Madonna and Child

Had I lived in Palestine, in the days of Jesus of Nazareth, 

I would have washed his feet, not with my tears, 

But with my heart's blood!

-Swami Vivekananda

Holy Mother Puja

As one gets the fragrance of a flower by handling it, 

or as one gets the smell of sandalwood by rubbing it against a stone, 

in the same way one gets spiritual awakening by constantly thinking of God. 

But you can realize Him right now, if you become desireless.

- Sri Sarada Devi (1853 - 1920)

This Humble Offering

O Lord, be gracious to accept this humble offering of me. 

Forgive my short comings and out of your infinite mercy, 

Your limitless grace, grant me unswerving devotion to your holy feet. 

May I always remember you in all my thoughts and actions. 

Please give your darshan to me in this very life.

Love

Love is the struggle of a human Soul to find it's complement 

It's stable equilibrium 

It's infinite rest.

-Swami Vivekananda

Sanskrit Peace Chants

Purnamadah
(Brihadaranyaka & Ishavasya Upanishads)

Om purnamadah purnamidam purnat purnamudacyate 
Purnasya purnamadaya purnamevavasisyate
Om santih santih santih

"Om That (Brahman) is infinite; this (universe) is infinite. 

From the infinite the infinite has come. 

Taking the infinite from the infinite, the infinite alone remains. 

Om Peace, Peace, Peace"

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Saha Navavatu
(Taittiriya, Katha, Mandukya & Shvetashvatara Upanishads)

Om Saha navavatu saha nau bhunaktu 

Saha viryam karavavahai

Tejasvinavadhitamastu ma vidvisavahai

Om santih santih santih

"Om May He protect us both; may He nourish us both.

May we work together with great energy. 

May our study be vigorous; may we live in harmony with each other.

Om Peace, Peace, Peace"

Life of my Life

Thou art my All in all, O Lord!―The Life of my life, the Essence of essence;

In the three worlds I have none else but Thee to call my own.

Thou art my peace, my joy, my hope; Thou my support, my wealth, my glory;

Thou my wisdom and my strength; Thou art my home, my place of rest; 

My dearest friend, my next of kin; my present and my future,

Thou my heaven and my salvation; Thou art my scriptures my commandments;

Thou art my ever gracious Guru; Thou the Spring of my boundless bliss.

Thou art the Way and Thou the Goal; Thou the Adorable One, O Lord!

Thou art the Mother tender-hearted; Thou the chastising Father;

Thou the Creator and Protector; Thou the Helms man who dost steer

My craft across the sea of life.

I am the Infinite

I am the Infinite that has become a body 

manifesting as the ever youthful God Spirit.

Meditate on Sri Ramakrishna

We meditate on Sri Ramakrishna, the stainless One,
Shining in the lotus of the heart, who is the Truth,
Beyond all dualities, One without a second,
Beyond the changes of nature, eternal, bliss itself.

We meditate on Sri Ramakrishna, the stainless One,
Who is beyond comparison, extremely subtle,
Uncreated and without desire,
Formless like space, the Infinite dwelling within all beings,
Whose nature is Existence, Consciousness, and Bliss, the Lord of all.

We meditate on Sri Ramakrishna, the stainless One,
Who was born to bring knowledge, devotion, and peace to all beings,
Whose heart was melted at the sufferings of others,
For whom Samadhi was the natural state,
And whose beautiful form was made of consciousness itself.

Swami Vivekananda

"To the Yogi everything is bliss."

1,000 Jai Sri Durga

IT IS SAID THAT CHANTING JAI SRI DURGA 100,000 TIMES DURING THE
HOLY SEASON IS THE SAME AS PERFORMING ONE GRAND DURGA PUJA, 

IN THE SILENT TEMPLE OF OUR UNITED HEART OF HEARTS. 

JAI SRI DURGA CHANTING IS PERFORMED FOR WORLD PEACE AND UNITY 

AND TO HELP ALL THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. 

