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Bhaskar Raman worked at the Powai Ashram as editor of Bal Vihar until 3 years ago before moving to Delhi. As a toddler, he has played on Gurudev's lap and continues to be wrapped in Gurudev's devotion and love.

Siddhabari... 1984-85. Bhaskar was two and a half years old. He lived those days at the Si...

Srimad Bhagavad Gita – A Manual for Life

The Mahabharata declares: “If you master the Bhagavad Gita, what is the need for a pile o...

What is Sat?

What then is that Sat which is always there? It is said...

Verse 17: That by which everything is covered is indestructible. None indeed can destroy that which is inexpendable. Avinashi is that which does not have the nature of destruction. Tu is an adjective to point out that Sat is great...

Ananthan Nair and his brother Manoharan Nair are old devotees from Pune. While Manoharan ji continues to run the family tyre business in Pune, Ananthan ji has retired to Tallicheri, Kerala.

1966 - Deccan Gymkhana, Pune. Ananthan Nair was a ...

H.P Eswar is one of those unchanging images of the Chinmaya Mission. An ardent devotee and sevak, Eswar ji has been teaching Bal Vihar students in Kapole Niwas,Mumbai since the last 50 years at least! His ever joyful and boisterous nature can only be attributed to his continuous state of joy. His la...

Arvila Shah, is a devotee of Gurudev, and lives in Matanchery, Cochin.

1991 Cochin: Arvila ben's husband had just passed away. Gurudev came to Cochin and stayed at Jayshree ben's house. Much excitement spread in the vast Gujarati community in Cochin. Arvila was 39. It was not even a month since her h...

Swamini Niranjanananda is 83 years old. She lives and works out of CIF in Veliyanad, Kerala. There is a silent hum surrounding her being... the hum of her Narayana, Gurudev. Swamini ji continues to teach, to hold camps and satsangas. The smile that you see playing on her countenance is for Gurudev w...

"What is" exists;  "What is not" doesn't

16: For what does not exist, there is no existence. For what is, there is no non-existence. The people who knew the truth, know the reality of these statements clearly.

For the qualities such as heat and cold, joy and sorrow which are A...

When Something Feels Effortless  and Something Else Drains You

Have you noticed how some things just flow when you do them? You sit down to work, and before you know it, two hours have passed, and you still feel fresh. And then there are those other tasks, the ones that make you sigh before you ...

Sense organs and sense objects