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.
Q&A: Swamiji, who are you? I am you! - 10/20
…ointed, and sincere. This is achieved through devotion and consequent surrender of one's actions at the altar of reverence. At this stage, the mind of the individual is ready for meditation. Q: What is the purpose of my being here…
My Gurudev by V. Srinivasan – 3/4
…you are my everything. If you do not help me who else can? Gurudev, I surrender to you Gurudev, help me, help me.” Sudden shout of taxi, taxi, gave me a jerk. I too rushed. Patiently, somehow, to one driver I shouted, “to airport,…
“God Protects” ~ By Swami Tapovanam
… does not fully, believe it. Some evil in him obstructs complete self-surrender. Once a devout 18-year-old Christian girl left her hearth and home to follow the Lord. When she renounced all earthly possessions, she kept just a pen…
Pada puja is the invoking of that Infinite Reality!
… have made for me, something that I admire in them. I offer myself in surrender to invoke that great essence or quality in me. Pada puja is the invoking of that infinite reality, which we cannot comprehend directly at this moment.
I surrender myself to Thee and Thy Grace!
…ashed out completely, exhausted thoroughly - helplessly, wholly ... I surrender myself to Thee and Thy Grace!” Such a feeling of total surrender, generated in this mental mood, is called devotion - true devotion of the heart. Reli…
The Grace of the Teacher - 5/5
…tions and by the consequent body-mind identification. When the ego is surrendered, the individual consciousness merges with the supreme Consciousness, and the sense of limitation experienced earlier by the seeker is lifted. Theref…
Titiksha (Endurance or Forbearance) – 1/6
… endurance which is glorified in all the religions of the world. Meek surrender and silent suffering are the watchwords in all religious disciplines. This quality to endure and to suffer for a cause which has been accepted by the …
Beware Pramāda! – 7/8
…ry misconception: I want Sita, I will not allow her to go. I will not surrender her. (Cont’d)
Churning The Milky Ocean
…nding the thoughts and so on come to you. Don't use them. Immediately surrender them to the Lord as an offering and proceed - till you reach immortality!
Speaking Nothing but His Glories - 2/3
…r-children who destroy your inner spiritual peace and joy. Prayer and surrender of ‘I’ and ‘I-want’ ideas at His feet in devotion are the only means. Where these two are not there, the individual comes to shine in his brilliant ef…
Speaking Nothing but His Glories - 1/3
…kindness and special grace. Never demand anything for yourself. Never surrender to another man and his wishes; surrender only to His wish and will. Whatever He gives shall be what we need! Centered in Him move about speaking nothi…
How to Impart this Knowledge to Others? - 3/3
…ave chosen you to serve His cause in the world. And when we serve and surrender to Him in love and work loyally, without compromising any of His laws of good life. He can never fail you. His gracious hands are ever protecting you.…
Save Me, Help Me, please!
…ashed out completely, exhausted thoroughly - helplessly, wholly ... I surrender myself to Thee and Thy Grace. Such a feeling of total surrender, generated in this mental mood, is called 'devotion'- true devotion of the heart. Reli…
My Teacher, Swami Tapovanam ~ 10/17
…ration are not very well known. By the time I had the good fortune to surrender myself at his feet, he had soared so high in his realization that looking back upon the past was to him a meaningless and purposeless pursuit. A resid…
My Teacher, Swami Tapovanam ~ 1/17
…me individual of whom, even after years of intimate service and total surrender, could I discover the necessary courage to ask about his personal life before he took Sannyasa. Some fragments are available in his own words and here…
Lord Shiva ~ 3/6
… to be construed as living a life of idle acceptance or unintelligent surrender to external challenges. On the contrary, such a person is dynamic and serves as the leader of all beings. Drawing inspiration from the dynamic silence…
Swami Chinmayananda: A Journey of the Spirit - 2/7
…ng of the intellect. Was it an awakening or an arrogance? Ihe subdued surrender to unexplained symbolism in his boyhood now gave way to the cynical superiority of a sharpening mind. “Am I an extension of God or is God a creature o…
On The Way to Kailas - 3/4
…e does not fully believe it. Some evil in him obstructs complete self-surrender. Once a devout 18-year-old Christian girl left her hearth and home to follow the Lord. When she renounced all earthly possessions, she kept just a pen…
The Secret of Management – 6/10
…will protect me. He is the one by whose grace I am having everything, surrender your ego at the altar. And a mind integrated is a force to be reckoned with. Nothing is impossible to man if he can keep his mind calm and serene. All…
The Ultimate State of Evolution ~ 6/7
… to reach the source. Through devotion (bhakti), you may renounce and surrender your equipment, or you may lovingly expand your mind through karma yoga, or you may search for the single source through jnana yoga — all these paths …
True Change ~ 5/5
…mmunion. Tune yourself up to Him. Learn to give up your arrogant ego. Surrender to Him in pure love, just as a son goes to his father after committing a mistake. A loving father is always ready to forgive and embrace the son. It i…
Devotion – Love for God ~ 5/6
… mortal to the immortal. This is achieved through devoted worship and surrender, through dedicated service of the world around us, or through intellectual analysis and close observation of the pattern of life that we live subjecti…
Devotion – Love for God ~ 3/6
…ves with the higher Reality - God - is the expression of devotion. To surrender ourselves at His altar and come to experience and recognize more of us in Him than in ourselves is the rewarding sign of a deep devotion. The Changele…
“Live Well! Live In Kindness and Love!”
…ords clearly imprinted on our minds and play our part well with total surrender to God with his following message: “Live continuously, all the hours round the clock, your life, in the consciousness of the Divine and the Superne, t…
What is Vishu Kani?
…ni-darshan and gain the vishu-kai-neetam (loving money-tips). That is surrender yourself completely, entirely, unto Him who has awakened you, and keep the eyes closed tight! Let not the worldly charms and false values enter thy co…