Chinmaya Mission Trust
55 books
It is usual in Hinduism that when parents go to religious festivals, or ritualistic yagnas, They bring home something to be shared by all: and this is called Prasad. Till now in our yagnas we had been distributing Prasad only for the parents, as my children were then too small to take in any Prasad. Now the Balavihar children have started not only demanding, but even invading my yagnasalad! They sit knee-to-knee with their parents and enjoy aspects of the talks ...
The children of today are the citizens of tomorrow. To mould their thoughts and aspirations is the true fulfillment of a national education. The ideal given to them in their early childhood alone can again and again inspire them in their future years of life and supply them with the courage to face their problems, the guts to pursue their purposes diligently, the faith in themselves and in their country, and the heroism to live and act according to their own ...
This book, especially written for children by Bharati with the assistance of the Swami, awakens in one a sense of beauty and wonder. The language is lyrical the sentences are short and crisp and the style is racy. The story of Sri Rama is not just narrated as an ancient tale full of sound and fury signifying nothing. The narration is interspersed with descriptions of the sights and sounds of Nature. Truly a thing of genuine beauty evokes in us a sense of ...
Krishna an Invisible Friend aim to introduce Shri Krishna and His wisdom to today's children so that they may be inspired by Him and relate to Him as a lovable friend and role model to look-up to, in their everyday life situations and challenges. This story has been adapted from Shrimad Bhagavatam. Chinmaya Bala Katha is a series of books designed to being home to the hearts of children everywhere simple truths such as the importance of love, genuineness, ...
Krishna Photocopies Himself aim to introduce Shri Krishna and His wisdom to today's children so that they may be inspired by Him and relate to Him as a lovable friend and role model to look-up to, in their everyday life situations and challenges. This story has been adapted from Shrimad Bhagavatam. Chinmaya Bala Katha is a series of books designed to being home to the hearts of children everywhere simple truths such as the importance of love, genuineness, ...
Krishna's Butter Bash aim to introduce Shri Krishna and His wisdom to today's children so that they may be inspired by Him and relate to Him as a lovable friend and role model to look-up to, in their everyday life situations and challenges. This story has been adapted from Shrimad Bhagavatam. Chinmaya Bala Katha is a series of books designed to being home to the hearts of children everywhere simple truths such as the importance of love, genuineness, sharing, ...
Krishna Rocks aim to introduce Shri Krishna and His wisdom to today's children so that they may be inspired by Him and relate to Him as a lovable friend and role model to look-up to, in their everyday life situations and challenges. This story has been adapted from Shrimad Bhagavatam. Chinmaya Bala Katha is a series of books designed to being home to the hearts of children everywhere simple truths such as the importance of love, genuineness, sharing, humility, ...
The entire art and literature of India is moulded in the beauty and divinity of Bhagavat. From childhood onwards the Hindu heart is taught to beat in unison with the tenth-chapter here, which narrates the childhood stories of Lord Krishna. He is the one solitary symbol that generated and sustained the spiritual ideal in the heart of the children and appealed to the head of the elders. The learned and the erudite reveled in the depth of the philosophy, packed away ...
Enter the fascinating world of Gods, kings, holy sages, wicked giants, animals and birds...See how ego destroys, meet the foolish lion and attend Sri Rama's coronation. Laugh with the clever monkey and sweet the greedy barber run. All these and many more characters come alive in this series of three books for 8-12 year olds.
Small children in their formative and most impressionable ages offer a tremendous potential for achieving the national goal. Bala Vihars run by the Chinmaya Mission not only lead the children on the correct path, but also serve as an arena of glee and mirth. The Chinmaya Bala Vihars have been very popular from the day of its initiation and we have been growing in stupendous strides everywhere, and therefore we are confident that this movement of Bala Krishna Seva ...
Hindu culture is founded upon the sacred scriptures of the Vedas, which are revered even today, for they contain revelations of eternal truth and embody the spiritual and cultural heritage of the Hindu people. The Vedas are the legacy of the rishis, or subjective scientists, who touched a deep cord within, far beyond the physical, mental, and intellectual layers, which allowed them to see all life as interconnected. They saw the One manifested throughout ...
Living in this world, it is almost impossible for any individual to lead a life that is above criticism-just or unjust. If we study the great epic, Ramayana, we find that even Lord Rama and Mother Sita could not escape criticism, though unjust, from their own subjects, the only person in Ramayana who succeeded in accomplishing this difficult task is Sri Hanuman-the greatest devotee of the Lord. We do not find a single incident wherein Sri Hanuman has made any ...
