Pujya Gurudev’s Daily Dose of Anecdotes
Swami Siddhananda Ji has been collecting, composing and publishing an anecdote a day for several years. Search the full text of every anecdote, not just the titles, by a word, a phrase or an anecdote number. Anecdotes with your exact phrase are listed first, then those with all your words, then those with some of them.
Tuning Up – 6/7
…he action is only in the accomplishment of His plans. The greater our surrender unto His will, the greater is the intensity of our devotion for Him. The more constant our mental remembrance of Him, the surer we shall be acting par…
Tuning Up – 3/7
…olerant. Be sincere. Bathe your life in unrestricted, limitless love. Surrender to Him and thus eliminate all selfishness. Rise to your own Divine Nature. A person who practices meditation intelligently, reaches Godhood here and n…
Nature Reflects Man ~ 4/10
… of caste or creed, colour or belief or behaviour. When an individual surrenders his ego and selfishness and starts using all the faculties given to him in the service of others, it is the Lord who receives it through all those na…
Nature Reflects Man ~ 3/10
…make use of me! Shri Ramanuja and Shri Madhava also stress prapatti — surrender: Use me, O Lord, I surrender to Thee. I am Thine alone. Use me or disuse me or abuse me. It doesn't matter to me! (Cont’d)
Communing with Nature! - 13/13
…n one call one's life one's own? There is the humility of an absolute surrender!
The Technique for Perfect Living!
…he divine paths to it are different. A life of constant prayer and of surrender to the Lord is urged by all the religions of the world. Having renounced, one discovers that one's earlier identifications and the accompanying sense …
The Real Guru is the Pure Intellect Within
… the comparatively smaller forces of positivity, in sheer despair, it surrenders completely to the pure intellect, the Lord Krishna within. We must make an earnest attempt, and in faith, wait for the critical hour, when our minds …
Vedanta in Action for Householders - 9/10
…the action is only in the accomplishment of His plan. The greater our surrender unto His will, the greater our intensity of devotion for Him, the more constant our mental remembrance of Him, the surer we shall be acting parallel t…
Vedanta in Action for Householders - 5/10
…s its shelter. Do not be overanxious about anything in life. Keep the surrender attitude. Be regular; this is the Goal. Slowly try. Morality - The Backbone of Spiritual Life To perform your duties and to discover a joy in this ver…
Acting in the Yajna Spirit – 2/7
…t of dedication to a higher and nobler ideal. To act with a spirit of surrender is to act in the spirit of yajna. Yajnas were the most popular community rituals known in Vedic times. On the banks of a flowing river, in a grand str…
Sankara's Appeal for Forgiveness – 6/8
…th or devotion. In my present state of utter helplessness, I can only surrender to You, demanding that by Your grace my mind will turn toward You and become ever engaged in the pursuit of my own liberation. What else is there to a…
Surrender To His Treatment
Surrender To Succeed
Surrender All Your Worries At His Feet. Have Faith In Him. Surrender And Sit Back!
Ego-Lessness Is The State Of Godhood
…e cannot do so, all of a sudden let us then do the easier act of self-surrender. The taller we are, the longer shall be our shadow. Bend double, the shadow is half. Sit down, the shadow is still smaller. Fall flat at his feet in lo…
Guru: An Embodiment Of The Ideal!
…t the comparatively smaller forces of positivity, in sheer despair it surrenders completely to the pure intellect, the Lord Krishna within. We must make an earnest attempt, and in faith, wait for the critical hour when our minds g…
Vedantic Significance In Ramayana - Part 2
… under the Ashoka tree she contemplated on Rama with a sense of total surrender, recognizing and realizing the terrible mistake that she made and remained there. When we thus remain contemplating on Rama, every seeker will get int…
Dimensions Of The Master!
…. During his talk, Gurudev said, "Krishna told Arjuna, 'If you really surrender to me and fight this war, you will win. Remember, Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin!'"
Why Do We Have Temples?
… your mind to the Idol. It is a mental gymnasium, not a physical one. Surrender the mind in devotion unto the Lord. He will purify it and return it back to you. But we are always occupied with asking God for some solution to our p…
He never fails to reply and reward us
…out or write to the Lord or our Guru with true devotion, humility and surrender, he Never fails to reply and reward us. Even though we have not loved him or remembered him previously. Sometimes His grace is a shower of blessings a…