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Swami Vivekananda (Bengali: [ʃami bibekanÉ'nÉ-o] ( listen), ShÄmi BibekÄnondo; 12 January 1863 - 4 July 1902), born Narendra Nath Datta (Bengali: [nÉ"rend̪ro nat̪ʰ d̪É"t̪t̪o]), was an Indian Hindu monk and chief disciple of the 19th-century saint Ramakrishna. Vivekananda (Swami): The chief disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, who brought the message of Vedanta to the West at the end of the nineteenth century. Viveka : (lit., discrimination; distinction) The faculty of discretion that enables a human being to distinguish between true and false, reality and illusion. (~nanada College, Madras 9.2.82)
~ discrimination, discernment. ~ - discrimination between real and unreal. Distinguish between two things that are mixed up. ~nand Yoga Ashram: Swami ~nanda Wallpapers ~ - Discrimination: ~ (discernment, discrimination) is a deliberate, continuous intellectual effort to distinguish between the real and the unreal, the permanent and the temporary, and the Self and not-Self. ~-khyatih = discriminative knowledge (~ = discriminative, discernment; khyatih = knowledge, correct cognition, clarity, awareness) ~: Distinguishing Self from non-Self, or reality from deception. ~nanda's quote answers million question. ~ ~ ("discernment) - a most important aspect of the yogic path Swami ~nanda Turns 150 Swami ~nanda = a guru from India who addressed the Parliament of Religions in 1893, and became a popular figure; he was followed by a number of other swamis who came to the United States to teach westerners along the eastern path of yoga 1 Swami ~nanda Yoga University and Institute of Population Health and Clinical Research. Bangalore, India One day Swami ~nandaji was loitering at Varanasi in an uninhabited area. A group of monkeys followed him. He was afraid and started running away One Sash on seeing him running called out, 'Don't be afraid, stop, present a strong front, if you get afraid they will try to make you more fearful". When this type of ~ or discriminating power comes, well it is half done. The Self which is neither body nor mind, but beyond both, "which sword cannot cut, which fire cannot burn, which water cannot melt, and air cannot dry, birthless, deathless, one omniscient and and all-pervading. "The greatest persons in the world are unknown to the world," said Swami ~nanda in one of his lectures in America. "These Buddhas, these Christs that you are hearing of are second-rate heroes. They are not the first class ones. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa touched Swami ~nanda. Swami ~nanda had superconscious experiences. He struggled hard for seven years more even after the touch for attaining perfection. Lord Krishna touched the blind eyes of Vilvamangal (Surdas). The inner eye of Surdas was opened. He had Bhava Samadhi. It can be attributed to many gurus, including Swami ~nanda, and their apostolic works. The Germans also discovered the beauty of the Sanskrit language and Vedic mystery. Max Muller was the pioneer among the German scholars who contributed immensely to the popularity of Indian culture and mysticism. Shankaracharya writes on them at length in his Vedantic masterpiece, ~ Chudamani. Modern interpretations of the koshas are often sourced to the Theosophical writer A. Powell, who wrote a book for each of the five koshas. A decent contemporary survey of the koshas from many traditions can be found in C. We first saw yoga in the West around the early 1900's when yoga masters such as Swami ~nanda traveled to the United States to visit the Parliament of Religions in Chicago. There are three types of Adhikaris, viz., 1. good (Uttama), 2. middle (Madhyama) and 3. inferior (Adhama) according to Samskaras, intelligence, degree of Vairagya, ~ and Mumukshutva and the capacity for Sadhana. ~ (discrimination between the real (permanent) and the unreal (temporary)); It has been around for thousands of years, but was first written down by a sage named Patnjalli about 2000 years ago. Astanga Yoga is often called "Raja Yoga", which means the "Royal" Yoga. This name was actually coined at the turn of the century by Swami ~nnanda, ... Vipareetha Bhavana: Perverted understanding.
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