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======================================================================== 1.#Opinion : Saturday, February 18, 2023. 06:00. 3025/// Chapter - 7: The Message of the Mahabharatam.-7. Post-16. ========================================================================= This friendship, this communion of people, this family life, this gaiety of community is compared to the coming together of logs of wood in the ocean, again a verse from the Mahabharata. As we know, winds blow on the surface of the ocean, and logs of wood drift towards each other due to the power of the wind. One log goes and touches another log. “Oh, my dear friend, how are you? We shall have coffee in the hotel.” They go together, and the friendship increases. One hugs the other. Attachment takes place. One log of wood is attached to the other log of wood. Then the wind blows in another direction, and the log drifts away. “Oh, bereavement, death has taken place. My son has gone, my brother has died.” This is what is happening....

======================================================================== 1.#Opinion : Thursday, February 02, 2023. 06:00. 3006 /// 2.#Chapter 7: The Message of the Mahabharatam.-6. Post-15. ========================================================================= The story of the Mahabharata in this historical context is also a lesson for all spiritual seekers. That is to say, in the beginning of the lives of people there is jubilation, and an innocence coupled with ignorance of the facts of life. We are happy not because there is something worthwhile in this world but because we do not know the secrets of life. It was Buddha who said that a wise one cannot stay in this world for three days if he knows what this world is made of. It is burning pits of live coals. And Patanjali, in one of his sutras, says duḥkham eva sarvaṁ vivekinaḥ (Y.S. 2.15): “The whole world is a heap of sorrow to the eye of a discriminating individual.” Do we not think the world is beautiful? We think there is mil...

  ========================================================================= 1.#Opinion : Saturday, January 07, 2023. 06:00. 2979. //  2.#Chapter 7: The Message of the Mahabharatam.-5. Post-14. ======================================================================== There was a grand reception arranged by King Dhritarashtra, who came to know that Krishna was coming. He called his minister Sanjaya and said, “Krishna is coming; that is what I am hearing. What kind of person is he? What is his intention in coming here? Kindly let me know.” Sanjaya, his minister, replied, “It is good that you have put this question to me. Your Highness, I shall tell you who is coming. The deeds of Krishna, no one knows. Why he is coming is also not very clear to people. He is coming to end your children because of the greed that they have exhibited in their behaviour and the relentless heart with which they have spurned the humble request of the Pandavas to have their kingdom back. Oh, even if the ...

 ======================================================================== ======================================================================== 1.#Opinion : Friday, December 09, 2022. 06:45. 2917. // 2.#Chapter 7: The Message of the Mahabharatam.-4. Post-13. ======================================================================== God sees all these things. With millions of eyes, God knows what is happening in the world. He knows what is proper, what is improper, who is just, who is not just. But mostly what happens is that God's mills grind slowly. They say God takes action very, very slowly. We do not know why He should take action so slowly. God's way of doing things is compared to the way of a lion. A lion is very powerful. It lies down somewhere in a corner, and if children pelt a stone at it, it might not mind because it knows its strength. The stronger we are, the less we mind interference from people. The weaker we are, the more do we rise up and show our vehemence. A...

 ========================================================================= Chinmaya Mission Swami Swaroopananda was warmly welcomed by young, children and adults of Chinmaya Mission Dubai during his recent visit to Dubai in the first week of November. Swamiji expounded on the how the potent prayer Maha Mrutyunjana Mantra confers many corporeal benefits, including good health and long life. To the ardent seeker of Truth, the Mantra can give liberation from self-ignorance, verify a deathly state unto itself... for Mritunjaya, the Victor over Death (moha delusion), is none other than Lord Shiva Himself. Seekers were entralled to discover new meaning and found a lasting appreciation of the Mantra's efficacy on both the gross and subtle levels. ======================================================================== 1.#Opinion : Friday, November 11, 2022. 06:45. 2915. // 2.#Chapter 7: The Message of the Mahabharatam.-3. Post-12. ==========================================================...

 ======================================================================== Chinmaya Mission     Glimpses from the inauguration of Chinmaya Gurudham, Gurugram on 12th Oct, 2022 The Chinmaya Sevaks at Chinmaya Gurugram were busy during the entire period of covid building their new centre ever since the foundation stone was laid on 5th May 2019.  Pujya Swami Swaroopananda inaugurated the new Chinmaya Gurugram centre where Jagadguru Shri Krishna will be soon installed as the deity of the centre. Shri Sudhir Rajpal, IAS CEO GMDA was the honourable guest at the inauguration and several other dignitaries and Swamins of Chinmaya Mission including Swami Gangeshananda, Swami Chidrupananda, Swami Prakarshananda, Swamini Gurupriyananda were also present to grace and bless the occasion. Pujya Swami ji reminded all Bhagavan Shri Krishna's teaching on remaining an instrument in Bhagavan's hands (nimitta-mātraṁ bhava savya-sāchin)  so the divine will flows through us to the...