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his Issue2 Reigin the Wrd: Same r ierent?by Swami yagananda

3 Symb Sme the Wrd Reiginartwrk by Katheen eage

4 reare rm the ttic: Sri Chaitanyaby Swami Prabhavananda

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8 Yga in the ye ivekanandaby Swami hakarananda

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religions o the world: same or dierent?by swami tyagananda

gin, t many, i ineparabe rm theircia ive and reatinhip; r ther,it i primariy cncerned with their rea-tinhip with d and ny ecndariy

with the wrd. God i anther adedwrd in the ed reigin: it eem n-avidabe bt nt everyne e it in theame ene. w pepe may tak abtGod, bt each them may be thinking,r pictring, r cncepta-izing a being whmay be very di-erent rm thether.

Langage andcncept becme

the barrier rcmmnicatinand, irnicay,they are a theintrment we et cmmnicate withne anther. Can we e angage tvercme the barrier angage? Can

we e cncept t ead beynd (rarnd) cncept tward the reaity thati being cnceptaized? I beieve we can,bta with mt ignicant thing in

ieit i nt eay. It need patience, per-everance and, mt imprtanty, carity viin and prpe.

mde cmmnicatin and carri-er idea, wrd are indipenabe. t,a Shankaracharya pint t: Te web wrd i ike a dene ret that caethe mind t wander. When we getcaght in wrd, r in the cncept thatthey cnvey, and e ight the reaitythey pint t, we are in trbe. ake thecae the ga ie. reigin pint

t the ame ga? pparenty nt. Terei n way t arm that the Chritiansalvation, ddhit nirvana, and Hindmokshaare ne and the ame. t nyare the wrd dierent bt the cnceptthey tand r k dierent t. t iti pibe t dig deeper, t cear thrghthe dense orest cncepta rame-

wrk, and ak: dnt a thee wrdpint t an eperience that ecipe reave behind the hman eperience

I t i impitic t ay that the rei-gin the wrd are a the ame.Tey are ceary nt. t it i aimpitic t ay that the reigin the

wrd are dierent that they harenthing at a in cmmn. Tat i nttre either. Reigin d hare mch incmmn, bt pinin can vary abt

what it i that i hared amng reiginand where it i that they dier.

me it eem reanabe t armthat every reigin ha mething niqet cntribte t the reigi cnci-ne the wrd. I it didnt, it wd ntny nt rvive r ng bt wdnt re-ay be a religion in the bet ene the

term. very reigin which ha rvivedthe tet time i pecia and, cre,dierent rm ther reigin.

It ha been ggeted by me thatwhie reigin the wrd dier cn-ideraby in their social aspect(baed a iti n ctre, angageand the ymband image that emerge rm them),they are remarkaby ce t ne antherin their experiential aspect(baed n thedirect eperience what ie beyndthe enry ed). Ti ha ed t the

idea that reigin the wrd, whie ndbt dierent, are eentiay the ame.Ti idea i tantaizing and wecmed bymany. Other reit it, becae it raieevera qetin: wh get t decide

what the essential part reigin i?Since the cia apect dierent rei-gin are bviy dierent, hd weameand pn what evidencethatthe eperientia apect the reiginare the ame (r even imiar)? id theenlightened ones the dierent reigin

eperience the ame thing?ne thee i an eay qetin tanwer, primariy becae there i nniveray accepted denitin eventhe wrd religion, what t peak wrdch a enlightenmentr religious experi-ence. What make mething a religion?Can mething be caed a religion jtbecae it wer identiy it a ch?

Tere i n nivera agreement abtthe natre what get decribed areligion. I reigin primariy a cia

phenmenn r a pirita qet? Rei-

mrtaity, imperectin, bndage, andignrance? Freed rm their thegicatrapping, it wd eem that the wrdpint t an eperience mething that

every hman being eek. It wd eemthat where hman being dier i in thehow their qet, nt in the what their prize. t the prize get cthed indierent wrd and hng pn dierent

ramewrk and then itk very dierent.

Simiary, it ipibe t kat the dierent

wrd ch ad, ah, vara,

reat Spirit, evenmptine, andw nd er whet h-er they pint t

the ame rth reing bt cnceived

dierenty ince it i viewed rm theene dierent mind. ecae theene are dierent, the anwer t theeqetin are dierent a we: I the U-timate with rm r rme r beyndeven the cncept orm? I the Utimate

with attribte r attribtee r beyndeven the cncept attribute? evermind the dierent anwer, bt dethat neceariy make the Utimate di-erent t? I it i c aimed that there aredierent Utimate, then nne them

wd be mch an Ultimate, ne wewant t g back t a mch imperbtincreaingy prbematicairmatinthat ne wn Ultimate i tre and ather are ae.

Once we begin t earch r nity in

the midt diverity, there i n tp-ping. It i pibe t d thi careyand repecty, witht diminihingthe anctity, beaty and imprtance diverity. I we perit in r ert tk deepy int the dierences betweenreigin, we may make mre tartingdicverie. Whie the practice di-erent reigin are bviy dierent,i it reay impibe t nd thing thatthey hare in cmmn? Mt reiginadvcate practice ch a prayer, wr-

hip, cntempatin, and efe ervice.

Sooner or later we allrealize that all religionsare only so many labels:they play an important

role in our lives butit is good not to remainconfined to these

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Te detai regarding theethe hwand the whenwi be dierent andthe why wi be anwered thrgh thethegica ramewrk every rei-gin. t the eence the practice, inmy pinin, i hared acr reigibndarie. Te engaged in prayer andther pirita practice, irrepective

their reigi aiatin, are trying ttrancend their hman imitatin byempying the mean prvided by theiraith traditin.

It i pibe t aciate a reigipractice with the dierent actie the hman mind. Tere are practice thatprimariy empy the acty rean;ther e eeing and emtin; yetther, wi-pwer. ny practice thathep t etabih a reatinhip r cn-nectin between the individa and d

i a pirita practice, and i caed yga.Yga i a Sankrit wrd meaning tyoker t joinin thi cae, it jin the h-man being with the ivine eing, r thecreatre with the Creatr. ependingn which acty the hman mind idminant in any practice, the yga havebeen caied by Swami ivekanandaint r grp: karma yga (the path efe wrk), bhakti yga (the path ve r devtin), jnana yga (the path phiphy r rean), and raja yga (the

path cntempatin).Sner r ater we a reaize that areigin are ny many labels: theypay an imprtant re in r ive bt iti gd nt t remain cnned t theeabe rever. t me pint r cn-cine mt rie beynd what each ee a myreigin. Tere i a Re-igin (with a capita R) that trancenda reigin (with a ma r). eing acitizen a cntry i gd and hep,bt at me eve we mt reaize that

we are a, imtaney, citizen the wrd. Te ame i tre in the ed reigin a we.

