba. Swam Prab-

hananda, enera Secretary, RamakrhnaMath and Ramakrhna Mn, rededver the meetng. Te eaker ncdedrereentatve Hndm, Chrtanty,Iam, ddhm, Janm, Zratran-m and Skhm, and Pr e CahMebrne. the eaker reentedther vew n the mrtance havngnter-ath harmny.

R M cq -c. rhat Ramakrhnahrama, trct: Hghy, ha been

made a b-center Ramakrhna Math,Ichar, and renamed RamakrhnaMath, rhat. It addre Ra-makrhna Math, P.O. rhat; trct:Hghy; Wet enga; Inda. Phne:() .

MAURIIUS

T R M A M M c v x

d S 23 S 28,

2009. One the Swam and me dev-tee made n the hrama the beate-ze cay mage Mther rga.

bt 10,000 devtee artcated nthe ceebratn. Te ceebratn wa cn-cded wth the mmern the mage

Mther rga n the ea n the wet

cat the and. very day the devteewh attended the ja tk acred d(Praad) bere retrnng hme.

SOUH AFRICA

R C SAc c Nv . Incnnectn wth the wrh the vne

Mther rga, avaratr wa ceebratedn rban by the Ramakrhna Centre Sth rca r nne day. Te mrnngen cnted medtatn, cr-tra chantng and wrh. Te evenngen cnted devtna ngng,reg dcre and rat (veer).Chand Hma wa errmed n the 8 thday. arge nmber devtee attendedthe ceebratn and cked Praad (dered t the vne Mther) wa ervedt a n the eghth and the tenth day

the ceebratn.

UNIE SAES OF AMERICA

T R-Vvd C- N Y S Vvd dId P. In Tand Iand Park,wth the ceratn ew Yrk Stateathrte, the Ramakrhna-veka-nanda Center ew Yrk ntaedtw beat vekananda Memra

Mnment, engraved n brnze, ne at

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acre vacant and cated n Htnn Lndta St, a ma treet Hwy.6,between manada & eechnt. OnSetember 19th the cety hed a dedca-tn ceremny ang wth rga Pja nthat te. rnd 400 ee attendedthe event. Te edanta Scety nw nthe rce rang nd t cntrct

a cmmd bdng t rvde atabe hme r the Scety. Te arch-tectra degn and the ctra renderng the bdng are dne, and the ctrarenderng n day at the Scetyreent ma hme at the Cyre St.catn.

ter 10 r mre year era-tn rm t Cyre Street hme, theedanta Scety reater Htn hng t mve t t Lndta St. catnn n rder t accmmdate t eand-

ng actvte and treach rgram rreadng the meage edanta n andarnd Htn.

Pj cd Vdc c Ud S

W M d 900 Vd Sc S. On Satrday, Setember 26th,wrh the vne Mther rga waerrmed at avan, the retreat r-

erty the edanta Scety WeternWahngtn. Mre than 900 devtee

came nt ny rm the greater Seattearea, bt a rm atern Wahngtnand Canada. ter the wrh, a thewh attended were gven a mtnch cntng d ered t Mth-er rga. In the aternn, a rgram devtna mc wa hed n the teme

r tw and a ha hr. Mr. Srkana

the vekananda Cttage, and the therat the vekananda Rck, where Swamvekananda nce medtated. rng tretreat hed n Jy 31, the Ramakrh-na-vekananda Center rganzed avekananda Rck Memra edca-tn event, whch wa en t the bc.Mre than 200 ee ncdng ver a

hndred rend and neghbr T-and Iand Park attended. Te WatertownDaily imesand ther ca newaergave wde cverage t the event, brngngSwam vekananda name bere manyn the area.

In addtn, Swam Yktatmanandawa nvted t cndct a vekanandaInterath Servce at the Tand IandPark abernace hed n the mrnng gt 2nd, Snday. Te chr the

Ramakrhna-vekananda Center atk art n the ervce. ttendance at theervce wa ver 160abt three tmethe a attendance r the abernace.Many eemed t arecate Swam ve-kananda nvera dea regn.

T Vd Sc G H- cc cqd d. In ecember 2007, the edantaScety reater Htn bght 1.5

har Chdhry, a am vnt the rth Indan caca tye, gavea recta. She wa accmaned n thetaba by Mr. Knta Ry and Mr. Manjwa. Many ther ca vcat tktrn n ngng devtna ng. terthe end the rgram, a the reentwere erved tea, cee and nack. Te

ceebratn cncded n the evenngater the errmance rat (eer)and the rnkng Shantjaam n theaembed devtee.