MAY OUR CEASELESS UTTERANCE OF THY HOLY NAMES TRANSFORM US
TO THY LIKENESS; INSPIRED THAT OUR MATTER WORSHIP BE CHANGE
INTO ADORATION OF THEE, AND THROUGH OUR PURIFIED HEART,
MAY ALL NATIONS BE LIBERATED FROM MISERY;
AND THE SOUL FREEDOM WITHIN BE MANIFESTED OUTWARDLY, 

AND FINALY BE ATUNED TO THY FAULTLESS WILL...

Jai Sri Durga, Jai Sri Durga, Jai Sri Durga, Jai Sri Durga, Jai Sri Durga

Jai Sri Durga, Jai Sri Durga, Jai Sri Durga, Jai Sri Durga, Jai Sri Durga

I am Pure Knowledge and Bliss

Om. I am neither the mind, intellect, ego, nor chitta,

Neither am I the senses of hearing, taste, sight, smell or touch;

Nor am I ether, earth, air, fire, or water,

I am Pure Knowledge and Bliss:

I am Siva! I am Siva!

Chant the Name

Chant the name of the Lord and His glory unceasingly 

That the mirror of the heart may be wiped clean

And quench that mighty forest fire, 

Worldly lust, raging furiously within.

Oh name, stream down in moonlight on the lotus heart,

Opening its cup to knowledge of thyself. 

Oh self, drown deep in the waves of His bliss,

Chanting His name continually,

Tasting His nectar at every step, 

Bathing in His name, that bath for weary souls.

Breaker of This World's Chain

Breaker of this world's chain, we adore Thee, whom all men love.

Spotless, taking man's form, O Purifier, Thou art above the gunas three.

Knowledge divine, not flesh, Thou whom the cosmos wears, a diamond at its heart.

Let us look deep in Thine eyes; they are bright with the wisdom of God,

That can wake us from maya's spell.

Let us hold fast to Thy feet, treading the waves of the world to safety.

Oh, drunk with love, God-drunken Lover, in Thee all paths of all yogas meet.

Divine Mother Durga

Glory be to the Divine Mother Durga, remover of our distress and sorrow.

Glory be to Mother Kali, destroyer of all darkness and shame.

Glory be to the Goddess Uma, companion of Lord Brahma; 

Glory be to the incarnations of purity and love Sri Radha, Sri Sita, and Sri Rukmini.

Glory be to my spiritually compassion Mother Sri Sarada Devi, 

divine companion of Sri Ramakrishna, bestower of all knowledge and devotion.

I bow down, again and again, to the incarnations of Shiva and Shakti, 

embodiments of all peace and blessedness.

Glory to Sri Ramakrishna

Glory be to Sri Ramakrishna, excellent teacher, 
master of renunciation; glory to his spiritual companion 
Sri Sarada Devi, embodiment of supreme power. 
Glory be to Ramakrishna, who practiced loving worship 
of the divine Mother Kali, who readily takes me 
across the ocean of delusion. 
Glory be to Ramakrishna, who received sannyasa 
from the teacher of men Totapuri; and soon attained 
that divine ecstasy in which he ever remained. 
Glory be to Ramakrishna, the teacher of the entire world, 
the dust of whose feet saves me from drowning in 
the ocean of misery and sorrow. 
Glory be to Sri Ramakrishna, the embodiment of religion, 
foremost incarnation, establisher of righteousness. 
Glory be to the Great Master; Glory be to the Divine Mother; 
to all the devotees, and to all beings.

Heart's Lotus

Oh Lord, dweller within;

You are the light

In the heart's lotus.

Om is your very self,

Om, holiest word,

Seed and source of the scriptures.
Logic cannot discover you, Lord,
But the yogis know you 
In meditation. 
In you are all God's faces, 
His forms and aspects,
In you also we find the guru.
In every heart you are  
And if but once, only, a man 
Will open his mind to receive you 
Truly that man is free forever.