Gurudev Uvacha

================================================================================= Wednesday 15, 2024 05:30.  Chicago 1894 Addresses on Bhakti-Yoga Swami Vivekananda ================================================================================= #Sri Adi Shankaracharya Jayanti: Kalady, Kerala May 2024 =============================================================================== 1.THE PREPARATION: The best definition given of Bhakti-Yoga is perhaps embodied in the verse: "May that love undying which the non-discriminating have for the fleeting objects of the senses never leave this heart of mine — of me who seek after Thee!" We see what a strong love men, who do not know any better, have for sense-objects, for money, dress, their wives, children, friends, and possessions. What a tremendous clinging they have to all these things! So in the above prayer the sage says, "I will have that attachment, that tremendous clinging, only to Thee." This love, when given to God

Chinmaya Mission:  Chinmaya Mission Lathikata organized a Youth Camp for teenagers, with 130 participants, on the topic 'Satya Meva Jayate', based on the story of the legendary child Nachiketa of Ancient India on 6th May 2024 at Chinmaya Seva Project Lathikata.  Inaugurating the Camp, Pujya Swami Kevalanandaji spoke on the Camp Theme 'Satya Meva Jayate' and critically expounded on the different important aspects of the legendary child's life.  Nachiketa, who was about 5 years old, set an impossible goal to discover the ultimate Truth of Life and became successful.  Pujya Swamiji encouraged the youngsters, stating, "It Is Your Intensity Of Desire That Transforms Your Life From Ordinary To Extraordinary Like Nachiketa, The Inspired Child Of Ancient India who Discovered the Greatest Truth Of Life". Swami Rishipriyananda advised the campers that when they move with Truthfulness and Love in their hearts, nothing becomes impossible, and they achieve more than ex