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sri chaitanyaby swami prabhavananda

(Tis article has been compiled, with onlyslight editing, rom two articles by the lateSwami Prabhavananda which appeared in

theice India September and October1938.ed.)

In Sri Chaitanya i t be nd thecminatin and ment thephiphy and the reigin ve.aihnavim, which ithe phiphica e-prein the idea ve r d, thrghhim hered in a newera in the ctra ie enga. Sme ne

ha trthy aid: Ithas ound exquisite ex-pression in lyrical poetryand music in a richlyemotional school o devo-tional hymns which hasbeen a peculiar contribu-tion o Bengal. EveryBengali has in his blood aliberal dose o this sweetreligion o love as a cul-tural inheritance.

ven mre than hiphiphy, it i SriChaitanya pre and gente character, hiectatic ve r d, weetneand ving-kindne, that ha red, andti de re, the heart the pepe enga. He knew n ditinctin cater creed in hi verfwing ve r dand man; a men, whether they were in-ner r aint, were t him bt creatre d, and hi heart verfwed withkindne and ympathy r the wy, the

ering, and the detitte. S hi veryname ecite genine pirita emtinin the heart the wh knw him.Hi wer ee in him Krihna rebrnin the feh.

Sri Chaitanya wa brn in the year5 at avadwip, at that time a arge cityin enga and the eat Sankrit earn-ing, particary grammar and gic.Hi parent t their rt eight chidren,a them daghter, in inancy, and theninth, a by, named iwarpa, at an eary

age, entered a mnatery in Sthern In-

dia. Sri Chaitanya wa the ynget n.He wa given the name ihwambhar,nicknamed imai. He wa a caed

ar r ranga (air-cmpeined)becae the eqiite beaty hipern. Te name Sri Krihna Chaitanyahe received ater hi acceptance in therder mnk.

a ma baby he wa aicted withprnged t weeping, the ny rem-edy r which hi mther nd t be thechanting the name Hari (d). a by, he wa michie and tkpeare in teaing ther and payingprank, mre than in tdy.

He t hi ather when he wa eevenyear d. It wa then that the by eri-y bent hime t matering hi tdie in

iteratre and grammar and ther branch-e knwedge. He became the ppi the we-knwn teacher Sankrit earn-ing, adeva Sarababhama, the amnder e-gic (abya-yaya) the enga ch in cnjnctin with hibriiant ppi Raghnath.

n intereting try i td the rea-tin between Raghnath and the yngChaitanya. Te rmer, a ew-tdent,being at wrk pn hi am treatie ngic, earned that Chaitanya wa writing

a bk the ame character. king hi

riend t read a ew page t him, he grewdipirited. I cherihed a hpe, he repiedt a qetin rm Chaitanya, eaving

a name behind me, bt I reaize that mywrk wi nt be read i yr i given tthe pbic.

thi Chaitanya repied: Ti triviamatter mt nt ditrb y. I wi ee

that yr wrk i rec-gnized. Terepn hethrew hi wn man-cript int the ange.

Tgh he had ntyet cmpeted hi ed-catin, at iteen he

pened a ch hiwn at avadwip, andin that city he gainedame a ne thegreatet teacher grammar and gic hi time, and hndred tdent fcked thim. ring thi pe-rid hi ie he wrtea bk n Sankritgrammar, which wa

widey ed.t the age twen-ty-tw r twenty-three, he departed pna pigrimage t aya, the ite a amtempe dedicated t ihn. It wa ataya that ddha, centrie bere, atnder the dhi tree in meditatin andattained iminatin. nd here the yngSri Chaitanya, then knwn a imaiPandit, whie wrhipping at the eet ihn, received a dden iminatinthat tranrmed hi whe being. ear

red dwn hi cheek and he t himein ectay. mngt the pigrim wa amnk, Iwar Pri, a annyain the r-der Samkara, wh had met Chaitanyabere and knew him r a great char.w he recgnized in him a great devteea he witneed hi ectatic cnditin.Chaitanya aked r being at the hand Iwar Pri, wh then initiated him intthe wrhip Krihna.

imai retrned t avadwip a changedman. Te nrivaed chatic debater, the

grammarian, the gician, nw diap-

treasure rom the attic

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. Te kirtan, which i cmped the manyname Krihna tgether with Hi variattribte, i ng t the accmpaniment certain mica intrment. Te devtee jinin the inging and dance in ectatic jy. Te rtchant cmped by Sri Chaitanya a he ceddwn hi ch, rn th: Hari Haraye nama,Krihna Jadavaya nama, paa, vinda,

Rama, Sri Madhdana.

peared. Intead, there preented itebere men a erene, eated pern, cn-tinay chanting Krihna, Krihna. Hirmer tdent gathered abt him a

wa their ctm, bt he cd n ngerteach them. rther, he cried, I cann nger give y en. Whenever Iattempt t epain anything t y, I ee

bere me the itte by Krihna, payingpn hi fte. Y had better eek mether teacher. Terepn he ang a kir-tan, which ha cme dwn t thi day andi ng by the aihnava enga.

w there gathered rnd the materdevtee wh wd meet tgether andnd jy in the cntempatin d.S did Sri Chaitanya becme a greatpirita rce in the city avadwip,and the ive many nbeiever weretranrmed by the tch thi d-

inticated man. Sme the dicipein ater year payed an imprtant part inpreaching hi meage ve and givingpeace and cnatin t many a hngry.

t the age twenty-ive, bt twyear ater hi cnverin at aya, SriChaitanya wa eized by a brning deirer rennciatin. Swami rga Chaitanyaharati, a wer Sri Chaitanya andhi bigrapher, write thi: Te story oGourangas renunciation has ew parallels in

history. Te heart-rending story o his renun-ciation when he let his aged mother, lovingyoung wie, and all Navadwip bewailing hisseparation, soon spread in all directions andmoved the people in a way that nothing elsedid beore in Bengal. Tis story has since beencarried to the urthest corners o the countrythrough poetry, songs, ballads, dramas, anddiscourses, and yet even ater these ourhundred and orty-our years it has not lostin the least in its original pathos. Tere is noman or woman, young or old, who even to

this day hearing o Gourangas renunciationis not moved to tears.

