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God is very soft, even to melt the butter one needs to use fire: Beautiful Analogy
God too is very soft; soft and sweet. But if one wants to experience God, one must expose oneself to
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If you follow Swami's command and lead life, HE will manifest in a second
First and foremost one should have steady and intense faith in Vedanta. One can conduct oneself prop
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Krishna Asked Arjuna to pray during the war: Faith is pre-requisite for leading life
Krishna told Arjuna, “Arjuna! You may be wondering about how to think of me in battlefield. But yo
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Who are the sinners? Analogy from Mahabharatha
If one says, “I have not committed a sin, the other has committed.” then half the share of sin l
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Do not indulge yourself in too much talk: With analogies
What is awareness? It is ‘Chith’. What is ‘Chith’? It is total, comprehensive wisdom! Today
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Always contemplate on God: Practical examples
Be in constant communion with God in all the three states: waking, dream, and deep sleep (jagrat, sw
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Inner vision helps you to know your true nature: Beautiful analogies from householder's life
Inner vision helps you to know your true nature: Beautiful analogies from householder's life
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Radha's love is unmatched and she is egoless: Conversation between Yashoda and Radha
Truth and love are one and the same. The whole world becomes ‘shoonyam’- null and void due to th
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What are Vedas, their origin and significance
Embodiments of Divine atma!! From ancient times the people of Bharath have gone throug
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Without faith and love in God, whatever we do is useless: Analogy
It is all useless if one does not have faith in God. People bring fresh vegetables; hire a good cook
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God is present in everyone: Episode of Lakshmi bai Danghe (Shirdi Baba)
Shirdi Baba too taught wisdom on many occasions, in many ways using many examples. God is everywhere
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Paschatya Vidyala Prabhavamadhiemo
For us, study is not important, what is very essential is culture. What sort of effect has western e
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Education without purpose is useless
All appear to be well-educated, but none knows what education is. All are endowed with education. Th
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Flip side of todays education System
In this land of bharath, which was once upon a time having an education system that consisted of var
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Khanda Khandantara
This is the motherland that has given birth to noble souls who who have earned fame in this country
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Students always be in a good company
When once students go out of the portals of the educational institutions and enter the society, thei
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Students should not give scope for bad thoughts: Analogies
Students must develop good thoughts through their pious character and good qualities. One must never
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Act on the good thought the moment it rises : Ravana's Message to Humanity
Last words of wisdom from Ravana: Good message Ravana fell down after being hit by
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When you dont give space for God to enter, how do you expect him to reside in your heart: With an analogy
Although people say that God resides in one’s heart, they seldom make effort to make their hearts
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Control of senses is the basis for any achievement
Control of senses is the foundation for all education. One cannot achieve success in any task withou
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Radiance of Atma and progress of science
Life is a blend of both sunshine and shade. There is no happiness without sorrow and sorrow without
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The power of creation is inexplicable
In any country and at any time, it is just not possible to come across two persons possessing identi
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Role of meditation for steady body and mind
One should steady one’s body to have steady mind. If one’s body is continuously in motion, how c
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Understand the significance of Durgashtami
Man must make an effort to recognise and understand the inner significance of ‘Durgashtami’. In
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Swami on Nature or Prakruthi
Hence this body is born of nature. There are two types of natures- ‘Para prakruthi’ and ‘Apara
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Goal of human life is to attain bliss
“Durlabham, maanusho janmaha!!” Human birth is rare to get. “Madaatma sarvabhootantaraatma!!
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Shirdi Baba gives the explanation of who is a true Guru: Kelkar Experience
One day Baba called Kelkar and asked him to do “Guru Pooja”, (worship Guru) as it was a Gurupoor
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Surdas and Krishna's Conversation: Chinnakatha
Once upon a time, Lord Krishna approached Surdas and said, “O Surdas, would you like t
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One needs to foster good thoughts
Thoughts are the basis for everything. Hence one must foster good thoughts. From where does one get
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The attributes of wisdom - Sraddha, Rutham, Sathya and Yoga
The first one is “Shraddha”. It has two meanings: ‘interest’ and ‘stability’. Shraddha
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All the joy of the world is present in you, its your own property
Nityanandam, paramasukhdam, Kevalam gnyaanamurtim, Dwandateetham, Gaganasadrusham, yogi hrudhyana
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Nityanandam Paramasukhadam
Nityanandam, paramasukhdam, Kevalam gnyaanamurtim, Dwandateetham, Gaganasadrusham, yogi hrudhyana
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Chaduvulanniyu Chadivi
Though being educated and knowledgeable, A foolish person doesn’t know hi
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The third eye for man is knowledge
Wisdom is main ‘eye’ gifted to mankind. Without the eye of wisdom, man is just an animal. There
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Man needs to understand his true value
One must enquire for a moment the sanctity, divinity and the novelty of the human life.
