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Voice of the Worldwide Vedanta Movement

Summer 2010 Vol. XV, No. 3

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Ghosts

Hindu Ethics

Understanding Truthfulness

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Adapted from a parable told by Swami Vivekananda

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. Ti te petain t a banch Phyic whichtdie phenena eeingy n the bnday

between atte and enegy.

paadig have a habit cacking p at e pint. Tii nt a bad thing at a. Cha-

enging paadig acknwedge

capacity t evve in the way we peceiveeaity.vtin in the wd idea ia ccia a evtin in the bigicaea. th have t adapt theeve tchanging cictance ee they tagnate peih. Living gani evve eect-ing the changing envinent; cientictheie evve thgh newe dicve-ie that aw a e ecnic andeegant gap eaity.

Mateiai ha it igin in eaiet attept t ce t te with

eaity ing the n btance andit attibte. paining the niveein te tick and tne aevein tick and tne (eeentaypatice with a, chage, and pin, etc.)i a tied and teted paadig that hapdced dabe et ve twthand yea. Te paadig ateia-i ha nt ny ce t be enhined atthe heat the phyica cience, bt haa eeted it inence n a banche cientic thinking. Te pcaatin

the ienna Cice that only thosestatements that can be supported by empiri-cal evidence are meaningul, eect thiticty ateiaitic c peatin cientic enqiy.

One the endeaing apect ciencei it pepaedne t tet a it hypth-ee t detctin. hi nd eayin they, bt i nt eay t pt intpactice. Scientit ae han and pnet becing etinay attached t theipet paadig. he ai thi atice

i t epe and chaenge cience petpaadigthe paadig ateiai.Tee chaenge ce dicveie atthe ctting edge cience ite.

Since the idde the phyicha been tgging t get a cnceptagap the phenenn caed thequantum. Ti i pehap the t da-atic dicvey ight at the heat thet phyica phyica cience. It i

tpendy cce in epainingthe wking at eveything a cpte chip t . Tgh theatheatica ai i eteey

cce, thee i cpete ack cn-cepta gap the phenenn. Teqant ee t be capted withinthe c a ateiaitic paadig,becae the qant that ndepin at-te i eentiay nn-ateia. inteindepeatey tied t capte the qantin a ateiaitic aewk, bt aiedevey tie.

Te thee intiging eate theqant ae: Disjointbetweentheworldofquan-

t and the wd atte. I we weet ah tw bick tgethe we ti gettw bick (aybe pat a bbe pata enegy) bt i we wee t ah twqanta tgethe, we can get anything tw qanta t n qanta a a et(witht the ightet tace eithe the tw qanta even a ippe enegyt hw the). Observerproblem:Who flipstheic wd qanta int the acwd atte? Ti entity cannt be in

the ea atte in the ea theqanta, ee it cannt ip! S wh whati that entity that tadde bth wd? Non-locality.Iftwoelementaryenti-tie (ike phtn) that ae nce inked getepaated by biin ight yea, whenwe qeeze ne, the the ee and knwit intanty! Hw de it knw? Tee iceay a nn-ca a nn-ateia ink-age.

Te ean why ch cncepta an-aie wi nt g away i becae we

cntine t digniymattera piay anddete the qant dicvey a a meremathematical ploy invked t hande thenepected henanigan atte. Ti int ny ike ptting the cat bee thehe, bt attepting t hw hw thecat i ping the he! Mt phyicitae ated n atte that it i atipibe the t think tide aateiaitic b. intein ehibited hibia thgh hi debate with ei h.May e-Man ehibit hi bia in the

diiive way he teat the qant a a

py athe than a ei cncepta cha-enge. Pene eek t ink qant withcncine in atte (in the ict-be the nen ce). Hgh veett

any-wd intepetatin i pehap ne the t tandih attept t hangn t the ateiaitic paadig. In det id a cnci beve the ea phyic, veett i happy the whenivee t keep aking innite cpie ite at evey qant eventatevey intant tie! Ti i divegencewith a vengeance. Occa t be tningin hi gave!

Qant i pinting t a nn-ateiaphenenn that i piay. Matte ha

t be deted a a ecnday eate aSchdinge had ggeted: Particles arejus t schaumkommen (appearances). heepiica wd atte that we ae e abt i jt ne apect ap-peaance igy vaidating antheapect appeaance. When we b twpebbe tgethe and hea the atiyingepiica cick, a we have dne i givencedence t ne apect the appeaance(pebbe) ing anthe apect (pebbe) appeaance. We dene thi pce a

cip epiica cience. Te ean whyateia eaity appea id and b-jective i becae, nt ny i the wd appeaance incediby e-cnitent, it ihaed niveay by a beve.

Jt a at the heat phyic it theqant phenenn that dee andchaenge a ateiaitic paadig, atthe heat necience it conscious-ness, anthe intiging phenenn.We can be given thinking thatcncine i an epiphenenn

bain activity. Hweve, invetigatin at-tepting t nd the eat cncinein the bain evea e it naeate. Cncine i a highy vea-tie phenenn that dee a ipiticedctinit appach. Ti i eeed ta the had pbe in necience. Canwe nd a ice the bain ( a egin inthe bain) that pdce cncine?Hw ae we ging t veiy that epei-entay? Cncine i a bjectivephenenn and evey t we ce p

with i bnd t be an bject.

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S hw can we piby cay t anepeient t nd the eat cnci-ne ing ateia t? Let d athght epeient: Iagine that wehave a highy enitive pbe, which wecan e t pd any pat the bain.acty hw ae we epecting the pbet detect cncine? Reebe, we

ae nt eping atte tin even a cpe pce aciated with aiving ce. We ae in each cnci-ne. Hw d we d that? hi i thepbe. Ony cncine can vaidatecncine and neithe ae bjective bydenitin. ht thinke keep chn-ing p ve iteate t epaincncine away in ateia cia

pychgica cptatina te.Ti i hw ne bain cientit epaincncine: Consciousness is short-termmemory combined with awareness. he ha dne i t epace ne nknwn(cncine) with anthe nknwn(awaene). Ti i pehap givabe,

bt what i ngivabe i when eath geneate a jnge jagn tcicvent thei cnin.

pying a ting ceve wdde nt neceaiy ean that we havegaped what we ae taking abt. Let k at a caic eape ennett,wh cent: Conscious human mindsare more-or-less serial virtual machinesimplemented ineiciently on the parallelhardware that evolution has provided orus. Ti i pped t int think-

ing that he ha epained cncine

away! Why ae any inteigentthinke keen t epain cncineaway a a ecnday eate atte,athe than acknwedge and digniy ita a piay phenenn? Te anwece Jhn Seae wh ay:I onehad to describe the deepest motivation ormaterialism, one might say that it is simply a

terror o consciousness. ttept t epaincncine away i deepy ebeddedin cientic thinking becae it chaengeit pet paadig ateiai.

In ie cience, the denitin ie it-e pe a iia pbe. In bigicate, a ive entity i dened a a cpeting ece ndeging cpepcee ike hetai, etabi,

gwth, adaptatin, epne t ti,epdctin etc.

Lie ake it appeaance when anentity thw p a ebane t epaateite the et the envinent.Ti epaatin e it a chance t bida kind individaity ite. te

epaatin it ehibit it niqene byinteacting with it envinent in aselectiveanne! Te wd selectivei theccia te that hide the nn-ateiandepinning t ie.