He then tk mnatic vw at thehand Keava harati, a wer the rder Samkara. Keava harati

he reated hw in a dream he had received theMahavakyathe acred trth, attamasiT art Tata reveaed t the eer the Upanihad, and the great aintand phipher Samkara accepted a cntaining the very eence timate trth.Kehava harati, in initiating ranga int the myterie the ie a mnk, ainitiated him int thi ame Mahavakya.

Whatever phiphy may have been cdied by hi dicipe int a ytem, thigreat aint dicvered an eentia harmny between ve and knwedge. Hi big-rapher te that he peed a da pernaity. On the ne hand, whie he wa in

samadhi, having t cncine the ter wrd and a ene meand mine,he taght men that he wa ne with d; n the ther, pn hi retrn t nrmacncine, he remained a ver d and he cd nt bear the thght that he

wa ne with d.In the nrma tate cncine he deired t tate the weetne gar and

nt becme gar. Sri Ramakrihna ha epained thi attitde by remarking that ikean eephant, he had tw et teeth, ne with which t chew hi d, the ther with

which t deend hime rm tide btace. Sri Chaitanya mved in tw tate cncine. Whie in the nrma tate, he wa a dait: he wa the ver d,and d wa the eved. In amadhi, hwever, he reaized the trth nn-daim,the ver and the eved became ne. the tide wrd and r the ma men,he preached the idea ve and the phiphy daim; and t the chen ew he

preached the highet trth, which he dared nt revea t a men, wh are nt preparedt receive it, the preme trth nn-daim. Ti baic principe i crrbrated byhi am cnveratin with Ramananda Ry:

SriChaitanya: What i the ga ie?Disciple: man mt w the re and injnctin a precribed in the Scriptre.

Ti i the mean attaining devtin.Sri Chaitanya: Ti i the eterna part reiginny a mean, nt the ga.

What net?Disciple: Srrendering the rit actin t Krihna.Sri Chaitanya: Ti, t, i eterna. What net?Disciple: evtin that arie rm e-rrender.Sri Chaitanya: Ti, t, i eterna. What net?

Disciple: evtin with knwedge.Sri Chaitanya: Ti, t, i eterna. What net?Disciple: Pre devtin, which knw n rean.Sri Chaitanya: Tat i gd. rther.Disciple: Lving devtin i the bet.Sri Chaitanya: Tat i gd. rther.Disciple: Te pirit ervice t Krihna.Sri Chaitanya: Tat i gd. What net?Disciple: ve Krihna a a riend.Sri Chaitanya: Tat i very gd. rther.Disciple: ve Krihna a a chid.Sri Chaitanya: Tat i a gd. rther.

Disciple: ve Krihna a the beved bridegrm.Sri Chaitanya: Ti i n dbt the rthet ga. t te me i there i any attain-ment rther than thi.

Disciple: My ndertanding de nt reach beynd thi. t there i anther tagecaed Prem-Vilas-Vivarta,

Te bigrapher Sri Chaitanya recrd that at thi pint Sri Chaitanya tppedRamananda rm peaking, indicating thereby that the highet trth, the highet ecret,mt nt be divged. Prem-Vilas-Vivartai the trth mytic nin, wherein therei n nger the ditinctin between the ver and the beved. In thi i reaized thetrth nn-daimat wam asiT art Tat.

It i intereting t nte in thi cnnectin that Sri Chaitanya, thgh he did ntaccept Samkara dctrine maya, nwhere dennced Samkara a did mt the

phipher the dctrine ve, wh preceded him. On the cntrary, it i recrded


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by the dicipe Chaitanya that theirmater very painy tated that Samkara

wrte hi cmmentary and epndedhi phiphy by the direct cmmand d.

t t retrn t the try Chait-anya:

ter hi initiatin int the mnatic

rder he et t r Pri, a we-knwnpace pigrimage. Tere he reided rmany year, with ccaina departrer preaching r teaching. t ne timehe tred Sthern India, viiting and

wrhipping in many the tempewitht prejdice againt ther rm rapect the ne dhead. He a paid

. Sri Chaitanya did nt cmment n the BrahmaSutras a did hi predecer. Once he re-marked that the Bhagavata Purana i the betcmmentary n the Brahma Sutras. aadevaidyabhan, ne hi wer, hwever,wrte a cmmentary, caIed Govinda Bhasya, in

which he pprted the Chaitanya phiphy.

a viit t rindaban, the hy eat theaihnava, where Krihna had engagedin hi divine pay with the hepherd andhepherdee. he preent rindabanwe mch t Sri Chaitanya and hi di-cipe, wh reced the hy pace rmbivin.

Hi at day were pent in Pri. Here

hi vermatering cnming ve rd iteray fded the cntry rndabt. In the empe Pri hi infencecntine t be et.

ring mt the at tweve year hi ie at Pri, Chaitanya ived in a-madhi and in the tate midway betweenamadhi and nrma cncine. In

Chant the name o the Lord and His gloryunceasingly,

Tat the mirror o the heart may bewiped clean,

And quench that mighty orest re,Worldly lust, raging uriously within.Oh name, stream down in moonlight

on the lotus heart,Opening its cup to knowledge o thysel.Oh sel, drown deep in the waves o

His bliss,Chanting His name continually,asting His nectar at every step,Bathing in His name, that bath or

weary souls.

Various are thy names, oh Lord,In each and every name Ty power resides.No times are set, no rites are needul,

or chanting o thy name,So vast is Ty mercy.How huge, then, is my wretchedness,Who nd, in this empty lie and heart,No devotion to Ty name!

Oh, my mind,Be humbler than a blade o grass,Be patient and orbearing like the tree,ake no honor to thysel,Give honor to all,Chant unceasingly the name o the Lord.

Oh, Lord and soul o the universe,Mine is no prayer or wealth or retinue,Te playthings o lust or the toys o ame;As many times as I may be reborn,Grant me, oh Lord, a steadast

love or Tee.

A drowning man in this worldsearul ocean

Is Ty servant, oh sweet One.In Ty mercyConsider him as dust beneath Ty eet.

Ah, how I long or the dayWhen an instants separation rom Tee,

Oh Govinda,Will be as a thousand years,When my heart burns away with its desire,And the world, without Tee, is a

heartless void.

