Who Is A True Sannyasin?
Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati’s reflections on sannyasa at his 26th Sannyasa birthday celebration at Ganga Darshan, 11 January 1996. It was only with great difficulty that I
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Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati’s reflections on sannyasa at his 26th Sannyasa birthday celebration at Ganga Darshan, 11 January 1996. It was only with great difficulty that I
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Perhaps it will not be wrong to say that this temple does represent the city of Joy. Located in the North of Calcutta the Dakhineshwar
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Sanskriti comes from the Sanskrit root “kr” which means to do or to make prefix “sam” is applied before it to convey a sense of embellishment. It means actions done for the holistic refinement and perfection all the potentialities within a human being.
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