Te bet denitin ie I have ceac i: Lie is that which is not in conor-mity with its environment but in deance oit!ven the ipet ie de nt ve and pay dead when nate pdit. It de nt ike being dictated t bynate. When we ee a bacteia bzzing,

it i ghting againt nata ce; when

it tp it ght, etena ce wi teait apat. bigit eed thi tnge-in-cheek eape hw t ditingihbetween iving and nn-iving thing.I y kick a ck y can wk t ittajecty t the neaet iiete, bti y kick a dg, it tajecty i the atthing y can wk tthgh it i

qite ikey that it wi g y eg!S when we hea the idyic aying letus go back to nature, dnt iten. Tey aeaking t die! veything hanitytand ha been achieved by tandingp againt nate and it ce, and ntby paying ba with it. n evtinaybigit ay bject t thi epanatin,and gget that ie i jt complexiednate (the ape being ankind) that itanding p t e cpe nate! tthen they have ipped in a eta-te,

complex, that hide the nn-ateia a-pect what ie i a abt.he tdy ie beng t a new

ed cience: complexication, whichde nt e a edctinit, ateiaiticappach. gget that ie i an epi-phenenn atte and it attibtei an veipicatin. It i ne t g-get that han being ae a cntinatin the ania kingd, bt thi i ntneceaiy the ae a ggeting that iei a cntinatin the ateia kingd.

Te ignate ie i that it de nt ikebeing beted by ateia ce; it tandp t the and attept t hane the.Mden hanity eect the cina-tin thi pce.

Quantum, consciousness, or the deni-tion o lie itsel: nne the it wewithin the paadig ateiai. Tide nt ean that we have t thwthi paadig t the windw. venthgh we knw that ewtn they gavitatin i jt an appiatin the

e eegant they intein, we tie ewtn they t d day-t-daycacatin. In the ae way, a ateia-itic paadig hd be accdateda aploythat give a hande t eate tthe wd and . Hweve, thi hdnt tp taking a cncepta eapbeynd atte. Schdinge wa awaethat the qant phenenn enatewe with the inight eaten eta-phyic. Let epe that avene.

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hindu ethicsby swami vividishananda

ny inteigent tdent wh gethgh the Hind ciptewith an nbiaed ind, wi nd

thee ae ape ateia Hind eth-

ic. Hind phiphy, ighty beveP. Ma Me, ha nt negected theiptant phee ethic, bt that nthe cntay, we nd ethic in the begin-ning, ethic in the idde and ethic inthe end.

Hind ethic becae what it i nw bypaing thgh an evtinay pce thei, antithei and ynthei. tthe piitive tage thei the Hind,ipe and naing, diected theiyth enegie twad and picted

a y view ie n eath. Ten theyhad an indinate caving phyicaand inteecta peectin and tggedt vece the iitatin nate.Tei cnceptin ight and wng watheee ced by the nataitic biathey had at that tie.

et cae the tage antitheiaeactin t the nataitic view ie. ythat tie, they had eant the eeting na-te eathy peae and went inwad peace. Te piita wd pened be-

e the. Tey becae inteeted in a ie ipicity and pity, e-denia andennciatin. Tey tated pending theitie in at, paye and editatin.

Te tanitin -edged b-jectivity gave bith natay t a aitythat wa tancendenta in chaacte, de-nying the vae eathy eitence. ythe inevitabe aw diaectic thi eteeneeded a ynthei, and it paed t thena tage that hanized bth.

Hind ethic becae nw a happy

nin the a cncine thenata and the piita an. e tthe kinded pint heaven and heit wa etheea and at the ae tiepactica. Heein ie it peiity tZatian and Iaic ethic, which dnt g beynd the a cncine the nata an, and ddha and eayChitian ethic which ae t the-wdy nk and nn.

In thi wd diveity n tw pe-n ae eacty aike. ach pen die

a the a egad tate, entaity

and tk. ach pen ha thei wnidea and tie t eaize the ae in theiwn way. In the qet what i bet andt deiabe, e want ch tepa

thing a weath, pwe and the ike.Othe hanke ate happine and eva-ate ie by that tandad. Othe again,with the a intinct tng in the,ai at ightene and bdinate athe cnideatin t that idea. tny a beed ew hnge ate piitaeed.

Unde thee cictance, t epectthat a igid yte wi it the aand piita ceptibiitie ankindin genea i ny anthe nae a-

natici and bigty. Te Hind have,theee, evved an ethica cience thati bad engh t accdate itet a tepeaent and tage ev-tin.

Tei ethic, with it eaching anay-i aity, divided pepe intthe categie Satvika, Rajaika andaaika type. It cientic caica-tin pepe int cate and haawith thei divee atted dtie, i baedn bte bigica pincipe, pviding

cpe a type pepe. eide, inthei cnceptin the ga end han ie (Sankit: Purushartha)cpiing ateia ppeity, happine,a ightene and eancipatin,we nd at a the end that deteinethe activitie han. t what theyephaize i that the in end, anya they ae, hd beve the na end,eancipatinthe be-a and end-a eitence. In the wd, they gantwking vaidity t the in end, giving

evey pen ibety t pe the inet itabe t hi he tepeaentand capacity, ny i the tiate ga ikept in view.

Te etaphyica gnding Hindethic i the ynthetic phiphy e-danta that ay be caed the atinae a aith and ceed. ahan (wh i

One witht a ecnd) and i itence,Knwedge and i bte, i theny Reaity. Te phenena wd, bthin it bjective and bjective chaacte,

i nea. Ti i the na cncin edanta. t nike ddhit phiphythat vege n nihii, it adit the ea-tive eaity the wd and eave, aP. Ma Me beve, t evey ana wide phee ea ene and pacehi nde a aw a tict and binding aanything can be in thi tanity ie.ahan, the eatee Unity aciatedwith Maya, bece Iwaa, the d eigin and the ga aity, pe-ing in ne penaity the attibte

innite pwe, wid, tth and ve.In Hi the wd ive, ve and hait being. He i the ie and aceate, incding an.

In cntat with the Chitian cncep-tin in and it hibe cncitant,etena danatin, the Hind have aeage hpe, even the viet inne, they beieve in the inbnivinity hanity. Te inne i ne a d than a aint, the dieenceie ny in the degee anietatin

divinity.Ma cncine i hanpegative. It i ted in hankindvey being. It i an epein in-heent peectin. t within the dain Maya we etie get what weeay ae and d what we hd nt d,itaking the wng the ight. Tiginate in and ciean accidenta,tepay phae chaacte, and theneceity the a and ega cde tegate ciety.

Te idea an eta-cic being witha d in ne hand and bn in the the,gvening the a de by pnihingthe vici and ewading the vit, ae eigin have it, ay be hep hanity in it inant tage, bt it can-nt atiy the atina deand thicientic age. We adit that ewad andpnihent have gt thei eative vaea incentive t a and piita ie,bt they have n etaphyica jtica-tin.

. Te tage haa Hind ie: (i)the tage a tdent, (ii) the tage a aiedpen, (iii) the tage a etied pen, (iv) thetage na ennciatin a wdy deie

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t et ve when an individa eve hiew bthe, a eentiay ivinebeing he and the ae a ne. atiking cntat, cnide the tiita-ian ethic that btain at eveywheenwaday, and which tand n ce-cia pincipe, epeciay in it appicatint ie and activity, individa and na-

tina. It peache a pagatic idea, nt the a y wd be dne by, andde nt g beynd the iit tiity inding the cia cncience.

Te ctivatin vite i enjined the de ciety and the individainteet the cia nit. Tee i n

dbt that we nd a nbe aiand e in the Chitian c-andent, Lve thy neighba thye. t we i thee theetaphyica ean why we

hd d and nt thewie.Hind ati that ebacea, ha it t in the idea the nity the ivine Se,and etabihe the ndaentaidentity the highe inteet hanity. With the idea that d

i whipped bet in hanity,ny a Hind can ay with Swai

ivekananda, ive a the e givepee. It i piviege t be chai-tabe, ny can we gw. Te p

an e that we ay be hep. Letthe give knee dwn and e hi thank.Let the eceive tand p and peit.

thing ce tide, we eapny the it wn act. Hence theipe a change, a and pii-ta, hd ce within, and thenctin ethic and eigin i nthingee bt t hep thi intena gwth.