Prostrate at Ty eet let me be, inunwavering devotion,

Neither imploring the embrace o

Tine armsNor bewailing the withdrawal o

Ty PresenceTough it tears my heart asunder.Oh Tou, who stealest the hearts o

Ty devotees,Do with me what Tou wiltFor Tou art my hearts beloved,

Tou and Tou alone.

thee tate, he wa ike a mad ver Krihna, metime enjying the weet-ne nin with Krihna, and againering the pang eparatin rmHim, and thee pang were a weet.

Te paing Sri Chaitanya i hrd-ed in mytery, hi bigrapher giving ncertain accnt it. Mt them, hw-

ever, d recrd the act that he entereda tempe and came t n mre, impydiappearing at the age rty-eight. Sthere eit the beie that in the image d, in that empe, Sri Chaitanya iver eternity.

C N L

(Ti pem wa riginay cmped in Sankrit by Sri Chaitanya. Te tranatin iby Swami Prabhavananda and Chritpher Iherwd. Ti pem i recited regary

in many edanta Center.ed.)

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ne the traditina reiginhave anything gd t ay abthpping, a vice t which manyin r witched-n, gimme-gimme wrd

are nrtnatey addicted. t theregd new r hpper wh are tryingt break the habit, r an p-and-cming

yng gr ha devied a adhana de-igned pecicay t cre them. Pepe

wh may have a weakner hpping can benetgreaty rm hi prgram.

aba hga-airagi ia adh wh ha ndedan rganizatin caedthe Sadhana Sabha. Hi

prpe i t wean piri-ta apirant away rmwhatever vice theyre mtaddicted t. Crrenty himt ppar prgramare the witter Sadhana,the eting Sadhana, andthe Cephne Sadhana.

Tee have ppanted theder Internet Sadhanaand eeviin Sadhana a the dicipinethat addre the mt eri need

cntemprary pirita apirant.aba hga-airagi brrw (we dntay he tea) a ea rm the Zen pepeby bdy tating hi ndamenta prin-cipe in the intrdctry mde t hiShpping Sadhana: et Shpping I Shpping. matter what y may bethinking bying, y dnt need it. I

y needed it, yd aready have it. Teact that yve ived thi ng witht itprve that it i ttery perf t yrie. S pt that hpping cart back where

y gt it, pt yr credit card back inyr waet, jmp back in yr car, andpt a mch pace a pibe between

yre and that endih rtre thathe every evi that cme between yand yr pirita prgre: the hppingma.

a, a Je wiey remind , thepirit i wiing, bt the feh i weak.(Matthew :; Mark :.) It i verydict r hpeey addicted hppert w the tern advice immrtaized

in the paragraph abve. I it were that

eay, the Shpping Sadhana wd ntbe needed at a.

Oten a hband and wie wi ghpping tgether. ter the prper

anti-hpping pirit, aba hga-airagigive them a new, edanta-riendy deig-natin. Te hband i the ahadharmi the wie, wh in trn i hi ahadharmini.

Tee tw term tranate rather awk-

wardy a c-practitiner dharma.T armred in reigi termingy,

the dharmic d wi be better eqippedt reit the iren ng gdie beggingt be bght.

Having agreed that hpping i, inprincipe, wicked, the ahadharmi andahadharmini wi make a pact t by aitte a they can piby endre. Tey

wi rtiy themeve by chanting thenti-Shpping Mantra: btinence ithe way t immrtaity; retraint ead tredemptin; rennciatin rck. theyenter the prta the maignant mega-

ma, treading a danger path that cdead t their pirita annihiatintheymt g their eparate way.

Te man mt pend a hi time in thewmen ectin. He wi brwe thrghaie ater aie cmetic, perme,kin cnditiner, eyeiner, hamp,and ace cream. He wi e hime ina ea wmen wear, with it night-gwn, evening gwn, eqined pre,high-heeed he, and ancy hat. Mtimprtant a, he mt immere him-

e in the jewery ectin, with it acre

diamnd neckace, gden braceet,rnamented brche, pendant, watche,ring, and gitzy babe, a priced atm rivaing the U.S. natina debt.

It i amt certain that the man wiby nthing. He wi emerge, dazedand tramatized, with an aching head, abrken pirit, and a hardened averin tentering a hpping ma ever again.

He ha cmpeted avita tage in hi adhana.He ha attained vairagya,rennciatin. Freed rmthe bndage attach-ment, the tman ingingr jy within him, he

retire trimphant t thecar t await hi wie.Hi wie, meanwhie,

mt avid ike death theectin rm which herhband ha jt emerged.Intead, he mt im-mere here in the menectin. She mt brwethrgh mie ater mie

t in the hardware department,with it vie, camp, eectric aw, pwer

dri, ander, wrenche, and hammer.She mt epre the vatne thecamping and prt department, withit tent, backpack, eeping bag, cram-pn, ice ae, rpe, carabiner, barbe,dmbbe, tne machine, hing rd,g cb, tenni racqet, baketba,tba, baeba bat, and a the ac-cmpanying regaia.

Te eperience wi cnrm her in apicin he ha away harbred: menare crazy. Shaking her head in dibeie,

he wi eit the men department with-t making a inge prchae.Retrning t the car, he wi rejin her

hband, bth nw accmpihed bhga-vairagi. Rennce and enjy! ing theIsha Upanishad. Or heric cpe ha ac-cmpihed thi. eed are they amngadhaka!

t they mt beware, r the tempternare i ever preent. Once in the car, theymight a int a diage ike thi ne:

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pern rm d. Once the eg i eimi-nated, the individa met away ind-cncinebecme ne withd. Ti reedm the individa

rm the bndage the ae eg i thega a the yga, accrding t Swamiivekananda. Ti i a caed d-reaizatin. Te end and aim Ygai t reaize d, ay the Swami. (TeComplete Works

I. Page .)He a accept the ther meaning

the wrd yga, which mean a methd ra et dicipine that hep an apirantattain that ga. earn thee dicipinene need a cmpetent teacher. Yga can

ny be aey earnt by direct cntact with

yoga in the eyes o vivekanandaby swami bhaskarananda

he Sankrit wrd yogaha mrethan meaning. he mean-ing are a divere a magic,a vehice, py, ecret agent, traitr, en-

deavr, prpriety, nin, yke, deep andabtract meditatin, and a the ch phiphy nded by the great agePatanjai.

