Upasana of the Guru is not a mere servile atten¬dance upon him in an attitude of growing dis¬gust, or in a mood of mel¬ancholy dis¬satisfaction. The disci¬ple, out of sheer love and rever¬ence for the Master, for¬gets himself and serves him at all times and in all possible ways; thereby the sRead More >>

Disciples are always fools, they will never be able to see and understand a master in action. They look at it from their stupid intellectual 'brilliancy'. Masters are deeper than that; they cannot be comprehended by the intellect…………….. It was an utter vairagya that Swami Tapovanji MaharaRead More >>

How are we to know a teacher, then? The sun requires no torch to make him visible; we need not light a candle in order to see him. When the sun rises, we instinctively become aware of the fact, and when a teacher of men comes to help us, the soul will instinctively know that Truth has alreadRead More >>

The guru and disciple relationship is unavoidable. Every great master has been under the guidance of a teacher. So it is not true when they say that a teacher is not necessary—that we can reach there just through books. But you have to understand very carefully. To say the guru is necessary dRead More >>

The relation between the Guru and the disciple is extremely sacred, everlasting and spiritual. There is no worldly relationship to which it can be compared. The true and ideal disciple's devotion to his Guru excels the devotion that an ideal son has for his father, an ideal Pativrata has for her husRead More >>

Sumi Roy, a bubbling youngster from Guwahati, Assam is one of the newest sevaks of Chinmaya Mission. She was a member of the National Cadet Corps for over four years and later on joined the National Service Scheme for another six years, organising awareness and empowerment programs. She won the DistRead More >>

The two-year Vedanta course at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya in Mumbai demands rigorous personal discipline, deep devotion and intense scriptural study Chinmaya Mission’s training program is no ordinary course of study. It is a 24/7 commitment of body, mind and soul to aRead More >>

To act in life "WITHOUT ANY EXPECTATION OF RESULTS" would seem to be an almost impossible method. This fundamental truth, very well known and easily com¬prehended by all, is, in the language of the Geeta, a simple statement: "If success you seek, then never strive with a mind dissipated with anxRead More >>

The fear in man about the hereafter has risen from his failure to appreciate the logical continuity and the per¬fect sequence that is ever found in life. To consider that death is the end of an existence which started with the accident of birth, is a philosophy too rudimentary to be considered compRead More >>

If I am not the body, the merciless destinies through which it is being dragged are also not mine. The endless changes that come to me—birth, growth, decay disease and death, all belong to the physical body, because ‘I’ the self am unborn. When there is no birth for Me there can be no death eiRead More >>