Te dctine Kaa that pep-pe the itaity the han

i the pivt n which Hind ethic ve.I thee had been n caa ne in thea de, any thing wd haveeained ncnnected and theeeinepicabe.

Hw ae we t accnt the phe-nenn that tw en, bn andbght p in the ae envinent,ne tn t t be a cnde andthe the a aint? It i the deeddne in pevi incanatinthat deteine peent ive

with pecia tendencie. Weae why epnibe whatwe ae and what we wi be. Weae the achitect wndetinie.

Ignant a we ae, we tenay the bae at the d Pv-idence and ca Hi (d) njtand whiica. t, eithe agency,n actin de the Ld ceate thewd, n de He bing abt the ninwith the it actin. t t peak

the cientic and gica chaacte thidctine Kaa, it ha gt a aveinence n han cndct. I we knw cetain that peent eingae the et pat bad deed, wehave n ean t gbe. Like debtwh ae paying d debt, we wi beeigned t t and wi ngdgingybea with a that wi ce a tia andtibatin. eide having the te in cnt, we wi give p a thght what we cannt end nw, and pt th

bet et t ay by capita that wiake happie heeate.

Te cwn and gy Hind ethici it dctine dty dty ake.Wheneve we d anything geat andnbe, thee i geneay a ewad eithein the hape nae and ae hee happine heeate. Te ae idea eand ine have ch beed ind that we nd it difct t eiinatethi egitic eeent. t the ecet

cce ie in ding the thing peectywitht any cncen what it ead t. wk y have the ight, bt nt tthe it thee, ay the Ld in theBhagavad Gita.

Let evey pen, in whateve tatin ie he he ay be, dedicate a that theyd a an eing nt the Ld. Wk

dne in a piit nehne and nn-attachent pie the ind, cea theviin and baden the tk. Ti wiead nay t the pe-a tageatage beynd gd and evi, when newith an eye evenne behd the Se

in a being and a being in the Se.

Ti i the t cvetabe tate pii-ta iinatin ne can apie t, itant t eed in thi ie, nt in theene icene, bt eed that canntdegeneate int in act, n caieit vit act.

cncde, et cnide nw theHind cience a in eatin t thewd at age. Hind ae nt epectedt ive nt theeve ane; thei ivehd be veitabe acice. that theyhave they we geaty t theaiy,

ciety, tate, hanity and n. na they ae with any bigatin, theichie ai hd be t the a beta they can within the pan a ietie.

cncienti ie i theee a iethat i ived in tne with the highet ideaand the we-being the. I weae e that a that we ee, incding theindivida , ae nthing bt anie-tatin that ne tiate Reaitytheivine Se, then with wh ae we tqae and ght? iving being have

the ae ivine eence. Tee i nthing

Nothing comes from

outside, we reap only the

fruit of our own acts. Hence

the impulse for all change,moral and spiritual, should

come from within, and the

function of ethics and religion

is nothing else but to help

this internal growth.

W - f , . C

.

Sri Shankaracharya

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ghostsby marion lee

Iy beieve that ght eit. Manyyea ag in ew Yk City, I haedan apatent with ne.

t that tie I had jt ved int a

thee -tied biding in Man-hattan. My nit wa a -caed tdiapatentjt ne age withiving and bed cbined, withan pen kitchen and a bath. Rightate I ved in, I tated nticing c-caina, pzzing nd. Tee wee veyheavy ttep that wee intepted byd bang, a i an eephant wa pac-ing back and th and nading heavybject nt the y apatent.Te ttep and bang wee heavy

I cd ee the vibatin n the .Tat wa why I did nt think they cdhave ce the ceiing. Meve, Iwa iving n the tp , and the dt the wa cked. Te tange niewd ce at any tie, day night, that ed t wke n the .Te ny the pibiity wd be ydwntai neighb pnding n hiceiing, bt I et ectant t knck nhi d t ak ch a idic qetin,epeciay ince I had neve even et hi

nce. nyway, a the nie neve atede than ten twenty inte, I wacntent t et the ytey ive nntine evening.

hi tie the ttep and bangcntined h nabated, a i theinviibe eephant had had t anycp cee. When it wa bedtie, Itned the ight and went t bed, btthe nie went n. Sevea tie I gt t bed and tned n the ight. Hweve,thi had abtey n eect n the nie.

I cd ee the vibating with t-tep ight in nt e, bt cdnt eeanything ecept epty pace abve thevibating pat the . thee wanthing I cd d, I tned the ightand etned t bed. I wa cnvincedthat the apatent dwntai t bevacant; thewie y neighb wdhave banged n y d and ced e that nie ng ag.

Te nie went n nti and id-night, when ddeny thee cae tw

eteey heavy bang. Te whe pace

hk. I had hng a picte and I cdhea it aing againt the wa. ythi tie I had aeady decided thee wapbaby a ght iving in y tdi (wh

pbaby thght I wa iving in hi he tdi), and aybe I cd ty takingt it. I pcked p y cage and aid,in y a w, bing vice, t theght, Cd y peae ty t be eqiet; I need t eep! y tte atn-ihent, a n a I nihed peaking,the pace becae dead qiet. t a ingettep. t a inge bang.

It wa e at that tie and Ihad y windw pen, with a an in thewindw. Te an wa nning, n ne

tide y apatent cd piby heawhat I aid. Teee, I had n atenativebt t cncde that I indeed wa ivingwith a ght.

Te et the night wa ty ient,ecept an ccaina ttep bang,a i the ght wa aying, Op! cee! I wa, ce, t nev t aaeep. My ate appeaed t beqite cnideate bt ti, a ght i aght.

Te wing ning, bee I et

wk, I thanked the ght ad tay-ing qiet. id it hea e? I wndeed.I wa ty gate it cpeatin,bt I cetainy wd athe have c-pete pivacy than hae the pace withan inviibe ate. I ved t thewing day.

F a ng tie I thght y ewYk ate wa niqe, nti I head Swai hakaananda, Peident edanta Sciety Weten Wahingtn,abt an Indian ght that appaenty

cnicated in the ae way with theiving.

hat incident had happened cheaie in the city Shing in India inthe Khai Hi, when Swai hakaa-nanda wa a bahachai (nvice) at theShing ahaa. eni nk, SwaiHidyananda, eated t hi hi penaepeience.

Te wai had gne t a viage naedatiang e thity ie away Shing. He wa in chage a bie

cinic that wd give ee edicine t the

indigent viage. Swai Hidyanandahad ented a he in the viage and wataying with a tiba Khai yng an,wh wa hi aitant. Shty ate v-

ing int the he, the wai dicveedthat the he wa hanted. He tatedheaing tange nie, ty at night.Unike what I head in y ew Yktdi, thee nie eebed hae-ing nd. It nded a i ene waving back and th and the he,hitting the wa the genty witha hae.

One evening, when the wai waitting in the iving , the hae-ing nie tated. Tee it ge again,

the wai thght, bt it n the theend the iving . I hpe it dentcae any ce! Right ate the waihad thght thi, the haeing ndjped ve t the wa cet t hi.Late, n enqiy he cae t knw thatan edey wan had tayed ane inthat he. te he death, e theviage caied that they had een heetie waking and the heat night. the ditbing nie cn-tined in that hanted he, Swai

Hidyananda eventay ved t antheented he.epated eit, Swai

hakaananda td e, Tey c-eitin thi wd, inhabiting dieent pane eitence ka, a they ae caed inSankit. Tee ka have thei wn et vibatin. Tey vibate at dieent e-qencie. We can ny peceive whateveeit within the eqency ange ka. Since depated ccpy pane dieent eqencie, we ae nt awae

thei eitence, at eat t thetie.