In the cntet pirita ie, the wrdyogaha been ed by the Bhagavad Gitat mean vari dicipine eading tpirita enightenment r iberatin. Tedicipine are Sankhya-Yga, Karma-

Yga, Jnana-Yga, Sannyaa-Yga,hyana-Yga, ijnana-Yga, k-hara-rahma-Yga, Raja-Yga,

ibhti-Yga, and hakti-Y-ga.Te yga ytem Pa-

tanjai e the wrd yogat mean it we-deinedga creating a tate the mind where there in thght. Kriya-Ygai a mentined a thepreiminary tep t thatga.

Other than a thee

yga , there i a Hatha-Yga, whichteache me phyicaptre and reated tech-niqe t keep the bdyheathy. When the bdy idieaed, the mind i tenaected by it, and cannttrive r pirita enighten-ment. herere, Hatha-Ygapt great emphai n makingthe bdy perect. t there i a

prbem aciated with Hatha-Yga. mch emphai n the bdy can ea-iy make a pern beed with the idea maintaining ny a heathy bdy, ratherthan pring the pirita ga. Te naga Hatha-Yga i rgtten, and neend p being a bdy-wrhipper.

Yga, accrding t Swami ivekanan-da, mean unionthe nin the man with the preme S r d. (TeComplete Works o Swami Vivekananda, vol.VIII, p. 36.) Ti nin i n ther than

getting rid the ae eg that eparate a

a teacher, ay Swami ivekananda.ccrding t Hindim pepe can

be divided int r brad categrie:() the emtina pern, () the ratina

pern, () the meditative pern and ()the habitay veractive pern. theyare each temperamentay dierent rmne anther, the ame pirita dicipineare nt itabe r a them. Hindimer them r dierent path. ach thee path i a yga.

he path itabe r an emtinapern i the Yga evtin r the

Path Wrhip, a caed hakti-Yga in Sankrit. Te path itabe

r the ratina pern i the

Yga Rat ina Inqir y rPhiphy. Ti path i caedJnana-Yga in Sankrit. Fr

the meditative pern theitabe pirita path i thePath Menta Cncen-tratin r Pychic Cntr.It i caed Raja-Yga inSankrit. Fr the habit-ay veractive pernthe Yga Right c-tin i the right path.

Ti path i a caedKarma-Yga.Swami ivekananda

recgnize thee r y-ga a r majr mean

achieving the reedm the . When the be-

cme ree it y manietit inherent divinity. In the

wrd Swami ivekananda:Each soul is potentially divine.

he goal is to maniest this divine

within, by controlling nature, externaland internal. Do this either by work, or wor-ship, or psychic control or philosophyby one,or more, or all o theseand be ree. Tis isthe whole o religion. Doctrines, or dogmas,or rituals, or books, or temples, or orms, arebut secondary details.

ven thgh each thee yga igeneray meant r pepe a particartemperament, Swami ivekananda dent think that the yga are independent

watertight cmpartment. ccrding t

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eh. Fr the reedm r wehave t give p thi ehne. Swamiivekananda ay, reedm i t be at-tained ny by perect nehne; everythght, wrd, r deed that i nehtake tward the ga.... (Te CompleteWorks Page )

hakti-Yga teache a devtee t ve

d ane, and t d a hi activitie ntr hi wn peare, bt r the peare d. Ti i the practice neh-ne thrgh ve d.

Jnana-Yga teache it wer t di-identiy with their bdy-mind cmpein rder t maniet the within. Inther wrd, Jnana-Yga a teache thepractice nehne.

Te ga Raja-Yga i amprajnataSamadhi, the highet pirita eve at-tainabe thrgh the practice yga. In

rder t achieve thi amadhi a piritaapirant ha t vercme me btace,ne which i amita r egim. mitacae the identicatin ne mind

with the ene. mita i the rt cae ehne. It ha t be given p in r-der t reach the ga Raja-Yga.

ha been aid earier, a Karma-Ygiha t give p hi attachment t the rit hi actin. ttachment i n therthan eh invvement. Terere, thepractice Karma-Yga i a a practice

nehne.T, we can cncde that the cm-mn principe nderying a the r

yga i neihne. Uneihneane can ead t r pirita reedm.Swami ivekananda idea integratin the r yga i jtied by the abveargment.

pernaity ne hd take advantage a the r yga. In aying heeche the teaching hi teacher, SriRamakrihna. He pint t that Sri Ra-makrihna did nt encrage p-idedgrwth in pirita ie. Sri Ramakrihnaiked a-rnd pirita devepment. SriRamakrihna ie i a gwing eampe

thi a-rnd pirita grwth. What wahe? Wa he a hakti-Ygi, a Jnana-Ygi, aRaja-Ygi, r a Karma-Ygi?

Te anwer i that he wa a them.In hi we-integrated pirita ie a ther yga nd their et eprein.

Te be-areate pet India, Rabi-ndranath agre, cnrmed thi in thewing ine that he wrte a a tribtet Sri Ramakrihna:

Diverse courses o worship rom variedsprings o ulllment have mingled in your

meditation. Te maniold joy o the Innitehas given orm to a shrine o unity in your liewhere rom ar and near arrive salutationsto which I join mine own.

In hi wn qiet way Sri Ramakrihnawa a a rermer. Trgh hi wn ieeampe, he brght abt a wnderrerm in traditina Hindim. He brkedwn the wa arnd the r yga, t ay, and practiced them tgether inrder t maniet hi divinity. Ti waa departre rm the pre-eiting idea

that a pern hd practice ny thene type yga that it hi tempera-ment. ccrding t Swami ivekananda,a pirita apirant ike Sri Ramakrihna,

wh became eqay deveped in a theyga, i the greatet ygi.

Severa thand year bere SriRamakrihna, anther great rermer Hindim came. He wa Sri Krihna. He

wanted t rerm the d Hind reigitraditin perrming rita with thehpe achieving eterna heaven. Sri

Krihna pinted t that it wa nt p-ibe r a pern with hi nite bdy andmind, t perrm an innite amnt

wrk. imited amnt rita cannever prdce an nimited eect, cha iving in heaven thrght eternity.Limited rita can ny prdce imitedret.

Trgh the perrmance imitedritaitic actin, ne might g t heaven,bt ater a whie the nite eect therita wd wear , then ne wd

have t be brn again n earth. Sch a

pern wd never be abe t achievethe reedm hi . Sri Krihna,therere, taght a new techniqe rperrming actin. He intrcted pepet wrk witht epecting ret. nd hecaed that techniqe Karma-Yga. It waa revtinary idea intrdced by him atthat time.