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What is the reason behind the name Ugadi
Today is Ugadi, meaning the beginning of Yuga or era. What is the first season after Ugadi? It is th
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What do you mean by God: With beautiful Analogies
What is God? God is matter + energy. Presence of both matter and the energy results in the divine po
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Man needs to have an eye of wisdom
Every being has eyes. It is not only the humans that have eyes but even the animals, birds and insec
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Sath, Chith and Ananda
God is the embodiment of eternity and bliss. Among His many names the ‘Sath, Chith, Ananda’ is t
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Demonstration of Raga, Bhava, Tala: Why should we clap with hands: Swami on different facets of singing
Embodiments of Love!! People sing bhajans while keeping the beat with
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Do not have hatred towards anybody
Nityananadam, parama sukhadam Kevalam gnyaana murtim Dwandwateetam, gagana
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You need to show gratitude for everything you receive
One has experienced so much. Having experienced so much how is one showing the gratitude? God does n
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Nothing is permanent in this world except Atma
Embodiments of Love!! In daily life, the nature which is experienced through th
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Path of bhakthi is very sacred
Shankaracharya expounded the principle of adwaitha. He declared, “Sathyam gyanam anantham brahma
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Swami explains the workings of body, mind, intellect and atma
Man must aspire to become broadminded living in this vast and wide world. Every human being has four
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Man creates his own problems: Analogy from Mahabharatha
Others do not give either pleasure or pain. Man’s thoughts, words and deeds are solely responsible
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Swami on five sheaths of human body
The human body is encased in five sheaths: Annamaya kosha (the sheath of food or physical sheath),
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Human heart is like ocean of milk; An analogy
The rakshasas (demons) and the devas (gods) churned the Ocean of Milk (to get nectar from it.) The
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Reading scriptures cannot give you wisdom
Sastras....Sastras...Sastras.. What are these Sastras? They may impart some general knowledge. It is
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How Nana Saheb Chadorkar became the devotee of Baba
At one time Baba, in a sitting posture, was smiling which no one around could understand! Some peopl
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Sathyam, Jnanam Anantham Brahma: With Analogy
Hence “sarvam gnyaanamayam”, everything is wisdom; the whole world, the individual, the society
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What is Brahma Tattwa and Maya Tattwa: With Analogies
Lord Rama at one time was pretending to learn the 'Brahma tatwa', the principle of divinity from the
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Everything is Brahman: With analogies
Embodiments of Brahman!! When a seed is sowed, it germinates into a plant and grows into
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Unity leads you to gain wisdom
Man today is wasting his life by indulging in selfish motives and by not believing in the transcende
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Sevadal should take up the path of Karma; With analogy
In order to arrest the tendencies which are unfair and unjust sometimes we have to adopt that path.
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Work, worship and wisdom; Karma Marga
“Work is worship”. Sevadals must work with the body, worship with the mind and merge in wisdom t
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Matamulanni koodi manchine bodhinche
All religions teach only the good, Know this and conduct with wisdom,
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All religions taught to be good
Every religion has been teaching and stressing the importance of devotion and wisdom and have upheld
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Teachings of Zoroastra; Religion of Parsi
Zoroastrian is the founder of the religion followed by Parsees and its followers are called as Zoroa
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Shankaracharya's adwaitha philosophy
Making the philosophy of oneness of humanity as the basis, Shankaracharya undertook the task of prea
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India has proclaimed that truth is one
However, the same Atma was present in both of them. Truth is one and age becomes irrelevant where Tr
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Scriptures and Puranas proclaim truth
It is only when action is related to the Atma that the nature of Sathya or Truth stands revealed. Wh
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What is the path of Karma yoga
Discipline is the essence of Karma Yoga. It is Karma Yoga that allows one to attain proficiency in a
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Discipline is must to lead an ideal life
Though lacking education, Birds and animals lead regulated lives. Why th
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Yetti vidyalu jagathini eruganatti
Though lacking education, Birds and animals lead regulated lives. Why ca
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Meghamulu Minti Pai Cheri
One notices lightning in the sky only when clouds gather. In that manner, as lightning follows clo
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Swami narrating a story on Self-Confidence
There was once a guru living in a place and he was communicating wisdom to people who used to come
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Swami on Pancha Koshas with analogies
Without food, the body cannot live. If there is no body, we cannot really picture the mind. If the
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Who am I; Question yourself
First of all, one must make every effort to know one self. One wastes time in responding to question
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Why Gayathri Mantra is given to children at tender age
There is an inner meaning in initiating the young children into chanting the Gayathri mantra. The ma
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Significance and explanation of Gayathri Mantra
One must chant the Gayathri mantra at fixed time during the period of 4 am to 8 am and at a set time
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With sincerity we can achieve anything
Likewise, divinity is present everywhere and is all pervading. One is not pursuing to realise this d
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Swami on the importance of mind, matter and awareness
In the humanity today this equality is the ‘integrated awareness’ or ‘pragnya’. This ‘inte
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Importance of Karma or action with Analogy
Actions are very important. Animal is born in Karma, it grows in Karma and ends in Karma. Karma is G
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How to control your senses; Bhagawan explains
For every human being, control of one's senses is essential. It would be wrong if we think that this
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Daanamu Kaani Yagna Sandhanamu Kaani
If we examine carefully, we will find that neither gift, nor a donation, nor the performance of Yagn
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Who is Vigneshwara
Modern man is weak. In modern times, people commit sins, but they neither realise their mistakes nor
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Discrimination power of man
Our life will not move forward if we don't have any knowledge of Sastras or knowledge of experience.
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Impart Indian culture to Balvikas Students
Our ancient Bharatiya culture was essentially based upon discipline and control of one's own self. T
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Relation of Balvikas students and Gurus
The close connection that should exist between the balvikas students and Gurus should be for the goa
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Chepputa sumabambhu, Cheyuta Kashtambu
It is easy to preach but difficult to practice. Do we need a teacher to teach bad qualities? Is it n
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What is Sath, Chit and Ananda
You are seeing how devotees love God. You are only measuring your love. No, that is wrong. You have
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Swami on three types of Shakthi
Therefore, Renunciation, Wisdom and Bhakthi are due to these things. Iccha Shakthi, Kriya Shakthi, J
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Who are Bhavani and Shankara
Bhavani Shankara is the name by which the deities are called. Bhavani means earnestness. Shankara me
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Offer your mind and body to God
Do not think too much of your body. You have to protect to the extent necessary. Body is the instrum
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Sath Chith Ananda is the form of Dattatreya
The basic qualities or attributes of divinity are three. They are Sat, Chit, Ananda. These three, Sa