Wh ae thee ght? hey aedepated wh, whie aive, had e-teey pwe attachent t cetainbject pen in thi wd.

Pepe wh cit icide abece ght. te the death theibdie, thee ti cing t thi wd.Tey ae nwiing t depat and yet n-abe t ty each the bject theiattachent. Tee ae nt happy .

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ind ae highy eined, can actayee ght. Swai ivekananda wa ne the. Whie in the city Mada inIndia, he nce aw the ght hi ite,wh had citted icide, appea beehi. She td hi that thei the hadjt paed away.

Swai ivekananda ved hi the

vey ch. S he wa, natay, gie-ticken heaing that new. Ten he adeenqie abt hithe. hi geateie, he nd tthat hi the waactay ti aiveand we in Cactta.Shty theeate,hi ite ght ap-peaed t hi again.W hen aked by

Swai ivekanandawhy he had ied thi, he epainedthat, knwing hwch he ved hithe, he thghtthe new thei th e d e a thw d be a b wevee engh take hi take hiwn ie. She had

hped that i he abecae a ght ikehe, he wd have hi cpany. She hadbeen ney, he aid.

Swai ivekananda wa ch ad-dened. He payed t d t gant peacet hi ite tted . Obviy,hi paye wa ganted. He neve aw heagain.

Si Raakihna had een ght a.Hi t widey knwn encnte withght cced when he viited a geat

devtee naed ghani, we-knwnin the Raakihna Ode a paeMa, ang with hi dicipe Rakha, whate becae Swai ahananda. Teyaived akhinewa at the viage Kaahati, whee ghani ived,and ten cck in the ning.

ghani wa vejyed at theinepected viit. She eed the nchand tk the t an ptai the he whee they cd have a ieta.te Rahka wa aeep, Si Raakihna

detected a d in the . Pe-

enty tw ght with gy, keetn-ike appeaed. Tey vey hby e-qeted Si Raakihna t g away, they cd nt bea the biiance hipiita peence. Te Mate cpied,and ate waking p Rahka, they qickyet that pace. Late, n thei way backt akhinewa, he epained t Rakha

that he decided nt t te pae Maabt the ght, knwing e that

he high piita tate wd ptect he the.

Te tw ght ied an eceentpptnity. Tey aked Si Raakihnat g away, intead aking hi theiibeatin! eing a ivine Incanatin,the Mate had the pwe t gant ibea-tin, and they ied the chance!

I wd ike t naate anthe, ii-a incident that I head Swai

hakaananda. ee being ent t theUnited State, he ived eeven yeaat e Math, the headqate theRaakihna Ode, nea Cactta. Whiethee, he had the pptnity ivingwith any edey wai the Ode.One the wa Swai Pnyavatanan-da (a knwn a Kayan Mahaaj).

ing piita pactice and id-night i cnideed highy beneiciaaccding t Hind taditin. Fwingthat taditin, ne day, with the d

hi wide pen, Swai Pnyava-

tananda wa peing japa (chanting the hy nae) ate int the night, whenddeny he nticed the eectic ight inthe veanda tide ging n and ,appaenty by ite. When he ked t,he wa pied t ee hi deceaed edebthe tanding at the d king veyad. Hi bthe aid t Swai Pnyava-

tananda, I a eing. I have n peace!Ten he eted away.S w a i P -

nyavatanandab t h e w a abache and hadived e yeaane in aanai.He ved t be inthat hy city. Tenddeny he di-appeaed witht

eaving any tace.Hi aiy e-be , incdingKayan Mahaaj,inay cncdedthat he t havedwned in thehy ive angewhee he ed t g a piying bathevey ning. Hibdy, hweve, wa

neve nd. h e w a iwanted t hep hi depated bthe.Knwing that Si Raakihna wa nnethe than d hie, he payed t SiRaakihna t gant hi bthe peace.Late, hi depated bthe appeaed thi again in the ae anne andidnight. Ti tie he ked happy andtd Swai Pnyavatananda that he hadnd peace.

te Swai Pnyavatananda na-

ated thi incident, Swai hakaanandaaked, Te cipte Hindi aythat anyne wh die in aanai i ibe-ated by Ld Shiva. Since y bthedied in aanai, he hd have beenibeated by Ld Shiva ight thee, whywant he?

Swai Pnyavatananda epied, It iqite pibe that when he dwned inthe ive he didnt iediatey die. Tecent t have caied hi away be-

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understanding truthulnessby swami bhaskarananda

(Based on a talk given by the authored.)

thne i the pactice peaking what i te. In thewd, tthne i n the

than giving a cect deciptin a actepeienced by y. Let e ppe yaw a back dg waking dwn the teet.Late, when y ay t the, I aw aback dg waking dwn the teet, yae cecty decibing a act epeiencedby y. Y ae pacticing tthne.Had y aid, I aw a white dg wakingdwn the teet, then y wd nt betth, becae, y wee nt cectydecibing what y aw.

I y ak, Wh can jdge tth-

ne? then the anwe wi be that it iy wh wi be the jdge y wntthne, nt the. F eape, ete ppe that ding a tnad yaw a cw ying thgh the ai, havingbeen picked p by the eteey pwewhiwind. w, i y ay t the, Iaw a cw ying thgh the ai, it wibe tthne n y pat. t the,whve neve een a cw ying thghthe ai, wi think that y ae nt beingtth. In the wd, they ae nt

capabe jdging y tthne c-ecty in thi patica cae.Sene ay ak, Why hd tth

be bjective? Tee ae nivea bjec-tive tth, ch a the tth abt theeitence thi wd. veybdy epe-ience the eitence thi wd. Tetth abt it eitence i ey nt thebjective epeience ny ne pen.

Yet it ay be aged that what appeat be a nivea bjective tth can bejt an iin. F eape, we ay a

ee a ditant ta in the ky. Te ta i veight yea away the eath, whichean that ight take ve yea t tave that ta t eath. t et ppethat the ta diintegated thee yea agand diappeaed the ky. Yet thee yea ate it annihiatin we witi be eeing that ta. Ti i a cae nivea hacinatin.

Many think that tth ha the abiityt withtand the chaenge ean. Feape, it i te that a iving being ae

ta. Tey wi a die ne ate.

t it ay be pibe t pve thgheaning that it i ipibe anynet die. In pite that gica p, thetth that a iving being ae ta wi

eain ttay naected. Let e den-tate thi with the hep a we-knwnpaad the ancient eek phipheZen. He ived and .C.

With the hep eaning he pvedthat it i ipibe a an t die. pve hi pint, he t cnideed theqetin: e a an die when he isalive? Ten he aged that i a an diewhen he i aive then he t be aiveand dead at the ae tiewhich iipibe.

Ten he cnideed the ny the a-tenative qetin: e a an die whenhe i notalive? I that the cae, then hei aeady dead. S hw can he die twice?

Teee, Zen gica cncini that it i ipibe a an t die.t, n atte what hi gica cnc-in i, we a knw that evey an widie ne ate. Ti pve that tthcannt neceaiy be aected by ean-ing. In the wd, tth can withtandthe chaenge eaning.