He a gave a new denitin a tremnk and a ygi. ccrding t the ancientHind traditin, a mnk wd have tgive p hi amiy ie and tp perrm-ing the reigi dtie a hehder.He wd nt have t wrk r a iving.Intead he wd maintain hime bybegging d rm hehder.

Sri Krihna caimed that ch a pernwa nt neceariy a tre mnk. tremnk i ne wh wrk, bt de nt e-pect the ret hi wrk. ccrding t

thi new denitin by Sri Krihna, even ahehder cd be caed a tre mnkand a ygi, a ng a he wrked withtepecting the rit hi wrk. In ther

wrd, Sri Krihna emphaized the gry Karma-Yga mre than any ther ygamentined by him in the Bhagavad Gita.

iak, a great Indian char, ed t cathe Bhagavad GitaKarma-Yga Rahayar Te Secret Karma-Yga. ccrd-ing t iak, the principa meage theBhagavad Gitawa the meage Karma

Yga.Swami ivekananda caim that apirita apirant cd imtaneypractice a r yga and reach piritareedm i baed n hi reaizatin thateach thee yga, either directy r in-directy, teache nehne. Sehnei n ther than identicatin with rbdy-mind cmpe. When we identiy

with r bdy, mind and ene, we are

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ered a bn ne thand dart any empyee wh cd cme p witha way aving mney.

Te bn went t a yng wman inaccnting wh ggeted imiting tre

bne t ten dar.

W A R

One day the zkeeper nticed thatthe rangtan wa reading tw bkthe ibe and arwin On the Origin oSpecies. In rprie he aked the ape, Whyare y reading bth the bk?

We, aid the rangtan, I jtwanted t knw i I wa my brtherkeeper r my keeper brther.

A L S

Chartte, rth Carina, awyerprchaed a b very rare and epen-

ive cigar, then inred them againt reamng ther thing. Within a mnth,having mked hi entire tckpie thee great cigar and witht yet havingmade even hi rt premim payment nthe picy, the awyer ed a caim againtthe inrance cmpany. In hi caim, theawyer tated the cigar were t in a e-rie ma re. Te inrance cmpanyreed t pay, citing the bvi rean:

Tat the man had cnmed the cigar inthe nrma ahin.

Te awyer edand wn! In deiver-

humor the spice o lieR

Q. What tay in bed mt the dayand metime ge t the bank?

. tream.Q. What the dierence between a

mician and a aving bnd?. One them eventay matre andearn mney.

Q. What the dierence between agd awyer and a bad awyer?

. bad awyer can et a cae drag tr evera year. gd awyer can makeit at even nger.

Q. What de a Hind wih a riendn hi birthday?

. May y nt have manyhappy retrn.

Q. Why didnt the h-band peak t hi wie r mnth?

. He didnt want t inter-rpt her.

O W

I am nt yng engh tknw everything. (Ocar Wide,5, wa an Irih drama-tit, nveit, & pet)

E U B

Jan went t a pychiatrit.c, he aid, Ive gt big trbe.very time I get int bed, I think theremebdy nder it. m I ging crazy?

Jt pt yre in my hand r neyear, aid the hrink, Cme t me threetime a week, and I cre yr ear.

Hw mch d y charge? hndred dar per viit.

I think abt it, aid Jan.Si mnth ater the dctr met Jann the treet. Why didnt y ever cmet ee me again? aked the pychiatrit.

Fr a hndred bck a viit? way!Intead, my handyman cred me r5.

I that ! Hw?He ct the eg my bed!

S M

Faced with hard time, the cmpany

ing the ring the jdge agreed with theinrance cmpany that the caim wariv. Te jdge tated, neverthee,that the awyer hed a picy rm thecmpany in which it had warranted that

the cigar were inrabe and a gar-anteed that it wd inre them againtre, witht dening what i cnideredt be nacceptabe re, and wa bigatedt pay the caim. Rather than endre aengthy and cty appea prce, theinrance cmpany accepted the ring,and paid 5, t the awyer r therare cigar t in the re.

ter the awyer cahed thecheck, the inrance cmpanyhad him arreted n cnt

RSO!!!! With hi wninrance caim and tetimnyrm the previ cae beinged againt him, the awyer wacnvicted intentinay brn-ing hi inred prperty and waentenced t mnth in jaiand a , ne.

T P

When tw enemie ght, it

an eye r an eye.When tw egtit meet, itan I r an I.

B C

pediatrician in twn away pay agame with me hi yng patient tpt them at eae and tet their knwedge bdy part.

One day, whie pinting t a itteby ear, the dctr aked him, I thi

yr ne?Immediatey the itte by trned thi mther and aid, Mm, I think wedbetter nd a new dctr!

T M R

patr and hi wie were riding veryat n a mtrcyce. chrch mem-ber that wa a piceman tpped himprmpty, and aid, What d y think

y are ding? Y were ging mighty

at there, patr.

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Te piceman patr aid, We werejt taking the bike r a pint eehw it rn.

Te piceman hk hi head. Imging t have t give y a ticket. riv-ing ike that int ae. What i y had anaccident?

Te preacher aid, nt wrry, myn. Je i with .

Te piceman aid, In that cae, Ihave t bk y. Tree pepe are nt

awed t ride n a mtrcyce.

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man and hi wie were itting intheir iving rm and he aid t her,Jt y knw, I never want t ivein a vegetative tate, dependent n memachine and fid rm a btte. I thatever happen, jt p the pg.

Hi wie gt p, npgged the andthrew t a hi beer.

Ex

mtrit wa n tria r hitting apedetrian. Te mtrit awyer madethi pint: Yr hnr, my cient habeen driving r ver thirty year.

which the awyer r the paintiretrted: Yr hnr, i we are ging t

jdge thi cae by eperience, may I re-mind y that my cient ha been wakingr ver ty year.

I N Y C C

Te awyer r the acced thie: YrHnr, I want t bring t yr attentin

jt hw nair it i r my cient t beacced thet. He arrived in ew YrkCity ny a week ag and barey knwhi way arnd.

What mre, he ny peak a ewwrd ngih. S the accatinbrght againt him are nt ny nair,bt have n bai whatever.

Te Jdge ked ver at the deendant

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Man: Say, weetheart, d y ppewe might g back inide r jt a min-te? Id ike t check t me the newpwer t they may have.

Wman: We, there a new permeIve been dying t try. I ppe we mightg in jt r a minte.