Solitude or Loneliness? Solitude and loneliness-two words that sound somewhat similar to our ears – but do they describe one and the same state of mind? We are born alone, suffer pain alone, die alone. Yet throughout our lives we seek to escape loneliness through acquisition of people and things. In this pursuit, we may feel satisfied at times, but never fully assuaged. The pain of loneliness again returns. Then there are those who "execute a strategic ...
Shri Hanuman is a great source of inspiration for all sincere pilgrims on the journey towards spiritual evolution. He is the very expression of divinity, unconditional love, wisdom, courage, loving service and incomparable strength. He is like a compassionate teacher and an affectionate friend to one and all. For the members of the Chinmaya Mission, Shri Hanuman evokes the image of Sidhari and Pujya Gurudev. The present worksouvenir begins with the story of the ...
Sri Adi Sankara Bhagawatpada, the greatest philosopher who treaded the length and breadth of India establishing the Advaidic philosophy, was also a devoted bhakta and a great poet. This fact one can come to know when he reads the works of this Great Master. The stutis and stotras he had written are the examples of his unflinching devotion to the Supreme Reality. He has just passed on his experiences, during the great moments of Oneness with the Infinite Lord, in ...
The modern scientific age places tremendous importance on expanding our knowledge about the world. Our desire to search beyond the limitations of human senses has brought about an exponential growth in sophisticated instruments. There seems to be an intuitive recognition, even among scientists, of a vast, immeasurable potential hidden in the depths of nature.Vedanta states that this vastness is, in fact, to be discovered in the subjective depths of every human ...
Srimad Bhagwad Geeta, the divine song of the lord, occurs in the story of Mahabharata and comprises 18 chapters. This great hand-book of practical living marks a great revolution in Hinduism, and brings about renaissance of the then decadent Hindu religion. The story of Mahabharata rings an optimistic note of hope to man that even though the diviner impulses are seemingly less in number in an individual, if the good in his is organized fully and brought under the ...
If a new born baby, entering into this world of endless space all around it, suffers from the crunching atmospheric pressure, and therefore feels lost, confused, confounded and even utterly miserable and lost, even more poignantly conscious would be the confusions, discomforts which a seeker must feel when he first enters into the spiritual world. He has left the comforts of his ego-centered, desire-prompted, lust-seeking world; based upon his sense of ...
The dream is the projection of the mind. Everything of the dream enjoys the same degree of reality. Yet some person, thing or transaction of the dream has the special power to wake us up. The seventh chapter of the Chandagya Upanishad, which is a dialogue between the great Sage Sanathumara and his younger brother, turned disciple, the famous Narada, makes us realize that all knowledge is the play of words alone – name eva etat. Yet the words of the text have ...
Sadacarah takes us on a wonderful journey through Vedantic contemplations explained in the language of our daily practices and good conduct (sadacarah). It guides us to reflect on many Vedantic concepts which aid meditation. These daily practices make us ‘humane’ and the meditation helps us know our ‘Divine’ Nature. Swamini Vimalanada’s indepth understanding is reflected in her explanations and comments, which are simple and practical, and at the same ...
The human psyche is so composed that most of us, including atheists, at some point of time ask fundamental questions of life. It may begin with Why did this happen to me? Then it goes on to Is there God? Who Am I? What is the goal of human life? What happens when one dies? Why was the world created? By whom? How? In Tattva-Bodhah, Sri Adi Sankaracarya lovingly answers these and many more such questions and introduces the aspiring student to the basic principles ...
These Notes which were originally published in the Tapovan Prasad, the monthly journal of Swami Chinayananda, have been edited and gathered together for the Western students. "In this revealed path of self-development, which is inherent in all the Indian philosophies, there is an attempt on the part of the student to sublimate his own weaknesses, to beautify his own perversions, to straighten his own crookedness. This conscious effort of self-improvement ...
The book, divided into three sections, contains comprehensive essays on the Bhagavad-Gita in the first part, Upanisads in the second part and a few general essays in the third. The readers can get the elementary idea as well as the indepth philosophy of Vedanta. The contributors are either Gurudev’s disciples or devotees or his co-workers, who have expressed the complicated concepts in simple language, easily comprehensible to an average reader.