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Parama Purus’a within everyone

On January 18, 2024, Posted by , In Blog,Philosophy, With No Comments

For each and every piece of work you should know what is what and which is which; why you are doing this, why you are not doing that. So many times in the past I said that our human society is a singular entity. It is integral, it cannot be…

Devotion — The Only Path

On December 18, 2023, Posted by , In Blog,Philosophy, With No Comments

I will say something regarding the necessity of devotion (bhakti) in the path of spiritual cult. Everybody knows that jina’na (knowledge), karma (action) and bhakti (devotion) are the three aides for progress along the path of spirituality. A jina’nii (person of knowledge) reaches near the goal but yet a little…

Inaugural Seminar and Summer Retreat 26-29 Jan 2024, Karanga Camp, Swanson

On November 26, 2023, Posted by , In Blog,Events,News, With No Comments

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Reality and Intellectuality

On November 18, 2023, Posted by , In Blog,Philosophy, With No Comments

The subject of today’s discourse is “Reality and Intellectuality”. While talking or arguing, we usually say, “It is reality,” or “This is a matter of fact,” or “This is abstract.” We use various terms to express the idea of reality. Now, let us consider the concept of reality, and then…

The Field of Dharma

On October 18, 2023, Posted by , In Blog,Philosophy, With No Comments

You know, life is a constant fight, a fight between the evil force and the divine force, vidyá shakti and avidyá shakti. These two belligerent forces are active in the human mind. A sádhaka will encourage the divine force, and a non-sádhaka will encourage the evil force. This fight is…

What Do You Want?

On September 18, 2023, Posted by , In Blog,Philosophy, With No Comments

There are innumerable logicians. Some say that this is right. Others say that it is not right. We cannot depend on the logicians. So a person should stick to his ideas, pursue his principles, and not depend on what the logicians say. Nindantu niitinpuńáh yadi vá stuvantuLakśmii samávishatu grhaḿ gacchatu…

Mantra and Incantation

On August 20, 2023, Posted by , In Blog,Philosophy, With No Comments

The word mantra in Sanskrit is very meaningful, and it has no synonymous term in any other language. Mananát tárayet yastu sah mantrah parikiirttitah – “Mantra is that particular word whose repetition or auto-suggestion or outer-suggestion helps the microcosm free itself of all the fetters of physical and psychic life.”…

Pinnacled Existence

On August 9, 2023, Posted by , In Blog,Philosophy, With No Comments

Last night I said something regarding extro-internal movements and also some thing regarding positive hallucination and negative hallucination. And I also said that intellectuals, by dint of their intellectual power won’t be able to reach the goal, and that those engaged in actional faculties also can’t reach the goal. It…

The Poles Shift Their Respective Positions

On July 6, 2023, Posted by , In Blog,Philosophy, With No Comments

The subject of today’s discourse is, “The Poles Shift their Respective Positions.” Cardinal human principles are almost unchangeable. I say almost unchangeable because they always maintain a tactual relationship with the cosmological order and so the cardinal human principles or cardinal points of human existence do not undergo any change…

Ananda Marga – A Revolution (Part 2)

On June 4, 2023, Posted by , In Blog,Philosophy, With No Comments

Social Structure In the social sphere, too, both the means and the end adopted in Ananda Marga are revolutionary. They show a change which had never been conceived of before – a change which is not a cyclic change due to the development of the social habits of human beings….