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Please share how Pujya Swamiji’s teaching of the Shastra helped deepen your understanding of yourself, your life, Ishvara and the world I met Pujya Swamiji in my mid-thirties until which I always felt there is something lacking and something missing in spite of a good education, happy family, material comforts and a good job. It is . . . → Read More: Ganesan Mahadevan Right after my college days by the grace of the Lord I had a chance to hear Swami Chinmayanandaji in Surat with my father, uncle and brother. While listening to the talks on 13th chapter of Gita my mind was inspired for the pursuit self-knowledge. At the end of the talks it was announced that there . . . → Read More: Swamini Sadhvidyananda Please share how Pujya Swamiji’s teaching of the Shastra helped deepen your understanding of yourself, your life, Ishvara and the world.: I recall a question that I asked my father when I was 7, “Father, how do we recognize that there is God?” My father replied, “Dear son, I cannot answer that question to your satisfaction, but . . . → Read More: Murali Kasivisvanath I remember vividly the first time I met Pujya Swamiji; it was on a very rainy day in the Saylorsburg Ashram when nothing much was happening in the Gurukulam. Ganga was eerily quiet. My sister brought the reluctant me to see Swamiji about a major personal problem I had. I had had a long and difficult . . . → Read More: Anonymous, USA Indu Shivaram’s Narrative I want to give an example of an AIM for Seva project my husband and I saw first hand. It was a school in a drought-stricken remote village 2 hours drive from Dharwar. Here the students were brought into the residential school from destitute families or as orphans. The place was run all by . . . → Read More: Indu Shivaram Please share how Pujya Swamiji’s teaching of the Shastra helped deepen your understanding of yourself, your life, Ishvara and the world Even as a child, being raised in a tradition that taught that Ishwara was separate from myself, never felt right to me. With Ishwara’s grace, I was introduced to the teaching of Advaita Vedanta . . . → Read More: Zarina Kaji Please share a narrative of your First Meeting with Pujya Swamiji. How did you come to know him? Swamiji has been an intergral part in my life since I was a little girl. I remember my 1st meeting with Swamiji in 1984 in Rishikesh, India. Being the youngest “student” I was thoroughly adored by all. . . . → Read More: Swapna Ramani Please share a narrative of your First Meeting with Pujya Swamiji. How did you come to know him? His first greeting: “va ma” is what is imprinted in this manas when we met him the first time in PA-ashram. Our parents who are no more in their shariram would throughout our upbringing always have this . . . → Read More: Sukanya Shankar Please share a narrative of your First Meeting with Pujya Swamiji. How did you come to know him? The first time meeting Pujya Swamiji I knew nothing of India’s rich culture. When seeing people touch Pujya Swamiji’s Holy Feet, not sure if it was alright for me to touch Pujya Swamiji’s Feet, afraid that I . . . → Read More: Pearl Richards |
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