A Lion Waits
When I was young, I dreamt at the speed of light.
I was faster than the wind and quicker than the lightning flash.
Maharaj
By Cliff Johnson My guru, Swami Prabhavananda, was a direct disciple of Maharaj, as Swami always referred to Swami Brahmananda. In fact, in the more than twenty-five years that I knew Swami he never referred to his guru by any other name. And though Swami Brahamananda was known throughout the order as Maharaj, when Swami used it the name seemed to be given a special warmth and respectful familiarity…
Swami Brahmananda (Rakhal)
Sri Ramakrishna recognized Rakhal as his “spiritual son.” Ramakrishna said of him, “Know that Rakhal has intense renunciation. His father is rich; he does not go to him. He lives here, gathers fuel from the woods, and cooks his simple food.”
2010 Spring-Summer: Swami Vivekananda and America
Swamiji’s Vision of Vedanta; “Scenes from the Great Summer” (a play); A Western Take on the Teachings of Swami Vivekananda; Swami Vivekananda and Liberation Theology; Spirituality vs. Materialism: East vs. West?; Parliament of the World’s Religions, Melbourne 2009; What do you believe Swamiji envisioned as the future of Vedanta in this country? …
Review: When Jesus Lived in India
This book explores the theory that Jesus Christ visited India, a notion that first surfaced toward the end of the 19th century and has since become popular among Indophiles, occultists, and New Agers.
I Saw You
I saw you early this morning
in your dark blue work shirt…
Review: Patience, A Little Book of Inner Strength
Patience, A Little Book of Inner Strength by the late Eknath Easwaran (1910-1999) is a book of “pocket wisdom” regarding a difficult virtue and its relationship to strength, kindness, and compassion.
Review: Remembering Sri Sarada Devi’s Disciple: Swami Aseshananda As We Knew Him
Esther Warkov has rendered a signal service to the Ramakrishna Vedanta community, not only in America but worldwide, by assembling more than 60 remembrances of one of the great swamis of the second generation of our movement – those who knew Sri Sarada Devi and the direct disciples of Sri Ramakrishna.
Durga, Durga, Durga
O Mother Durga,
with your powerful arms
embrace us.
Breaker of This World’s Chain
Breaker of this world’s chain, we adore Thee, whom all men love.
Spotless, taking man’s form, O Purifier, Thou art above the gunas three,
Knowledge divine, not flesh; Thou whom the cosmos wears, a diamond at its heart.
