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Purpose of Life - 4. Swami Sivananda

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================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01/05/20230. Post-4. -------------------------------------------- 1. Humanity can hope for peace when this condition, discovered and laid down by the Rishis, viz., abiding by the law of the Divine is fulfilled. Peace can be had only to the extent that the system of the Divine is adhered to in life. And this peace is inversely proportional to the love of body, individuality and its relations in the world, in which humanity is generally steeped. An 'awakening' of a higher consciousness is necessary so that disorder and discontent may be abolished. ------------------------------------------------ 2. Education of humanity in the right direction is the precondition of world peace. Materialism, atheism, scepticism and agnosticism which are rampant in these days and which have robbed man of his reverence for the Supreme Absolute are ma

Symbolism - 1. Swami Chinmayananda

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============================================ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 30/04/2020. Introduction : In the Indian ethos, we encounter symbolism everywhere - in our shastras, in our celebrations and festivals, in the way we live. Symbolism has a language of its own. It is not necessarily meant to be cryptic or secretive, but it is meant to make one think, to ask questions. Why do we celebrate our festivals the way we do? Why are Hindu gods multi-armed, each one specific and distinct from the other? What is the significance of their individual vehicles and the weapons they carry? Pujya Gurudev, Swami Chinmayananda, sometimes spoke about symbolism and sometimes wrote about it. His style was unique and always to the point. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The Art of God-Symbolism Radha and Krishna : “The love of Radha and Kris