Vedanta
Ancient spiritual philosophy based on the Vedas, the sacred scriptures of India.
Vedanta
O Lord, help me. Help me accept gracefully what I cannot change. Let me be free of blaming anyone, including myself. I cannot blame myself for what happened to me. Nor can I blame others because others have others to blame.
O Lord, help me accept gracefully what I cannot change. Blaming means I want to change the past. I want my past to be different... See more
O Lord, help me accept gracefully what I cannot change. Blaming means I want to change the past. I want my past to be different... See more
It is the most difficult thing in this world to work and not care for the result, to help a man and never think that he ought to be grateful, to do some good work and at the same time never look to see whether it brings
you name or fame, or nothing at all.
Swami Vivekananda • Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
Titiksha is defined as endurance or forbearance to face all challenges in life. Titiksha does not mean suffering without resistance, it means forbearance, the ability to put up with unpleasant things without suffering internally.
In so working we should never think that we can help on even the least thing in this universe. We cannot. We only help ourselves in this gymnasium of the world. This is the proper attitude of work. If we work in this
way, if we always remember that our present opportunity to work thus is a privilege which has been given to us, we shall never be atta
Swami Vivekananda • Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
only, when he has gained the power to resist, will non-resistance be a virtue.
Swami Vivekananda • Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
How To Gain Mastery Over The Mind?
The method suggested to restrain the mind and bring it back to its focus is called ‘Dosha Drishti’. Dosha Drishti means seeing the limitation or faults of the objects to which the mind has strayed, again and again.
If you analyze your attachment or aversion to any object, you will notice that attachment or aversion ... See more
The method suggested to restrain the mind and bring it back to its focus is called ‘Dosha Drishti’. Dosha Drishti means seeing the limitation or faults of the objects to which the mind has strayed, again and again.
If you analyze your attachment or aversion to any object, you will notice that attachment or aversion ... See more
Exertion and recreation, are both needed by the mind; there should be a balance. As Lord Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita, this pursuit of knowledge becomes pleasant for one who maintains a balance or sense of proportion in performing every action.
When a person maintains a sense of proportion and is constantly alert, he has Samadhanam
When a person maintains a sense of proportion and is constantly alert, he has Samadhanam
To the question of Janaka as to how freedom can be achieved, the answer given by Aştävakra is simple. 'Know the Self as Pure Consciousness, the unaffected witness of the phenomenal world, and you will be free' (I. 3). In reality the Self is always free; freedom is not attained, but simply realized and discovered. The impediment to selfrealization a
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Astavakra Samhita
The Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam emphasizes that real nonviolence means freedom from envy. People normally equate violence with physical assault, but actually real violence constitutes any thought, word, or action that impedes the well-being of another.