Yet e tth can be etabihedthgh eaning. F eape, i I aky, I it te that y had a geat-geat-geat-geat-gandathe? hen yanwe wi be: Ye, it i te that I hada geat-geat-geat-geat-gandathe.t the tth the eitence an b-ject pen i ay a act yene epeience. I y eyeight i aight, whateve y peceive with thehep y gan ight wi appea ty a te. t y have nt een y

geat-geat-geat-geat-gandathe. Stiy ae ne hnded pe cent cnvinced the tth that y had a geat-geat-geat-geat-gandathe. y cnidethat te ipy becae ene hatd y that he eited? . F ywn pecepta epeience y knw thatanyne t be bn need t have paent.In thi anne i y g backwad in tiey wi nd y geat-geat-geat-geat-gandathe. Y have ce t knwthi tth thgh eaning baed n

y knwedge acqied thgh ene

peceptin.S y ee that ndetanding tth i

nt that ipe. nd whie it i nt eayt ndetand tth, it ge witht ay-

ing that ndetanding tthne wint be any eaie.w, ne ay ak, Why hd I be

tth? What d I gain by being tth-? Te anwe t thi qetin i thattthne ha it tiity in ciety. Fthe th and hani nning ciety tthne i eentia. thpepe ae ttwthy pepe. In thecieta cntet, the tthne itebe hep in pting tt inne anthe. We cannt eit in a ciety

witht tting ne anthe. Withtttwthy pepe cietie ae bnd tdiintegate.

ide thi, tthne i cn-ideed a vite becae it i gd the piita we being ciety. bid-ing by the aw ethic and aityi benecia the piita gwth a ciety ebe. F eape, thewh pactice tthne, nnvience,geneity, chaity, benevence, etc.,gaday bece e and e ee

and ainty.t e ay ay, Shd we betth in evey itatin? F eape,i a bece % hnet and tatpeaking tth that ae npeaant andeven ht t the, wi it be gd ciety?

anted that peaking ht tthhd geneay be avided a a a pac-ticabe, we hd at the ae tie aditthat in pecia itatin ch npeaanttth ae neceay. F eape, a dct

t be pepaed t te npeaant andeven ht tth t hi patient abtthei dieae t hep the. Paent tte npeaant tth t thei chiden tptect the ha. Spiita teach-e g hd a d ikewie inegad t thei tdent.

Te Hind cipte ay that whatevewe d hd be dne cnideing theeacttie, pace and pen. Speakingthe tth hd a be dne accding tthe abve thee act.

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eaie t ndetand, piita tth aeeteey difct t cpehend.

Tat why cipte ay, Dhar-masya tattvam nihitam guhym, whichiteay ean that piita tth aehidden inide a cave. In the wd,piita tth have deepe, ipiedeaning. hat why it i nt away

eay t ndetand the. Speiciandetanding tth ceate hacneqence. Te wh ndetand nythe itea eaning ae caed iteait.Tee iteait in the nae eiginhave been ceating havc in thi wd any thand yea.

Hindi i a eigin whee thewd blasphemy denteit. Teee, ve theany thand yea it eitence, a kind

qetin abt Hin-di have been aked.aid anwe t a theeqetin a have beengiven by Hind aint andage. F eape, whieanweing the qetin,What i the eaning the wd scripture(in San-kit: Shta)? Hindiay, nything, that hep t knw what i nt

dinaiy knwn, i acipte.

he e e , t kn we abt tthneet take the hep theMahbhrata, which i ne the we-knwn cipte Hind-i. In the chapte naed Kana-Pava theMahbhratawe ead the deciptin the wa that wa ging n between then the ate King Pnd and the n King hitahta. Te n King

Pnd wee caed the Pndavas whiethe n hitahta wee caed theKauravas.

On the th day the wa, Pince Y-dhihthia, the edet the Pndava, wawnded whie ghting with Kana, thet idabe wai n the Kaavaide.

Ydhihthia had yngebtheha, jna, aka andSahadeva. ng the Pndava bthejna wa the bet wai. he

ne batte, jna wa the ny

ne capabe deeating Kana in ace-t-ace cbat. y the way, jna hadacqied a pecia bw naed ndva aa git ana. Ti bw had igi-nay been given t ana by Chandaeva (the peiding deity the n).

eing wnded and deeated in battewith Kana, Ydhihthia etned t

hi tent t ecpeate hi wnd.jna, wh wa engaged in ightingwith the Kaava ay, becae wiedabt hi beved edet bthe and, ac-cpanied by S Kihna, cae t eeYdhihthia in hi tent.

Seeing jna, Ydhihthia waeated. He thght that jna t have

kied Kana and had ce t give hithe gd new. t n inqiy he caet knw that Kana wa aive and weand ghting with the Pndava ay. Tinew ade Ydhihthia eteey pet.He aid t jna with ch ange and

digt, I y ae nabe t ght withKana, then hand ve y bw ndvat e the wai n ide, becaey ae n nge t t ca ye awai!

Ydhihthia wd ade jnaqite angy. He iediatey dew thi wd. Seeing that, S Kihna akedjna, Why have y ped t y

wd? Y cae t inqie hw ywnded beved bthe wa ding. Heee t be ding we nw. Ti hdhave ade y happy. Why then ae yangy?

jna epied, ng tie back Itk a vw that, had anyne aked e tgive y bw t ene ee, ininating

theeby that I wa n gd a a wai, Iwd ct the head that pen. I a bnd by y citent, t hnthe tth y vw, I have ped t ywd t ct y bthe head.

S Kihna aid, jna, y knwnthing abt tth. Let e te y whattth i. Y tend t be eigi, bt

y d nt ndetandwhat eigin i. Te whndetand eigin (inSankit: Dharma) neve

act ike y. ccding te, the geatet haai nn-kiing iving be-ing. Teee, athe thancitting vience tanyne it i etie bet-te t ie. Ydhihthia iy edet bthe, and hety ndetand haa.cting ike a chid ytk a vw and nw, det y ihne, y ae

abt t cit the geatin kiing y bthewh i the bject yadatin and whip. Teway haa ae veydeep and bte, jna; it

i nt eay t ndetand the. w heawhat the wie ay:

Speaking the tth i ndbtedy adty the wh ae eigi-inded,becae thee i n vite geate thantthne. t it i eteey difct

t decide hw pepe hd act accdingt thei ndetanding tth. Wheeying i a benecia a tthne andtthne i a ha a ying, nehd te ie athe than peak the tth.t the tie aiage when they aein ve, pepe ay ie. Pepe ay aie t ave theeve the pibiity iinent death tta diate. Teyay a ie the weae hy pepe(bahin). Pepe d nt inc in i they. In Sankit: jnta-jnpakam Shstram.

. S Kihna i ne the ivine Incanatin

accding t Hindi.

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humor the spice o lie

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In cae eegency, peak ny inngih. eve ay paye in any theangage. Y neve knw what kind tanatin pbe y can n int.

n Indian in the US eed a heatattack n the ad and wa picked p by anabance. eing eigi, he kept epeat-ing, Hai O, Hai O, Hai O.

When the abance ped int hihe diveway, hi wie an t andceaed at the paaedic, Why didnty take hi taight t the h-pita?

Tey epied, ecae he keptepeating, Hy he, hyhe, hy he.

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Tee wa a painte naed Jakewh wa vey inteeted in akinga penny whee he cd, he tenthinned dwn hi paint t ake itg a itte bit the. it happened,he gt away with thi e tie.ventay the aptit Chchdecided t d a big etatin jbn the tide ne thei ag-

et biding. Jake pt in a bid, andbecae hi pice wa w, he gt thejb. He then et abt eecting thecading, etting p the pank, byingthe paint and, ye, we ae y t ay, thin-ning it dwn with tpentine.

