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A Short History of Religious and Philosophic Thought in India1.1: Swami Krishnananda.

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============================================================================================ Friday 02, January 2026, 20:50. Books Bhagavadgita & Hinduism A Short History of Religious and Philosophic Thought in India: 1.1. 1.Introduction-1 Swami Krishnananda. ============================================================================================== 1.Introduction - 1. The development of religious and philosophic thought in India comprises a many-sided presentation of the higher aspirations in man. While the Veda-Samhitas embody the prayers of the human spirit to the Universal Reality revealed in creation and record the vision of the One in the many, the Upanishads represent an attempt to dive into the One from the forms of the many. Though modern history sees an advance of thought from the Samhitas to the Upanishads, tradition does not permit any such bifurcation and sees in them two types of the vision of Reality, the former emphasising its aspect as creation and the latter it...
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JIVANMUKTI VIVEKA: Part 1: Post-6. Swami Guru Bhaktananda.

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================================================================================================= Tuesday 30, December 2025. 20:55. JIVANMUKTI VIVEKA:  Part 1:  Pramana Prakarana:  “The Evidence of Liberation”:  IN 5 PARTS:  THE ENQUIRY INTO LIBERATION  REFLECTIONS: Swami Gurubhaktananda.  ================================================================================================== Mantras-4 & 5: The Four Types of Sannyasis: 1.  viraktih dvividhā proktā = Indifference to the world is said to be of two kinds –   2.  tīvrā tīvratara iti cha; =  i) Strong; and ii) Stronger.  3.  satyām eva tu tīvrāyāṁ = If the dispassion that exists is of the Strong type, we have  4.  nyasyed yogī kuṭīchake. = the Kutichaka Yogi (Sannyasi) who stays fixed in seclusion.    5.  shaktah bahūdake = The able-bodied Bahudaka Sannyasi is the wandering type.   6.  tīvratarāyāṁ haṁsa saṁjnite; = Th...
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Spiritual Evolution According to the Bhagavadgita - 6. Swami Krishnananda.

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================================================================================================== Sunday 28, December 2025, 18:55. Article Scriptures Spiritual Evolution According to the Bhagavadgita - 6.  Swami Krishnananda (Spoken on February 24th, 1973) Post-6. ==================================================================================================== Desire is a blind groping; it is not a clear perception of things, yet it gives an indication that something is wrong with us. When we open our eyes to the meaning behind these desires and urges, we are said to be endowed with viveka or understanding, discrimination. This is the first prerequisite of spiritual enlightenment. Viveka, vairagya and shad-sampat – this understanding of the higher purpose of life and an automatic detachment from the lower instincts, together with self-control, constitute the base sadhana for spiritual life. This itself is not sufficient. These qualifications, viveka, vairagya, shad-sampat, etc....
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The Language of the Bhagavadgita: 6. (END) - Swami Krishnananda.

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  ==================================================================================================== Friday 26, December 2025, 20:00. Article Scriptures The Language of the Bhagavadgita: 6.  Swami Krishnananda (Gita Jayanti Message spoken on December 26, 1982) ===================================================================================================== The culture of Bharatavarsha does not recognise any object as being purely material, and more so is the case with divine embodiments such as the scriptures. The Veda, the Upanishad, the Bhagavadgita are sacred. The Veda mantras are not some printed characters on pieces of paper, though when we lift the Veda and carry it from one place to another we seem to be carrying only paper and ink. The Veda is not paper and ink. It is something more than what we can touch with our hand or feel as a weight thereof. It is a power, it is a force, it is a vibration, it is an energy, it is a solution, it is a succour, it is divinity t...
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The Three Types of Discipline of the Bhagavad-Gita: 5.(END) - Swami Krishnananda.

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================================================================================================== Wednesday 24, December 2025, 20:15. Article Scriptures The Three Types of Discipline of the Bhagavadgita: 5.  Swami Krishnananda. (Spoken on September 18th, 1974) Post-5. =================================================================================================== The Bhagavadgita takes us into a vaster realm of a wider cosmos, I should say, of which you are a citizen because you are ruled by the government of the universe. Just as you have a constitution for your own country, there is a constitution for the entire universe, according to which every leaf moves, and every wisp of wind blows. Nothing can happen in this world unless it is ordained and permitted by the constitution of the setup of the whole cosmos, of which you are an integral part. You cannot isolate yourself from that. So self-discipline, according to the Bhagavadgita, does not merely mean individual bodily, psych...
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JIVANMUKTI VIVEKA: Part 1: Post-7. Swami Guru Bhaktananda.

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================================================================================================ Monday 22, December 2025. 20:30. JIVANMUKTI VIVEKA:  Part 1:  Pramana Prakarana:  “The Evidence of Liberation” :  IN 5 PARTS:  THE ENQUIRY INTO LIBERATION  REFLECTIONS: Swami Gurubhaktananda  Based on the 55 Lectures delivered:  Swami Advayanandaji (referred to as “Swamiji” in the book),   In-charge, Chinmaya International Foundation, Veliyanad, Kerala.   from 10th June 2015 – 28th May 2016 ' The Central Purpose of Jivanmukti Viveka: The purpose of the entire text can be summed up in the following three points:  Post-7. ================================================================================================= PART 1A:   THE PADYA  (13 slogas on the Overview)    THE CLASSIFICATION of SANNYASA: ================================================================================================== Mantra...
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