Chinmaya Vibhooti, the most beautiful place, Overflowing with Gurudev’s Grace, Shri Hanumanji’s ‘Ever Ready’ stance, N’ the tranquil surroundings put me in a trance. Guruji’s teachings and Beauteous smile, Make me forget the world for a while. Swamis and Brahmacharis from farRead More >>

Time moves on. That which was the future becomes the present, and itself rolls away to join the endless ocean of the past. Time never stops, under no conditions, for no person! It is ever on the march! Man, gather¬ing memories from his own 'past' barricades his 'present', sets them ablaze with his Read More >>

So long as we are looking at this world from our old levels of ego and ego-centric ideas of the physical, mental and intellectual personal/ties alone, we shall fail to see the world co-operating with us. If only we can lift up to new amplitude of consciousness in ourselves, then alone we become mighRead More >>

If God were to fulfill the desires of people according to their prayers then the Impartial Lord would become "partial" towards those who pray. Then how does God fulfill the desires of His devotees? Lord Krishna says "Whatever form a devotee seeks to worship with "faith" that "faith" of his I mRead More >>

This interview appeared in bimonthly newsletter, 'Chinmaya Sandeepany' in its May/June 1994 issue. In this interview, Swami Purushottamanandaji describes his childhood, how he came to meet Pujya Gurudev, joined the brahmachari course and got associated deeply with Gurudev and Chinmaya Mission.Read More >>

Swami Tejomayananda has churned out quality work and done enormous justice to the role he is playing as Gurudev, Swami Chinmayanandaji’s successor. As you enter his kutia, you often hear strains of Worldspace. Actually the world is His space! From humble beginnings as a village schoolboy to Read More >>

Swami Purushottamananda's 75th Jayanti (Birth Anniversary) was on 21st May 2011. At the time of his Mahasamadhi Rupali Vadekar recited a Marathi Poem as homage to him. Today, as we remember him, we reproduce below the English translation of the Marathi poem. We are thankful to Shri Ravindra DamlRead More >>

Tapovanji Maharaj was not a person he was a presence, a fragrance, a light, a joy, a glow; something to be experienced. It is difficult to explain, or describe him and as such impossible to communicate him. He was not a saint of the ordinary order, he was indeed a miraculous thing and a great luck fRead More >>

"The love of Radha and Krishna is symbolic of the eternal love affair between the devoted mortal and the Divine Radha's yearning for union with her beloved Krishna is the soul's longing for spiritual awakening." Every aspect of Krishna and His deeds is pregnant with deep mystical symbolism indicatiRead More >>

Puranas and Puranic Gods have been objects of ridicule and criticism all these years. And especially charges leveled against Lord Krishna are many and varied. (Some typical questions asked by students are answered here by Swami Chinmayananda.) Puranic literature is never to be read as a history oRead More >>