Late n, when Jake wa p n thecading painting away, the jb neaycpeted, ddeny thee wa a hen-d cap thnde, the ky pened andthe ain ped dwn, wahing t the thinned paint a ve the

chch and kncking Jake cea thecad whee he anded n the awnang the gavetne, nded bytetae pdde the thinned and e-e paint.

Jake wa n . He knew iedi-atey that thi wa a jdgent theighty, he gt dwn n hi kneeand cied: Oh, d, h d, give e!What hd I d nw? nd thethnde, a ighty vice pke: Repaint!Repaint! nd thin n e!

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Lincn wa a hi htie, which he ed t agniicenteect in debate with pitica pp-nent. Hi ng tie pitica ppnent

Stephen . ga cpained thatLincn jke wee ike a ap acy back. thing eent any hiagent any hi epie t yqetinditb e. t when hebegin t te a ty, I ee that I a t beveatched.

te Senat ga had given apeech, Lincn wed with a ebttathat incded the cent that Senatga agent wa a thin a the h-epathic p that wa ade by biingthe hadw a pigen that had tavedt death.

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Hank, the tng yng an at thecntctin ite, wa bagging that hecd td anyne in a eat tength.He ade a pecia taget Jhn, an dewke. te evea inte, Jhn hadhad engh.

Why dnt y pt y ney wheey th i? he aid. I bet a weekwage that I can ha ething in awheebaw t that biding ve theethat y cant whee back.

Ye n, d an, Hank epied.

Let ee what y gt.Jhn eached t and gabbed the

wheebaw by the hande. Ten, nd-ding t Hank, he aid, ight. Cibin.

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Te wie t the hband: at-te what I ay, y neve ay that I aight!

Te hband: Ye, ye ight.

T

Te Sith aiy wa n the wayt the hpita whee thei teen-

aged daghte Se wa chededt ndeg a tniecty. ingthe ide they diced hw thepcede wd be peed.

ad, Se aked, hw ae theyging t keep y th pen thewhe tie ding the gey?

Witht iing a beat M.Sith epied, heye ging tgive y a ce phne.

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Chaacte i ike a tee and ep-tatin ike a hadw. Te hadw

i what we think it; the tee i the eathing.

Sayings by Ambrose Bierce.

(He was an American writer, a newscorrespondent during the Civil War and asatirist. He is best known or his short storyAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and

his satirical lexicon Te Devils Dictionary.In 1913, he walked into Mexico and wasnever heard rom again. ed.)

diatin: O pite ecgnitin anthe eebance t eve.

ae natic, bt he wh can anayzehi dein i caed a phiphe.

nety: Te tate agnaniity tthe ende wh it wd be tepenive t pnih.

igt: One wh i btinatey and

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zeay attached t an pinin that yd nt entetain.

e: pen wh tak when ywih hi t iten.

Cnt: eek appva a ce actin aeady decided pn.

Hity i an accnt, ty ae, event, ty niptant, which aebght abt by e, ty knave,and die, ty .

Speak when y ae angy and ywi ake the bet peech y wi eveeget.

Te a pat ignance that weaange and caiy we give the nae knwedge.

poets cornerL

Brahman oh Brahman,I bow to thee,You are the only

One.

In this wild love or you,Ive completely,

come undone.

I dance and sing,Pray and weep,

For you are every thing.

Tere is no separation,how could there ever be?

Im absorbed in Your Ocean,and Im one with you.

With this joyul knowing,Ive become completely ree!

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M

In the glow o early dawn,painting the serene whiteness

o the temple wall,trees and sky

appear entwined....

moving silhouetteso rose and gray.

Te universerepeats itsel perpetually

in pastels o morning light,illusory shadow

and ormso delicate beauty.

As I walk throughthe present space

o time and beinglooking outward,I touch with open eyes

the wonder o creations ace,recreating,being born

again and again,in colors

o unending joy.

Pj

Ill tell you the tale o JamesTe medieval kingWhose kingdom layBetween the Nameless Mountainand the Unknown Bay.

Good ood and hunting,revelry with youthul riends,or thirty wonderul yearskept James happy and gay.

He loved lies pleasureswhile passionately hating Death.Death to him was a stalkera vile and sly predatorthat pervades every nook and cornero lies meandering way.With hands cruel and cold

grabbing the sick and the oldruthlessly killing its prey.

But Im sorry to saythere came that ateul daywhen a contagious ailmentended James rolic and play.And deying all known curescovered his youthul bodywith dreadul estering sores.

Losing his beauty and sightKing James o medieval times

lay in a pitiable plight.

As days rolled onhis lie-orce waned.He lost all riends he had gained.In his bed he helplessly layorsaken, shunned, orlorn.

Ten some ootsteps drew very near.He could hear Death whisper in his ear:Dear riend, James, Ive come hereto take you beyond all pain!

ears pouring rom his blinded eyesand emotion choking his breath,said King James, I eared you, Death,I hated and cursed you, year ater year!But those I loved and thought so dear,have cast me of like a rabid dogstricken by their terrible ear.

Tats the way o petty soulsthe unproven, transient riends.Tey kill their love by selshness;thats the usual trend.Forgive them all!Now its your turnto newly learnwhat true love really means!

So saying, Deathwith loving arms embracing the kingsnatched the kings last breath.

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Global Vedantawi gady cnide a-tice, pety, h, etc. bitted pbicatin. Te bject atte hd

be eigi, cta, edcatina,and t appea t a genea and bad-inded eadehip. tice hd beentetaining and yet btantia, and bewithin 1500 t 1700 wd in ength(nt eceeding 2000 wd in any event).tic e accepted pbicatin ayeqie a eeae igned by the athand, ne pi aangeent ae ade,n ateia bitted t Global Vedantacan be etned.


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teic, nn-theitic Hindi ean inteeting inight int the nate eaity. It cai that the ndepinningt eveything, incding eve, iBrahman. Te bet ingitic epein ahan i capted thgh the

wd: itence (Asti) and Cnci-ne (Bhati).When Brahman shudders, the wd

appeaance ce int being. Te bject/bject divide, t, i pat thi appea-ance. Sch t cd be witten apety i it wee nt incediby cet what qant and cncine aepinting at. I we wee t ak a phyicitt give a phyica intepetatin t theqant nctin, he wi iediateyay it i theprobability o existence!

ying t epain the qant inte atte ai becae it i tyingt capte eaity thgh it appeaance.Te ean why necience tgge tcapte the eence cncine ibecae it end p by cing n whatwe ae cnci abt, athe than nwhat cncine actay i. Ti againi an attept t capte eaity thghthe wd appeaance. What ie e-ect i the tgge cncinet nd geate and bette epein in

the ateia wd. Ti i why we haveevved a inge ce gani tthi cpe being, and thi i why weae keen t ake ene the wdand . Te qetin ti eain whya thiwhy thi bject/bject divide?Sheey pvide an eqent anwe: Iam the eye with which the universe beholdsitsel and knows itsel as divine.

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ynd the bnday the hy city beehe died. Tat epain why he wa ntibeated then.

We have head that Si Raakihnaive in hi picte. It i theee ntpiing that even a picte hi can

eet an eect n ght. he w-ing incident that I head Swaihakaananda ppt thi view.

Ti happened in Lndn. n Indiantdent wh had gne t ngand highe tdie nd accdatinin a in Lndn at a vey w ent.He wa a die-had Mait and didntbeieve in d anything penata.t hty ate ving int hi ented, he encnteed a tange pbe.Te windw and the d hi

tated behaving a thgh they weeaive. Many tie ding the day andnight they wd ddeny ing pen ht by theeve, even n windeday.

he tdent wa ightened at thitange phenenn and taked abt itt e hi Indian iend. One angthe wa a devtee Si Raakihna.He gave a picte Si Raakihna thi Mait iend and aked hi t ptit in hi , aying that the ght wd

ey eave de t Si Raakihnapiita peence thee. Te Mait, whdidnt beieve in d any aint, t depeatin decided t give it a ty. ndit wked! Te ditbing penataphenenn tpped iediatey ateSi Raakihna picte wa pacedinide the .

