Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Articles
One Gītā Śloka to Live One’s Entire Life By
One Gītā Śloka to Live One’s Entire Life By
If you want to have one verse for your entire life, you have to look for verses from the seventh chapter because beginning with the seventh chapter alone Īśvara is discussed. There are interesting verses before...
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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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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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Discovering Love
Trust and the Loving PersonSwami Dayananda Saraswati
We need to discover that we are loving and compassionate.Intrinsically every individual is a loving person whether one...
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Dispassion, Vairāgya
Swami Dayananda SaraswatiExcerpt from the forthcoming Tattvabodha, Arsha Vidya Research and Publications, 2009
What is vairāgya?This is a very important thing. We have to see...
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Appropriate Responses, Dama
Swami Dayananda SaraswatiExcerpt from the forthcoming Tattvabodha, Arsha Vidya Research and Publications, 2009
What is Dama? cakṣurādi-bāhyendriya-nigrahaḥ.
This is very important. We can all benefit by...
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Focus, Samādhāna
Swami Dayananda SaraswatiExcerpt from the forthcoming Tattvabodha, Arsha Vidya Research and Publications, 2009
What is samādhāna?Cittaikāgratā
Right in front of you, agre, there is only one...
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Discerning Realities, Viveka
Swami Dayananda SaraswatiExcerpt from the forthcoming Tattvabodha, Arsha Vidya Research and Publications, 2009
What is this discrimination of nitya-anitya, what is not subject to time,...
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Availability of the Mind, Śama
Swami Dayananda SaraswatiExcerpt from Tattvabodha, Arsha Vidya Research and Publications, 2009
What is this Śama?
The author of the Tattvabodha says, mano nigrahaḥ. What does mano...
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Courage to face problems
Satsang with Swami Dayananda SaraswatiPublished in Arsha Vidya Gurukulam 3rd anniversary souvenir, 1989.
Question:Swamiji, you have said that people require courage to face their problems...
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Anubhava
Swami Dayananda SaraswatiExcerpt from Insights, Arsha Vidya Centre Research and Publication, Chennai, 2007
The word ‘anubhava’ is translated into English as ‘experience’ by a number...
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DO ALL RELIGIONS LEAD TO THE SAME GOAL?
Swami Dayananda SaraswatiExcerpt from Insights, Arsha Vidya Research and Publications, 2007
All religions lead to the same goal is a concept widely subscribed to by...
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Accommodating Others
Swami Dayananda SaraswatiExcerpt from Vedanta 24x7, Arsha Vidya Centre Research and Publication, Chennai, 2007
Vedanta is the teaching of the reality of oneself. It is...
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Freedom From Helplessness
Swami Dayananda SaraswatiEdited excerpt from Freedom from Helplessness, Arsha Vidya Research and Publication Centre, Chennai, 2006.
There is a definite line that separates modern society...
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Compassion and the Human End, Puruṣārtha
Swami Dayananda SaraswatiExcerpts from the book, Living versus Getting On by Pujya Swami Dayananda Sarasawati edited by Jayshree Ramakrishnan, Chaya Rajaram, and Krishnakumar (KK)...
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Aparokṣa-anubhūti – Introduction
Swami Dayananda SaraswatiExcerpt from classes on Aparokṣānubhūti in Saylorsburg, 2006, transcribed and edited by Swamini Srividyananda.
What 'is', is Īśvara. In the Vedānta-śāstra this is...
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Anugraha Bhāṣyam
Swami Dayananda SaraswatiDelivered at Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Saylorsburg, January 1, 2005.
Tsunami is a devastating experience for all of us. Not only the people who...
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The Vision of the Rishis
The Sanskrit word “ārṣa” means that which comes from the ṛṣi. Ṛṣi is one who knows, or sees, so a ṛṣi is a Seer....
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How Learning Takes Place
How Learning Takes PlaceSwami Dayananda SaraswatiExcerpt from Pujya Swami Dayanandaji’s Discourse to Young Adults, Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, August, 2004. Transcribed and edited by Swamini...
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The Concept of Success
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
The Concept of Success
Published in the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam 14th Anniversary Souvenir, 2000
The concept of success on the part of the human...
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Sri Sankara
To talk on Śankara is to unfold what Īśvara, the Lord, is. We do not look upon Śankara as an individual. In fact we...
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Gurupurnima
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
GurupūrṇimāPublished in the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam 15th Anniversary Souvenir, 2001
As we have Father’s Day and Mothers Day, Gurus also have their own...
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