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Place of Destiny before a Discreet Man: Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha.

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============================================================================================================================== =========================================================================== Monday 05, May 2025, 08:15. Place of Destiny before a Discreet Man: Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha. ============================================================================================================================= Destiny is a word which finds repeated place in our common parlance. But it is an extremely abstruse concept, when it comes to a question of discussing it and trying to make one understand what exactly it denotes in our life, experiences and actions. The reasons are first psychological, intellectual next and philosophical last. The concept of Destiny is seldom explained in a proper background, keeping in view the purposes for which it is evolved, presented and accepted. Those who generally explain the concept will cite some odd experiences of their or others’ lives and t...

Keep your sanity despite all the uncertainty? Swami Swaroopananda: May 1, 2020, 7:45 AM IST Speaking Tree in TOI Edit Page, Edit Page, India, Spirituality, TOI.

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  ========================================================================================================== Sunday 04, May 2025, 09:30. Keep your sanity despite all the uncertainty?  Swami Swaroopananda: Chinmaya Mission. May 1, 2020, 7:45 AM IST  Speaking Tree in TOI Edit Page,  Edit Page, India, Spirituality, TOI ======================================================================================== ‘Change is the unchanging law of life,’ Swami Chinmayananda would observe. If we are prepared for the unexpected and the unknown, then we can turn any calamity into an opportunity and any failure into success. Normally, life just passes us by … we are so stuck in the rut of routine and mundane, that there is no time to pause, to reflect: What, why and for whom am i doing what i am doing? With this global Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing lockdowns, we have, it seems, been forced by Mother Nature to take a step back and reflect on life. It is not a time for dejection, frus...