I wnde what happened t the ght.id it then cnne ite t it wn kabeynd peceptin? O did it venet d and tat paying with the

d and windw the neighbhe? O wa it at engh t ak SiRaakihna ibeatin, and indeedbece ibeated?

I ny I had knwn abt thi qickand eay way diving away ght whieI wa in ew Yk!

ie in thee ve itatin.

Ten S Kihna td jna the ty a bahin acetic naed Kahika. Heived ane in a ht nea a ive ce thi viage. Kahika pent a t tiein peing piita ateitie, bt

did nt have a deepe ndetanding eigin. He a had taken the vw pacticing tthne, which pepeepected hi highy.

Once evea pepe cae nning tKahika and aid, We ae caed; ebbe ae tying t ki . Peae te whee we can hide eve. Kahikaaked the t hide behind e bhenea hi ht. Shty theeate, the bbecae and aid t Kahika, We ae king e pepe. Tey cae thi way. Peae

te i y knw whee they have gne.Since Kahika wa avwed t peak-ing the tth, he td the bbe that theywee hiding behind the bhe. Ten thebbe went and kied the pepe.

In ce tie, when Kahikadied, he had t g t he becae hitthne had caed the death theinncent pepe.

I wd ike t entin hee thatS Kihna advice changed jnaind and he aked Ydhihthia

givene. It i t be nted hee thatS Kihna gave ny ch teaching thatwee piitay itabe jna at thatpatica tie and itatin. Tee teach-ing ight nt be appicabe a the tiet a pen and in a itatin.

Swai ivekananda ed t peak lower tth and higher tth. He edt ay that we d nt tave e ttth; we tave we tth t highetth. S Kihna in that patica tieand itatin taked abt we tth

itabe jna, nt the highe thehighet tth.

Hind cipte teach the die-ence between Satyarakshand Satyavdit.Satyaakh i tthne peakingwhat i beieved t be te. On the thehand, the cipte ay that pepe pac-ticing tthne tweve yea acqiea pecia pwe. Whateve they ay be-ce te. Ti i caed Satyavdit. Tipwe ce t the becae thei ind

pht iyapana cae t we.veyne in the cnvent wa peaed.Swai a iked it. Tank y hn-ing dea ite by y ggetin pbihing thi.

Pavajika iajapana

edanta Sciety then Cainia,

San Fancic.

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attain an eteey high degee pitythgh the pactice tthne. Teipe ind then have ny thght thatae te, benecia and hy. It hd beceay ndetd hee that thee pii-tay evved pepe ae nabe t haanyne by thei wd actin.

S Raakihna ed t ay, pen

wh away pactice tthne inghi he bdy, ind and peech, event-ay epeience the d th. I hanw ty t epain what S Raakihnaeant by the epein d th.

Te highet cncept d ig-na ahan i that d i beynd tie,pace and caatin. ancending tie,d i etenity; tancending pace, di ene and innity; tancend-ing the ende chain cae and eect,d i actine. d, wh i innity,

cannt have iitatin ike penaity gende. Ting can change ny withinthe dain tie, pace and caatin.ancending tie, pace and caatin,d i changee.

nything that i ea ha t be etenaand changee. Teee, d i-gna ahan ane i ea.

ide a thi, the Hind phi-phe ca thi wd tie andpace the wd pai ppite.Light and dakne, jy and w, and

even tth and ntth ae eape ch pai ppite. d i beyndthee pai ppite. Teee, i-gna ahan t be beynd thi pai mundane tth and ntth a we.Tat why the Hind cipte ay thatigna ahan i Satyaya Satyathe th a th, the bteth.

When S Raak ihna ed theepein the God o ruth, he eanttheeby igna ahan wh the

Brihadaranyaka-Upanishad(..) caSatyasya Satyam. S the highet thi n the than d. Ti i the highetndetanding tth. Ony the whhave pied thei ind thgh intenepiita pactice nde the gidance ppe piita teache can have thindetanding.

edanta and ai have a t in cn, a any edantit wh ha ead La zao e Chingwi have nticed. One y avite theie aintain that way back in

the di it pehity, pepe in China head Indian tade e the wd dharmaand thght that they wee aying tao (pnnced w, a in the w-Jne ve-age). Chaed by the wd and the accpanying cncept (bt nt neceaiy by thew-Jne veage, which did nt even eit at the tie), they adpted it, adapted it,and bit an entie phiphy and it.

Ti they i bteed by the act that tao iteay ean a ad. Ti gget theeaning dharma. Y wdharmathe ae way y wd w a ad.

Untnatey, anyne wh ha the ightet bit knwedge abt anything wibe qick t te y that t y theie ae cdwap. t I ike thi ne, ande it a a ete bt nbtantiated pibiity.

Many the iage in the ao e Chingae qite tiking, and edantit can en-ich thei piita ive by tdying the. t ne pint, in Chapte , La z ay,

Odinay pepe ae bight and gi; I ane a d and tpid.ne and tpidity ae nt qaitie the aveage jb-eeke wd bag abtn hi ee. t La z i nt inteeted in ee. He dig deepe, a can beeen a ate ine in Chapte : Te age wea cae cthing bt caie jadein hi b.

Tee tw paage give ch d thght. eneatin La z wan-nabe have ed the t paage a an ece being d and tpid. Tey think,La z adit that he d and tpid. I t a d and tpid. Teee I jtike La z! Hay e! I nt an eceent ew?

Te anwe i n, becae the dne and tpidity, ike the cae cthing, aejt twad appeaance. Tei ppe i t ptect and cncea the jade within theb.

tice, peae, that the age hide the jade in hi b. He dent ant it byweaing it a a badge, a e eican advetie thei patiti by weaing theitte eican-ag pin n thei ape. He dent wea it n hi eeve, even nhi hat, a ancient Chinee fcia ed t d. He hide it in hi b, whee it canhine witht being een by anybdy.

We edantit a cay jade in b, ny we give it a dieent nae andcatin. We cay the Ihta, the Chen Idea, in heat. Like jade, it i peci;bt then the anagy tat t nave.

Jade dent eqie pihing. It hine ite. Once it i y deveped within ,the Ihta dent eqie pihing, eithe. It t wi hine by it wn pwe. t theIhta i dieent, becae in the beginning, within , it i nt y ed. It i tiebynic; it ha t gw and devep. hep it gw, we have t eed and ptect

it, nih and nte it. with the hb in Si Raakihna paabe, we havet wate it, etiize it, and ence it in ti it gw big engh and tng engh tih n it wn.

In cae, we have t pih jade i it i t keep n hining. With what d wepih it? With ving attentin, with paye, japa, and editatin. Si Raakihnaed a dieent iage, pehap a bette ne, ce t the ak than jade. He pke a cppe pt, which ha t be pihed evey day, et it bece tanihed. t i thept ha tned int gd, it dent need t be pihed. It hine by ite.

T a with . Let nih the Chen Idea within ti it hine ike gdand gea ike jade, thgh it eain cveed by cae cthing and thee i nnet ee it.

Jade in your bosom,ishta in your heart

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INDIA

R M A,L, .Te Saah-

ta egin jaat e actewate htage de t inadeqate ain-

a. a et, any viage ack evena yea-nd ppy dinking wate,what t peak wate t iigate theia. F the at eight yea, the Ra-akihna Miin haa in Libdiha been engaged in deepening the pndin viage t inceae thei wate tagecapacitie. In additin t getting engh

dinking wate, the dg-p i i edby the viage a etiize t ipvethe pdctivity thei a. S a pnd have been deepened.

