Monthly Archives: January 2010

Why unselfishness?

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Swami Vivekananda, in Karma Yoga, enjoins us to “work for work’s sake” (source). He writes:
“There are some who are really the salt of the earth in every country and who work for work’s sake, who do not care for name, or fame, or even to go to heaven. They work just because good will come of [...]

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The Harmony of the Yogas

Thursday, January 28, 2010

I was perusing through Swadharma’s vast collection of posts from its wide range of authors when I found a post called the ‘Intersection of the Four Yogas’. Sonali states how each of the four yogas is a separate path to the same goal, which is, of course, oneness with God. However, I’d like to kind [...]

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How to develop confidence

Monday, January 25, 2010

Today, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Center in Boston, Swami Tyagananda delivered a lecture on “Living from Moment to Moment.” He discussed human perception of time — how sad past events haunt us and uncertain future events frighten us, leaving little room to focus on the present. Regarding the past, he remarked that a memory which [...]

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