I ch a bverive diage takepace, each mt vehementy ppe thewicked deign the ther. I they ait d , a their ert wi have beenin vain: the entire ediice piritaachievement they have carey cn-trcted wi cme crahing dwn abttheir ear in a bizzard ae receiptand maed-t credit card.

In preenting hi prgram adha-na, aba hga-airagi wa nce aked,What cme net? Having eradicated

the hpping rge, wi the nbe cpenw g n t cae the height d-reaizatin?

he adh eye twinked, and hetrked hi beard. h, he chcked. Frthat they have t pre higher tdie,

which are beynd the cpe my pr-gram. I recmmend that they g t theedantit.

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Whie a riend and I were viiting nnapi, we nticed evera tdentn their hand and knee aeing the crtyard with penci and cipbardin hand.

What are they ding? I aked r tr gide.ach year, he repied with a grin, Te ppercamen ak the rehmen hw

many brick it tk t nih thi crtyard.

S what the anwer? my riend aked him when we were t earht the rehmen.

Te gide repied impy, One.

and ized him p and dwn. He thenprceeded t ak wy and ditincty:Jthwmchngihcan

ypeak?Te deendant ked p at the jdge

and aid: ive me yr waet!

A C Global Vedanta

Global Vedantawi gady cnider ar-tice, petry, hmr, etc. bmitted rpbicatin. Te bject matter hd bereigi, ctra, r edcatina, and mtappea t a genera and brad-mindedreaderhip. rtice hd be entertainingand yet btantia, and be within 100 t1700 wrd in ength (nt eceeding 2000

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poets corner

M M

Put rules away with all things heardo ins and outs and ups and downs,

law and logic is absurd,

where paradox abounds.Serpents here dont bite

but beguile,to cast about a deeper night,so you stay a longer while,heedless o the loss o sight.

Here dragons live on rich delights,to enjoy on balmy nights,

in the best o all possible worldsuntil the fag o truth unurls

to showall the things we did not know,and while we strived to be,

all the truths we could not see

Angels glories, by and by,are mushroom clouds up in the sky,and in the gloom o musty death,

babies take their rst breath.In this strange land, belies,

grow the seeds o many gries.Bright spirits that come to inspire

become demons burning some in re,while gnomes, ghosts, spirits, sprites,in and out, dance their delights

and learned lunatics shout,to tell us what its all about.

In Mayas gloom we do not knowthat doing good makes badness grow,

and all the play o lie and deathhangs each second on the breath.

So conused and perplexed,

the vaunted marvels o each age,become the problems o the next;

as brilliant illusions are believed,by those who love to be deceived.

In bright daylight but in the dark,our knowledge is so small a spark,in ignorance we live and breathe,

how the magic does deceive!

Rhyme and reason there is none;the multitude equals one.

But comes the marvellous, reeing, daywhen this awul lie becomes a playbecause beyond all doubt we know,

all the worlds a shadow-show.

Ten amazed and aghastat this te o magic, ask,

what magician made it be,such an impenetrable mystery?

Stand amazed and aghast,at the minute and the vast,

with intricacies o balances and checks,giving lie to single-cell amoebas,

and Brontosaurus Rex.

Look back, amazed and aghast,

at the history o our past,to now human, rom the ape

and on to Gods at last;escape,

rom death and birthand the bondage o the earth.

Laugh and be ree,love marvels and mystery;

nd,Samsara is a state o mind.

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WISDOM OF CHANAKYA

Chanakya, also known as Kautilya, isbelieved to have lived in India in the4th century B.C. Among other things,

he wrote some Sanskrit couplets calledShlokas. Some o them are givenbelow.

W He i yr tre riend, wh i with

y dring etivitie, amine,pitica trmi, r when y havet appear in the crt having been

acced mething, a we adring yr nera.

F Whie traveing in a reign cntry,

charhip i ne riend; whie athme, ne mther i the riend;dring ine, medicine i ne

riend; and r a departed piri-ta practice perrmed dring hi

r her ietime i the riend.

W Te trength the bject ie in

the might their king; crying ithe trength the chidren; ience

i the trength the ; and

ying i the trength thieve andcheat.

T f

Scharhip and kinghip are neverthe ame. king i adred ny inhi wn kingdm bt a char i

adred everywhere.

T Df

Snake and wicked pepe are bth

cre by natre. t a pern wh iwicked i even creer than a nake,becae ne can bde a nake bychemica r magica chant, bt n

ne can bde a wicked pern.

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it wrk amng the triba pepe theatar regin.

R M, C, - DVD. On Octber th, theChennai Ramakrihna Math reeaed a cntaining the archive year

it jrna Te Vedanta Kesari. Te ha , artice by athr.

M R M S Y. RamakrihnaMath, Mangare, cndcted Seminarr yth rm September th t th.Mre than yth participated every

day in the eminar. Seminar were r-ganized r . d. tdent n the rtday, tdent Pt radate Stdiein Scia Wrk and Management n theecnd day, and r engineering tdent

n the third day. Many dignitarie acted

vedanta news rom around the worldINDIA

B M D M D. rga Pja

wa ceebrated at er Math rm Oct-ber th t th in a etive and yet emn

atmphere. On a the r day theevent, thand devtee attended thewrhip t receive the being the i-vine Mther. Te Kmari Pja perrmedn Octber 5th drew hge crwd, andthe Sandhi Pja hed that aternn waa attended by many devtee. mng

ther, Sri M K arayanan, vernr Wet enga, a attended the SandhiPja. rdarhan, the gvernment-rn

tatin in Kkata, teecat the wr-hip ive at dierent time n a the rday. Praad wa erved t mre than, devtee n the htami day, andt abt ne hndred thand devteedring a the r day the wrhip.

R M .Te Minitry C-tre, vernment Madhya Pradeh,cnerred Maharaja graen RahtriyaSamman n Ramakrihna Miin, erMath, in recgnitin it ttanding

ervice t achieve raternity and eqaityin ciety.T R M A

N B C- I G A N I. Te pretigiaward, a citatin and a cah prize, werepreented by Mr. Manmhan Singh,Prime Miniter India, and CngrePreident Snia andhi n Snday, Oc-tber t. Swami yaptananda acceptedthe award n beha the arainpr

hrama. Te hrama gt the award r

a rerce pern r the eminar. Teprpe thi eminar wa t ynergizethe taent and capabiitie r ytht cript the great Indian try inc-ive grwtha tta regeneratin India

in a the ed ie, encmpaing a

the ectin the ciety, a enviinedby Swami ivekananda. he eminar

were rganized a a prede t Swamiivekananda 5th irth nniveraryCeebratin.

