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Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya!
Om Namo Bhagavate Krishnanandaya!

Namaste!

Be God-Oriented
by Sri Swami Chidananda

Direct your entire being—mind, intellect, emotions, sentiments, towards that one and only Being, the sole Source in whom there is enduring, eternal, unalloyed, unmixed, total happiness that would not decrease or change. That is Brahman. That is God. Make all your activities God-oriented by spiritualising them.

You may ask: ‘All said and done, how can I implement it? I am involved in this world. This is a familiar ground for me. But I don’t know that unknown, unfamiliar Being. How can I have any love or affection, inclination or longing for That?

True, your problem is genuine. But the solution is quite simple: Detach from here, attach There. So first of all, you should get yourself familiar to That whom you want to worship, love, adore, on whom you want to meditate upon, towards whom you want to move. There are three different ways.

The first is the heredity. If you are born in a family where parents are devotees and they are doing Puja and Kirtan, singing devotional songs, reading about the Lilas of the Lord and the lives of saints, talking about Him, you will automatically develop love for Him.

Secondly, if you are not born in such a family, you should think about our rich heritage, you should get yourself acquainted with it by reading the spiritual books. There is a unique tradition in all the parts of India. There are some people whose sole occupation and allocation is to master the scriptures and to go to various places and narrate, expound and elucidate them. So even an illiterate villager also knows some philosophy; he knows about Shabari, Ahalya and many such characters. He knows about Bhakti, he knows about God’s grace.

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Commentary on the Panchadasi
by Sri Swami Krishnananda

We are very happy to bring out the second volume of ‘Commentary on the Panchadasi’ by Param Pujya Sri Swami Krishnanandaji Maharaj on the 15th Punyatithi of Pujya Sri Swamiji Maharaj on 8th November, 2016.

Sri Swami Vidyaranya’s Panchadasi, in the words of Worshipful Sri Swami Krishnanandaji Maharaj, is a masterpiece in Vedanta philosophy and spiritual practice. For the benefit of the earnest seekers of Vedanta, Pujya Sri Swamiji Maharaj gave 42 illuminating discourses on ‘Panchadasi’ from August to October 1989. The first volume comprising 21 discourses was released as our worshipful offering on Pujya Sri Swamiji Maharaj’s 94th Birth Anniversary on 25th April 2016. Now volume second consisting of remaining 21 discourses is being offered at his feet on the sacred occasion of his 15th Punyatithi Aradhana.

May the blessings of Sadgurudev Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj and Worshipful Sri Swami Krishnanandaji Maharaj be upon all!

For more information, please see: Commentary on the Panchadasi Volume Two

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SEEING GOD IN ALL: As a Sannyasin at Swarg Ashram, where he did his penance during his Sadhana days, the Master never gave up service of the sick Mahatmas.

One day the dinner bell rang but the Master found none of the Sannyasins of the Ashram taking the usual path to the kitchen a few miles away to receive their alms. He discovered that it was because another Swami afflicted with cholera, was in a dying condition in his small cottage, which was on the route to the kitchen. So all had avoided that path.

The Master chided the Sannyasins, “You all came here to see God. You talk about ‘I am the Self; I am Brahman’, but do you see God in everything? God is lying in a dying condition along your path, but you go along another route to avoid Him.”

The Master immediately went to nurse the Swami.

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"When a devotee realizes God, he does not produce God, he does not make God. God is always there, God is always here, God is always everywhere, God is always within you." – Swami Chidananda

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