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Purify mind with action. Realise the Self

The Bhashyam for the Srimad Bhagavad Gita begins with a prayer to Bhagavan Sriman Narayana who is beyond the manifested creation. From the unmanifest, he created this egg. From this egg came all these worlds, the seven oceans and this earth too. The Acharya does not write a commentary for the whole ...

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’ at the end of the day, at the end of the class...

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 Both these are unpublished so far.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 were written carefully by Pujya Gurudev himself, they are very precious, and we thank the Chinmaya...

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 Pujya Gurudev in the manuscript, which is now preserved in the Chinmaya Archives.

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Sri Adi Shankaracharya is a prodigy and an exceptional Master. He is a saint, philosopher, poet, commentator, rejuvenator and social reformer. Adi Shankara was born at Melpazhur Mana, now renamed as Adi Sankara Nilayam by Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda. His birth-place is located in Veliyanad, a ...

“Hinduism Today” magazine is a global public service to the family of Hindu faiths, produced by a small monastic community based in Hawaii. In its July-Aug-September edition the team published an exclusive set of articles on the Life and works of Sri Adi Shankaracharya that also featured Adi Sankara...