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Mother’s Welcome

  When the Vedanta Center of Atlanta opens its guest and retreat residence this Fall, lodgers will be welcomed by a unique manifestation of Mother. The painting is a gift to the Atlanta Center by.the artist, Gary Golio. Appreciatively, Br. Shankara, resident minister of the Atlanta Center, remarks: “This work of art will indeed grace Read More

The Three Purities: Following Mother’s Example

 Speaking of the power of subtle influences, Holy Mother has said, “As one gets the fragrance of a flower by handling it or the scent of sandalwood by rubbing it against a stone, one becomes spiritually awakened by continuously contemplating God.” Read More

An Inspiring Life

For this reader, three things stand out in the life of this remarkable swami. Other readers will surely find other high points in his inspiring life and writings. Read More

Taking Life in Stride

Pravrajika Bhaktiprana, senior nun with the Vedanta Society of Southern California, Hollywood, shares experience and insight on aging and disability. Read More

The Inspired Scribe

(I)t was Sarah Ellen Waldo who captured his most sublime utterances for posterity, during those seven blessed weeks at Thousand Island Park in the summer of 1895. Read More

A Conscious Battle

The strategy is left to each person, it is a personal war, but what we need to understand is preparedness. We must be prepared. Something that is within we need to be prepared for, we need to know that these enemies are there. Read More

Divinity at Work Within the World

It is extremely difficult for ordinary men to recognize God when he is embodied as man. Read More

A Pioneering Spirit

Just as I was feeling a renewed awaking of in my own Vedanta groundings I encountered Dorothy Madison’s vision and legacy. It comes in the form of a challenge, really—the spirit which had moved her own life she was now passing on to others. Read More