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Purusha is unborn and eternal

The Purusha, know O Arjuna is indestructible. He is unborn and eternal. How can one kill that Purusha and how is death possible for him?

Know O Arjuna, the Purusha has no modification of destruction. Nityam or eternal means it does not go through any modifications such as...

Many of us have heard the term Sanatana Dharma, yet find it difficult to put into words what it truly means. Is it a religion we follow, a philosophy we study, or a way of living we slowly grow into? Sanatana Dharma is, at its heart, an ancient understanding of life itself. It is the oldest known co...

Saroj Sejpal is a most unassuming, down- to- earth, humble person. From a Bala Vihar Volunteer to devotee, her journey was propelled by one incident.

1991, Gurudev went to Cochin for a Geeta Gnana Yagna. Many of the Gujaratis settled in Mattanchery had been inspired by various visiting acharyas and h...

Neither kills nor gets killed

If you think that I am killing Bhishma and the others in this battlefield and I am the killer, that thought is illusory. How?

Verse 19: The one who knows himself as the killer of the Self, and the one who knows himself as the one, being killed, both do not know that the S...

Sanskrit - Gateway to the ‘Middle/Balanced’ Path for the Middle Aged

The ‘Middle Age’ is that peculiar time period in the life of an individual where the youth is starting to fade away and old age is starting to come in. Some of the challenges of an individual in the middle age are as under:

• The middl...

The ‘Youthfulness’ of Sanskrit for the Youth

Swami Vivekananda has rightly said “Youth is the best time. The way in which you utilize this period will decide the nature of coming years that lie ahead of you.” The youth today, indeed have within them the dynamism, creativity and energy, whic...

Anil Sachdev has known Gurudev since 1959.The entire family has been completely immersed in devotion to Gurudev. 

1992 December - A few months before Gurudev went to San Diego, Anil Sachdev and his family spent a very long time with Gurudev in Sidhabari. Gurudev was known to retreat to Sidhabari...

Sanskrit – The Yogic Health Booster

There is a famous saying "Health is Wealth." And how rightly so in today's times! The level of stress and anxiety especially among youth has greatly increased and their health is deteriorating. Ordinarily, a health practitioner/doctor would pres...

How Sanskrit Deepens Yoga, Meditation & Inner Well-Being

Yoga, meditation and mantra chanting often reach us first through sound. Yet beneath every familiar term — asana, prāṇa, dhyāna — lies Sanskrit, the language that gives these practices their philosophical and spiritual depth. Even a little ...

Lost in Translation: Learn Sanskrit to get to the Source

How many times have you read the Bhagavad Gita or the Upanishads in English, only to find three different translations giving you three different meanings for the same verse? 

Many times while trying to chant the shlokas, you struggle and f...