Thoughts on being vegetarian

Thoughts on Vegetarianism by Swami Maheshwarananda
Yogis are vegetarian for several reasons. Apart from the health aspect, the main reason lies in the fact that all living beings are God’s children, this includes animals. God is the creator of us all. God’s light dwells in animals as well as in humans.

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Mantra - A Guide to Meditation

“Like a thread drawn by a needle, the Mantra will penetrate the fabric of your mind, to lead your consciousness to the divine. All obstacles will be surpassed and you will come to rest in your own true nature of infinite peace.”

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Yoga Exercise (Asanas)

We know that asanas (yoga postures) and pranayams (breathe techniques), they are not exactly what we call gymnastics. It is said that yoga exercises are psychosomatical movements. This means it influences our body and mind in the positive way.

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Search Within

I remember one story. There was an elderly lady. Sorry, ladies, okay? Excuse me, any ladies are listening and angry… because you know, the ladies are the most important creatures in this world. Mother, divine! Work, everything is done by them.

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About Memory, Wisdom and Comparison

When the memories awaken, the memories which are stored in our subconsciousness, through some object, this is a vritti (thought wave). And now through some reason the vrittis are awakened again. Long time you don’t remember something, and suddenly you are sitting and you remember. That means that now the vritti is active.

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Say NO to plastic

So in this Earth Dialogue in Leonne, France, they said if we will continue to destroy and pollute this planet our seventh generation will have nothing to drink. If you cannot give for your children something better, at least you should give them clean water. If you can’t give food and clothes and so on […]

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God is beautiful

The God is within you and you have seen already the God. But you don’t accept Him, that’s it.
God has two forms. One is the Nirakara – formless. He is in every element. He is in air, He is in the fire, He is in the water, He is in the space, He is in […]

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About Negativity

So never let in your consciousness come negative thoughts about anyone. Never complain. If then, complain only to yourself.

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About Depression

Question
“Swami, it is said that in modern society depression is becoming a bigger problem. What do you think causes that and can you give any advise on how people can deal with that?”

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About Anger

Question
“Swamiji, how do we not feel anger? And how do we avoid showing anger to other people?”

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