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B. in ther year, the Ra-makrihna Miin, haka, perrmedthe wrhip the ivine Mther rga

with de emnity and grander rmOctber th t th. arge nmber devtee and riend participated in theceebratin.

rga Pja wa a ceebrated in thehrama in aiati, aria, Chittagng,Cmia, inajpr, Habiganj, arayan-ganj and Syhet.

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R M D P, L P KP M.Te wrhip theivine Mther rga wa perrmed inthe Ramakrihna Miin hrama inaca, Mariti, r i day tarting

n Octber th. bt ,5 devteearriving rm a crner the iandparticipated in the wrhip. On Snday,Octber th, the image Mther rga

wa immered in the ea.

Lakmi Pja wa ceebrated n thenight Octber rd, and Kai Pja nthe night vember 5th. Te pja

were attended by a thand devtee.

FIJI

S V C (SVC) N -. Te rt phae RamakrihnaMiin prject r change and prgrein edcatin in Fiji wa inagrated n

Octber nd

by Mr. Fiipe e, Hn.

nmber devtee. R S V

S NSW D P.On Snday, Octber th, the wrhip the ivine Mther rga wa perrmedin the preence many devtee at theSarada Math branch in SW.

UNIED KINGDOM

T D M D B E. On Snday, Octberth, the Ramakrihna edanta Centreperrmed the wrhip the ivineMther rga at rne nd. bt devtee attended the event.

UNIED SAES OF AMERICA

D V- C U.S.A. edanta centerin Hywd, San Francic, erkeey,

Sacrament, Prtand, Seatte, Prvidence,tn, ew Yrk, Chicag, St. Li andSt. Peterbrg perrmed the wrhip the ivine Mther rga.

D P R--V C N Y. Frm Octber 5th t ththe Ramakrihna-ivekananda Center ew Yrk ceebrated rga Pja.

Te ceebratin cnited wrhip at

the hrine in the center mnatery andtw pbic event in the Center chape.

Miniter dcatin.he e- earning Centre Swami

ivekananda Cege ha been et p tprvide baic techngy, rerce andpreina devepment r teacher;

a creative earning pace with the aid

digita techngy r tdent; and highqaity mti-media baed cntent rmathematic, cience, art, and cm-merce.

Te epty Permanent Secretary rdcatin viited the Cege a ew dayater. He praied the prject highy.

AUSRALIA

D P S.Teedanta Sciety Sydney perrmed

rga Pja. It wa attended by a arge

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Severa hndred devtee attended theceebratin.

A ,000 D P S V- S. On Satrday, Octber th,the edanta Sciety Wetern Wah-ingtn, Seatte, ceebrated the wrhip the ivine Mther rga at apvan, it

retreat prperty in ringtn, W.Te day-ng event, attended by abt, devtee, cnited the ritaitic

wrhip Mther rga bth in themrning a we a in the evening. e-in devtina inging wa hed in theaternn. Te wh attended the event

were given mpt nch (Praad)at nn and nack in the aternn.

Te ceebratin ended with rati in theevening.

T V S G W-

DC .On gt nd, Swami Shantar-pananda the Prtand edanta Scietycndcted the inagratin ceremny

the newy remdeed gethe the reater Wahingtn C edantacenter.

CANADA

V S C q . On Satrday, Oc-tber th, the new hme the edantaSciety Cagary wa dedicated in thepreence mre than pepe. Swami

hakarananda, Spirita ide theCagary edanta Sciety and Preident

the edanta Sciety Wetern Wahing-tn in Seatte, gave the inagra ectre.Other peaker incded r. RamanandaChatterjee, Mr. Kihre rra and Mr.nirvan a. Swami Kripamayananda,head the edanta Sciety rnt,perrmed the wrhip Sri Ramakrih-

na, the Hy Mther Sri Sarada eviand Swami ivekananda. Tere wa adevtina inging by ca inger dr-ing the event. the participant were

given nch.

BRAZIL

T V C S P - D MD. On Octber th, Satrday, apecia wrhip r the ivine Mtherrga wa perrmed at the tempe the Ramakrihna edanta hrama, SaPa. Te event, attended by arnd

devtee, cnited devtina mic,hy reading, fwer ering and ditri-btin Praad.

he hrama a berved SandhiPja the ivine Mther in the earymrning n Friday in which abt 55devtee participated

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Durga Puja in Sao Paulo, Bz

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Lk pn every man, wm-an, and everyne a d. Ycannt hep anyne, y canny erve: erve the chidren the Lrd, erve the LrdHime it ny a awrhip. I hd ee din the pr, and it i r myavatin that I g and wr-hip them. Te pr and themierabe are r r avatin, that we may erve the Lrd,cming in the hape thedieaed, cming in the hape the natic, the eper, andthe inner!


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With a ad heart we annnce thepaing away ne r brther mnk,rahmachari ityachaitanya (Jamedward Smith). He paed away n -

vember t, , ater ering rmcancer. He wa year d. n initiateddicipe Swami Prabhavananda, he

jined r Order at the edanta Sci-ety Sthern Cairnia in Janary5. He had hi rahmacharya vwn gt th, . pern genia

and weet temperament, he endearedhime t a wh had cme t knw himcey. He pent mt hi mnatic

year in the Hywd edanta centerding wrk in the center pbicatindepartment and a in the bkhp. Heccainay cndcted Snday ervice atthe Hywd edanta center in the ate and .

May hi ret in peace in the bi- abde Sri Ramakrihna!

CONRIBUORS

R A i a pet and member the Ramakrihna-Sarada edanta Sciety Sydney, traia.

S B i the editr inchie Global Vedantaand the preident

the edanta Sciety in Seatte, U.S..C M, a devtee the edan-ta Sciety in Seatte, i a gited cartnitand writer. Mt the cartn andpictre cntained in thi ie GlobalVedantaare hi cntribtin.

B P i an merican devtee Sri Ramakrihna wh ha traveed in In-dia and ived r many year in ia. He ia retired teacher ngih wh preentyive near angkk.

S P, deceaed, wa thender and head the edanta Sciety Sthern Cairnia.

K i a gited artit manytaent and a devtee the edanta S-ciety in Seatte.

S i the head theRamakrihna edanta Sciety in tn.

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which is immutable.

Bhagavad Gita, ch.2 ver. 17

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