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Speech by Rev.swami shitikantananda 05/07/2024

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SPEECH by Rev.Swami shitikantananda                                                                                     05/07/2024 Topic: "Life is a trail!" smamiji stars: good morning;shubhodhayam   In t his hell of a world, He(Vivekananda) saw world as a kind of hell.Every great person saw it like that, Buddha, he felt world is on fire, so Swamiji(Vivekananda) is saying here, in this hell of a world if we can bring joy for a day to the heart of a single person, that alone is true, everything else is moonshine, that alone is religion, okay? that's why Swamiji started this organization, service to man is service to god, you don't behave well with your fellow human beings, but you go to a temple far of distance and think that actually you are able to please the lord, the greatest manifestation and expression of the divine is through human beings, it's okay to worship the lord through idol or image, the guru Sri ramakrishna paramahamsa himself had worshipped the div

Morning Talk by Rev.Swami shitikantananda

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  Morning Talk by REV.swami shitikantananda                                                                      03/07/2024 TOPIC: Faith or Reason? Swamiji starts by chanting: ॐ सह नाववतु । सह नौ भुनक्तु । सह वीर्यं करवावहै । तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु मा विद्विषावहै । ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः Om Saha Nau-Avatu | Saha Nau Bhunaktu | Saha Viiryam Karavaavahai | Tejasvi Nau-Adhiitam-Astu Maa Vidvissaavahai | Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih || ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय । तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय । मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय । ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥ Om Asato Maa Sad-Gamaya | Tamaso Maa Jyotir-Gamaya | Mrtyor-Maa Amrtam Gamaya | Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih || Good morning;shubodhayam, what is today's morning news? Sad news is there. Around hundred people died near hathras right? in a stampede, the religious gathering, so Satsang, 21st century we are living in, why such things are happening?, somebody put the blame on district administration, enough police personnel were not put there, they did not take requ

Morning talk by Rev.swami shitikantananda 1/07/2024

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 Morning Talk by swami shitikantananda                                                                                      1/07/2024 Disclaimer! "Swamiji(shitikantananda) says some words in Telugu that are translated into English into colored text." Topic : Work and it's secret chanting: ॐ सह नाववतु । सह नौ भुनक्तु । सह वीर्यं करवावहै । तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु मा विद्विषावहै । ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः Om Saha Nau-Avatu | Saha Nau Bhunaktu | Saha Viiryam Karavaavahai | Tejasvi Nau-Adhiitam-Astu Maa Vidvissaavahai | Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih || ॐ   असतो   मा   सद्गमय  । तमसो   मा   ज्योतिर्गमय   । मृत्योर्मा   अमृतं   गमय   । ॐ   शान्तिः   शान्तिः   शान्तिः   ॥ Om Asato Maa Sad-Gamaya | Tamaso Maa Jyotir-Gamaya | Mrtyor-Maa Amrtam Gamaya | Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih || Swamiji starts: Good morning! Shubhodhayam! Guten Morgen! (English,Telugu,German respectively) So everyday before I come to prayer I get a WhatsApp message either from Arun or Karthik, the message is &q

Speech on "The goal of education" by Rev.Swami shitikantananda 26.06.2024

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  Speech by Rev.swami shitikantananda                                                        26.06.24 Disclaimer! "Swamiji(shitikantananda) says some words in Telugu that are translated into English into colored text." Topic: "The goal of education" continuation of the topic...... So there are some thoughts of Swamiji on education very important for you since you are students(swamiji is saying to the students in the hall)  (Swamiji reads out the above  quote ) why do we go to schools and colleges? To get educated, to get education, are we getting the right education from our schools and colleges? what should be the goal and objective of the education? what education should give us? here Swamiji(Vivekananda) is delineating four objectives for education, the first is it should help us build our character, the second is it should help us make our mind strong, the third is it should help us expand our intellect, and fourth is it should help us to stand on our own feet ,

Morning Talk by Rev.swami shitikantananda June 26,2024

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 Morning Talk by Rev.swami shitikantananda                                                                           26.06.24 Topic: "The goal of education" chanting: ॐ   सह   नाववतु  । सह   नौ   भुनक्तु  । सह   वीर्यं   करवावहै  । तेजस्वि   नावधीतमस्तु   मा   विद्विषावहै  । ॐ   शान्तिः   शान्तिः   शान्तिः   Om Saha Nau-Avatu | Saha Nau Bhunaktu | Saha Viiryam Karavaavahai | Tejasvi Nau-Adhiitam-Astu Maa Vidvissaavahai | Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih || ॐ   असतो   मा   सद्गमय  । तमसो   मा   ज्योतिर्गमय   । मृत्योर्मा   अमृतं   गमय   । ॐ   शान्तिः   शान्तिः   शान्तिः   ॥ Om Asato Maa Sad-Gamaya | Tamaso Maa Jyotir-Gamaya | Mrtyor-Maa Amrtam Gamaya | Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih || Swamiji stars: Today we shall learn something about education. There are swamiji's(Vivekananda's) ideas of education. He reads the below prayer: so we want that education by which character is formed , strength of mind is increased, the intellect is expanded and by which one can stand on one

Evening Talk by Rev.swami shitikantananda June 25,2024

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 Evening talk by Rev.swami shitikantananda                                                                           25.06.24 Subject: Is life beautiful? Continuation of the topic  HE starts: Good evening, my topic for today "is life beautiful?" four days back I received a WhatsApp share where, somebody sent me a message saying "smile life is beautiful" okay? is it really beautiful? what it takes to make life beautiful? (someone in the audience: To reach our goal) No, one goal you reach and set another goal so between goal and goal you will have only misery only when you reach goal you are happy then again you set another goal. Have you seen any contented person in the world somebody who is happy who says fulfilled I don't need anything from this world, I have had enough! hm. very rare right? Everybody is working for something else what goal you have set now there are so many people who have already achieved that goal you go and ask them are you happy? are you p

Morning talks by Rev.swami shitikantananda June 25,2024

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 Morning talk by REV.Swami shitikantananda                                                                      25.06.2024                       Subject: Is Life Beautiful? continuation of the topic  HE starts: Nice morning beach sometimes sunshine sometimes cloudy right? nature is so beautiful but we miss that beauty because we are not paying attention today because we are lost in our own worries we have our troubles we are so preoccupied with our own worries and struggles and mundane struggles that we don't pay attention to god's creation such a beautiful right? and magnificent universe it is that we will be able to see it and enjoy it only when you have attention and focus, otherwise you just see it will give you constant joy provided you know how to look at it ,,we are so preoccupied with these immediate necessities of life we miss that great beauty of the creator, so today my topic is "life is beautiful" why I selected this topic is 4 days before a person sent me