R M, M 500 -. Si Raakihna Math, Madai,ha been cndcting a ee titin cente

p tdent the pat yea.Cae ae cndcted daiy :p t : p. Me than tdent vai ch ae being beneted

by thi pga.

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ing a pecia nctin hed n Jneth, ee ntebk wth , Indianpee wee given t the tdent.

BANGLADEH

R M A D -. On May nd, with the hep the Minity Scia-Weae, vt. the Pepe Repbic angadeh,

and nde the pject: Sppt Se-vice Pga the neabe p,the Raakihna Miin haa inhaka ditibted tipend abt angadeh taka each t p t-dent. ing the event any dignitaieincding M. na Haq Mtaa

Shaheed, Hnbe Minite, Minity Scia-Weae, vt. the Pepe Re-pbic angadeh, wee peent.

MAURIIU

R M, M, 2010 I C AR E C.On Snday, Jne th, the RaakihnaMiin haa in Maiti ganizedit th Inte Cege nna Recitatin,

ay and ctin Cpetitin in

aca. he cpetitin i a pat yng pepe t be eped t the

teaching Si Raakihna and Swaiivekananda. bt tdent cege a ve the cnty and a eigi backgnd paticipated inthe cpetitin. te the cpetitin,the winne wee awaded pize andceticate.

PHILIPPINE

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eighty pen, incding Hi ceencythe baad Singape t the Phi-ippine, an Itaian Cathic Miinay, addhit nk, and Swai Medhaan-

anda and Jnanavatananda paticipated.

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In the atenn a eeting wa hedin a ca niveity ding which SwaiSaanananda eeaed a Fiipin veinA Short Lie o Sri Sarada Devi, the HolyMothertanated int agag by Pe- Fdeiza S. Fancia. Te peakeding thi event incded Swai Sa-anananda; Hi ceency M. Ygenda

Ka, baad India t the Phi-ippine; and Pe Maiyn R. Canta,ciate ean cadeic ai,Cege t and Lette, Univeity the Phiippine. M. Ca Cb gavethe vte thank.

he cta pga that wedcnited Indian caica dancepeed by the Fiipin and Indiantdent M. Shanti Seedha. eec-tin agag and ngih devtinang peed by the Chi St. Jhn

Maie ianney Paih ced the event.Se pen attended the atennpga.

Te adde the Raakihna e-danta Sciety the Phiippine i aw: St. Pete Steet, aangayHehe, Qezn City, Met Maniae.: + / Fa: + ai: [email protected]. he ciety i nde the piitaeadehip Swai Medhaananda the Japan edanta Sciety.

APAN

T V V 148 - G .Te edanta Sciety Japan bght it yea ng eie event ceating yea e-vice in Japan t a ce by cbining theicia cing ceeny with Swaiivekananda th bith anniveay n

Snday, May , in ky. Te event wahed in a paci aditi at SeienUniveity. Te ciety Ind-Japan Re-atinhip hibit wa a n dipay atthat niveity May th t the th. a bqet wa eed t Si Ra-akihna by pecia get peake SwaiSaanananda, ice-Peident the

Raakihna Ode. Site Jnk Shiya,Chaipen the Managing ad Seien Univeity, eed a a bqett Si Saada evi, whie the Hnabe

M. H. K. Singh, baad India tJapan, eed a a bqet t Swaiivekananda.

Swai Medhaananda then deiveed

the wecing adde aizing thepga and pject ding the yea inceebatin the ciety den Jbi-ee, biey highighting a ha-centy accpihent, and hning eay pi-nee the ciety. He a highightedthe ciety a yet ned deie t ()nd an apppiate catin t inta atate Swai ivekananda and () tpen a edanta Cente in ky.

Te get peake incded SwaiSaanananda, Indian baad H.

K. Singh, ky chbihp Pete akeOkada, and the. vte thank wathen deiveed by Pe yhiaa, ice Peident bth the edantaSciety Japan and the den JbieeCeebatin Cittee.

Snack wee then eved t the neay get. Ti wa wed by a c-ta pga cniting Indian andJapanee intenta and vca ic,dance, etc.

UNIED AE OF AMERICA

T V N C- M D.Te Meia ay nctin wahed at the edanta Sciety thenCainia Oea Reteat cente inMain Cnty n Mnday, May t. Te

get peake wee Swai Ihtananda,eade the edanta Cente St. Pe-tebg, Fida, and the Phap H,a nk the P iage taditin ietnaee Zen ddhi. Te Wisdomo the Seers: Ancient and Modern, wa thetpic the ning ein and Spiri-tual Practice and How to Nurture It, wathe atenn bject. Te weathe waavabe awing the neay pepewh attended t ve eey and thegnd. ight nch and bet dinne

wee eved t a. V W W D.Te thee-day ceebatin in hn theHy Mthe Si Saada evi wa hed at

the edanta Sciety peie Fi-day, Jne th, t Snday, Jne th. SwaiYktatananda, the piita eade the Raakihna ivekananda Cente

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Seatte. L hep n ivekananda Cen-te in Lndn. He teache Hindi atthe Pt adate eve at evea itihUniveitie and i the t Hind tappinted by tn Cege. Hi tak aebadcat daiy n atha n SKY inUK and n iect Pat in US.

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V(1893 1980)wa the nde and head the edantaSciety in Seatte.

M W i a devtee attachedt the edanta Sciety Hawaii inHn.

ew Yk, wa the get hn. Teceebatin cnited a banqet ebe n Jne th, a Mica veningn Jne th , and a tak n the bject:Mother o Allat : Am by Swai Yk-tatananda n Snday, Jne th. Many

ebe and iend paticipated in theceebatin.

CANADA

V V V - V N A. On Jy th, the ive-kananda edanta Sciety itihCbia ceebated the anniveay Swai ivekananda hitic aiva

in ancve in . Swai Pabd-dhananda, piita eade the edantaSciety then Cainia, San Fan-

cic, wa the chie get the ccain.In additin, M. hk a, the Cnenea India in ancve, wa theget hn. Swai ahatananda Seatte a attended. th SwaiPabddhananda and M. hk agave tak. Swai Pabddhananda pken Te Ring Ca Swai iveka-

nanda.Fwing the tak, M. eeaja

ptika ange, a we-knwn vcait ancve, ang e devtina ng inevea Indian angage, incding tw Swai ivekananda cpitin.

Te evening cncded with a cateedvegetaian dinne aanged by the ciety.Me than ne hnded ebe andiend the ciety attended the event.he event tk pace at the LchdaeCnity Ha in naby, C.

P - VH V , 18.wenty-even pepe attended. Te waipke n tw bject: God Should ComeFirstand Success is Sure to Come.

UNIED KINGDOM

V H C, UK, V L. On Snday, Jyth, the ivekananda Han Cente -ganized it anna ivekananda Fetiva Han ceence in Lndn.

Te event tk pace at the Mahataandhi Ha, Y.M.C., FitzySqae, Lndn.

Te etiva cnited a bie peid paye and editatin wed bydevtina ng and dance by vaica and get atite. ein

dicin n the bject ivekanandaMeage Han ceence, wahed theeate. It wa peided ve bySwai eetahanda, Peident, Cen-te edantiqe Raakihna etz,Fance. he wing dignitaie pa-ticipated in the dicin: M ShaibaRy Chwdhy, Fit Secetay, HighCiin India, Lndn; Swaiayatananda, Peident, Raakihnaedanta Cente, UK. ; M Mna Ceay,t eache, ae Cege, Ieand;

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