Pj cd V-d Sc d -c:the edanta Scety St. Peterbrg,the edanta Scety ew Yrk, theedanta Scety n Prvdence, theedanta Scety Sacrament, veka-nanda edanta Scety Chcag, theRamakrhna edanta Scety n Maa-

chett, the edanta Scety erkeey,Te edanta Scety St. L and tb-center n Kana Cty, the edantaScety Wetern Wahngtn n Se-atte, the edanta Scety Prtand, theedanta Scety rthern Carnan San Francc, the edanta Scety Sthern Carna n Hywdand t b-center n Santa arbara andWahngtn, .C. Wrh at a theScete wa attended by a arge nmber devtee.

CANAA

Vd Sc cd Pj. On Satrday,Setember 26, the Scety hed a wrh d a Mther n the rm rga.Te rgram cnted bhajan, read-

ng, hma and fwer erng wed

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CONRIBUORS

R A a et and member the Ramakrhna-Sarada edanta Scety Sydney, traa.

S Bd the edtr nche Global Vedantaand the redent

the edanta Scety Seatte, U.S..S dd a very enrmnk the Ramakrhna Order. He wathe head the Ramakrhna Mnn Fj r many year. w, a a retredmnk, he rede at the edanta Centern Sydney, traa.

Aj M a devtee vng n Shera-h, Wet enga, Inda.

C M, a devtee the edan-ta Scety n Seatte, a gted cartnt

and wrter. Mt the cartn andctre cntaned n th e GlobalVedantaare h cntrbtn.

B P an mercan devtee whretred rm teachng ngh n an annverty and nw ve n angkk.

Sfd S a member the GlobalVedanta edtra team. gradate Harvard Law Sch, Mr. Smth a re-tred and-e hearng eamner r KngCnty n Wahngtn State.

by Praad dtrbtn. arge nmber ee attended.

ENGLAN

Vd C B Ed -v v M. On Snday, the 27th Setember,

Mther rga wa wrhed wth deemnty by the Ramakrhna edantaCentre n rne nd, cknghamhre,ngand. Trght the day arnd 300devtee artcated n the event.

A Vvd F v d Ld. On Snday, Jy 12th, thevekananda Hman Centre Ln-dn rganzed t anna vekanandaFetva at the Mahatma andh Ha nY.M.C.., Ftzry Sqare, Lndn. Teetva cnted devtna ngng

and dance by me ca artte, and abc meetng t dc the mrtance the meage Sr Ramakrhna andSwam vekananda. Swam eetam-hananda, head the edanta Center nretz, France, reded ver the meetng.Other eaker ncded Mr. Omar Far-qe nar, Mayr Camden, Lndn;Swam ayatmananda, head the e-danta Center n rne nd, ngand;r. anda Kmar; Mr. arry av andM. Shrey Mrgra.

HE NEHERLANS

R Vd Sc Nd v v M . On Setember27th, Snday, the wrh the vneMther rga wa errmed by the Ra-makrhna edanta erengng ederandat t reme n mteveen. rnd 60devtee attended the wrh ervce.Te wh attended were erved Praad.

SWIZERLAN

Vd C Gv v Pj. On Setember 26th and 27th,Centre edantqe (edanta Center) neneva cndcted rga Pja. gr yng devtee had vngy decratedthe mage the vne Mther rga.Te weather n the tw day wrhbeng beat and nny, mre than 200devtee artcated n the ceebratn.

tna ng and chanted acred hymn nadratn the vne Mther.

AUSRALIA

Vd C Sd c- Pj. On the 26 th Setember, Satrday, d wa wr-hed a the vne Mther rga bythe mnk and member the edantaCenter n Sydney. Te rtatc wrh,errmed by Swam tmehananda,wa wed by the chantng Sr SrChand, ngng devtna ng andthe tradtna fwer erng t the -vne Mther by devtee.

T R Sd Vd S-

c NSW v Pj. Tenn and member the RamakrhnaSarada edanta Scety SW wr-hed d a the vne Mther rgan Sydney n Setember 27th, Snday. Teceebratn cnted wrh, medta-tn, hy chant and tradtna fwererng t the ety by devtee. akn the ccan were gven by Pravrajkajayarana and and Mehta.

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