Sri Ramana Maharshi

With blazing bright, unwinking eyes
He gazed and drunk in my whole Being.
Swept off by such enchanting beauty
His utter slave I have become.
-By Sri Muruganar from "The Garland of Guru's Sayings"

Lecture on Sri Ramana Maharshi

By Swami Yogeshananda

Take refuge in silence. 
You can be here or there or anywhere. 

Fixed in silence, established in the inner ‘I’ 

You can be as you are. 

The world will never perturb you,

If you are well founded upon the tranquility within. 

Gather your thoughts within. 

Find out the thought center and discover your self equipoise. 

In storm and turmoil be calm and silent. 

Watch the events around as a witness. 

The world is a drama. 

Be a witness, in turned and introspective.

-Sri Ramana Maharshi

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Swami Sarvadevananda

I bow down to the Sadguru

The spiritual teacher who dispels the darkness of ignorance.

Who is the embodiment of Brahmananda

The inexpressible absolute bliss of Brahman.

Who bestows that supreme joy on others.

Who stands alone entirely unattached.

The very personification of spiritual wisdom who has gone 

Beyond the pairs of opposites like pleasure and pain, 

Heat and cold, that characterize relative existence.

Who is vast as the sky.

Who is indicated by the great Vedic phrase of the Mahabharata, "That thou art."

Who is one without a second, eternal, stainless, and immovable.

The witness to all that arises who has gone beyond all states of mind 

And is free of the three gunas: tamas, rajas, and even sattva.

To him the true Guru do we bow down in adoration.

Om, shanti, shanti, shanti

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Swami Sarvadevananda

Fear Not!

Narendra (Swami Vivekananda) & Rakhal (Swami Brahmananda)

Arise! Awake! and stop not until the goal is reached.

- Swami Vivekananda

A Reflection on Swami Brahmananda 

Lecture by Charles Miller

Banish all fear and weakness. Never weaken your mind by thinking of past mistakes. Sin? Sin exists only in man's eye. In God's eye there is no sin. One glance of the divine and the sins of many, many births are wiped away.

The greatest strength of character is to live in harmony with all. Never utter one word that would hurt another. Tell the truth, but never a harsh truth.

Life is like a stream, fast ebbing away. The day that is once gone can never be recalled. Make the best use of your time. If you leave it till the last moment, it will be too late to cry, "Alas, alas!"
- Swami Brahmananda

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Swami Vivekananda's letter to Swami Brahmananda

(Translated from Bengali)

U.S.A., 20th November, 1899

MY DEAR RAKHAL,

Got some news from Sharat's letter. . . . Get experience while still there is a chance; I am not concerned whether you win or lose. . . . I have no disease now. Again. . . . I am going to tour from place to place. There is no reason for anxiety, be fearless. Everything will fly away before you; only don't be disobedient, and all success will be yours. . . . Victory to Kali! Victory to the Mother! Victory to Kali! Wah Guru, Wah Guru ki Fateh (Victory unto the Guru)!

. . . Really, there is no greater sin than cowardice; cowards are never saved — that is sure. I can stand everything else but not that. Can I have any dealings with one who will not give that up? . . . If one gets one blow, one must return ten with redoubled fury. . . . Then only one is a man. . . . The coward is an object to be pitied.

I bless you all; today, on this day sacred to the Divine Mother, on this night, may the Mother dance in your hearts, and bring infinite strength to your arms. Victory to Kali! Victory to Kali! Mother will certainly come down — and with great strength will bring all victory, world victory. Mother is coming, what dear? Whom to fear? Victory to Kali! At the tread of each one of you the earth will tremble. . . . Victory to Kali! Again onward, forward! Wah Guru! Victory to the Mother! Kali! Kali! Kali! Disease, sorrow, danger, weakness — all these have departed from you all. All victory, all good fortune, all prosperity yours. Fear not! Fear not! The threat of calamity is vanishing, fear not! Victory to Kali! Victory to Kali!

VIVEKANANDA

PS: I am the servant of the Mother, you are all servants of the Mother — what destruction, what fear is there for us? Don't allow egoism to enter your minds, and let love never depart from your hearts. What destruction can touch you? Fear not. Victory to Kali! Victory to Kali!

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Swami Swahanandaji

June 29, 1921  -  October 19, 2012 

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You have to grow from the inside out.
None can teach you, 
None can make you spiritual.
There is no other teacher but your own soul.
Swami Vivekananda