Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 12
BHAKTI-YOGA
INTRODUCTION
In the twelfth chapter the topic is predominantly devotion, bhakti. Bhakti is from the root bhaj used in the sense of service. Dedicated action to Ì¿vara who is in the form of dharma is called bhakti. One who conforms to dharma and avoids adharma,...
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Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Sarasvatī-vandanā
(Praise of Goddess Sarasvatī) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
yā kundendutuṣārahāradhavalā yā śubhravastrāvṛtāyā vīṇāvaradaṇḍamaṇḍitakarā yā śvetapadmāsanāyā brahmācyutaśaṅkaraprabhṛtibhirdevaiḥ sadā vanditāsā māṁ pātu sarasvatī bhagavatī niḥśeṣajāḍyāpahā - (Sarasvatī-stotram, vs.1)
She...
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Essence of the Entire Bhagavad Gita
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Lord Gaṇeśa
Swami DayanandaI find that Lord Gaṇeśa is very popular in all our remote villages. Even people from non-Indian traditions like the form of Lord...
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Invoking the Grace of Īśvara
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Whether true or not, the following story in the Mahābhārata about events preceding the impending war of Kurukṣetra tells us that the...
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Bhakti
Swami Dayananda SaraswatiEdited excerpt from the Vākya Vicāra series on the Kaivalyopaniṣad-vākya, śraddhā bhakti dhyāna yogādavehi by Swamini Srividyananda
In gaining knowledge of Brahman, once...
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Swami Viditatmananda
Sevā Bhāva – An Attitude of Service
Pūjya Śrī Swami Dayananda Saraswati established AIM for Seva in 2000. The idea for starting this movement came from a conversation with an elderly...
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Saptaślokī Durgā
Seven Verses in Praise of DurgāSwami Viditatmananda SaraswatiSaptaślokī Durgā is a hymn of seven verses selected from the sacred text known as Durgā-saptaśatī or...
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Śāntipāṭha, prayer of the Gaṇapati Atharvaśīrṣa
There is a śāntipātha, or prayer, specific to each of the Vedas, chanted before the study of an Upaniṣad of that particular Veda. The...
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Advaita Makaranda — Swami Viditatmananda
The author of Advaita Makaranda, Lakshmidhara lived centuries ago. He had also written Amåta Taraìgiëi, a ...
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Other Texts
TattvaBodha
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Swami Tattvavidananda
The Vedāntic Import of Śrī Lalitāsahasranāma
Swami Tattvavidananda Saraswati(Acknowledgement: Dr. Sri V. Swaminathan)
Śrī Lalitā-sahasra-nāma-stotram is recited by many people; not only in India, but everywhere in the world wherever there...
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Medhā Sūktam
Abridged from the book Vaidika Sukka Mañjarī by Swami Tattvavidananda
Overview of the sūktas
Sūkta means su ukta or suṣṭhu ukta, very well said. There is...
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Advaita Makaranda — Swami Tattvavidanandaji
The author of Advaita Makaranda, Lakshmidhara lived centuries ago. He
had also written Amåta Taraìgiëi, a ...
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Atma Bodha
Atma bodha or Self-knowledge, is a short treatise on Advaita Vedanta, the philosophy of Non-dualistic vedanta. It consist of 68 verses in melodies Sanskrit...
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Adhyasa Bhasyam
In the canon of vedanta litarature, the Brahma Sutram occupies a unique position as the oldest systematic commentary on the Upanishads. Of commentaries on the Brahma...
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