Two Verses from the Panchadashi SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA These two verses are from the beginning of the tenth chapter of the Pañcadaśī, titled ‘Nāṭaka Dīpaḥ’. The entire explanation, as well as the word meanings and footnotes, was handwritten by Pu ...
Panchadashi: A Prakarana Grantha SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA In continuation of the ‘Story of Vidyaranya’ in our previous issue, we bring you this section on‘ Prakarana Granthas’ as an introduction to the Panchadasi. Both these are unpublished so far. Since they ...
Story of Vidyaranya SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA Among the treasures housed in the Chinmaya Archives in Mumbai is this manuscript prepared by Pujya Gurudev, with the seeming intention of publishing a commentary on the Panchadasi by Swami Vidyaranya. The introducti ...
Happiness is an enigma and a trap. It is an enigma because we can never gain permanent happiness despite our all-out efforts. It is a trap as it is impossible to desert it. Everyone is struggling to become happy, but unfortunately, no one has ever beco ...
The Chinmaya Mission Pledge contains the essence of the teachings of Vedanta. In a few lines, Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda has given practical guidance for all seekers, following which, leads one to an exemplary life. In this retreat, 65 youth from ...
I learnt the Pledge way back when I was in lower kindergarten at Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Allapuzha. Within a year I had also been enrolled into Balvihar, where too the Pledge was taught to me. This time in Malayalam. In both places, the Pledge was ‘chanted’ ...
Master Gita Master Life! Testimonial by Tanvi Joshi Have we not felt many times so completely dejected within our lives and decided to give up before even trying? The human mind has a capacity to come up with endless reasons to abort an avowed decision. ...
It is a common technique in public speaking to quote great people or major literary works. Those who've been educated in English are used to quoting Gandhi, Lincoln, Jefferson, Shakespeare. Lately, it has also become cool to quote Chinese proverbs or ...
I attended a JñānaYajña, Chinmaya Mission style. Advaita Makaranda was the text, its meaning revealed in a series of talks that almost felt like discussion sessions among those determined to decode the vedāntic claim of जीव-ब्रह्म-एेक्य (jīva brahma aiky ...
The word ‘Humour’ gives one an undemanding, petty and childish feeling even though it is loved and enjoyed by all. Many think, to be successful in life, one should be very serious at all times. For them, to be serious is to have a grim face, forever wit ...
