SWAMI VIVEKANANDA ON GOD IS GUIDING

CW, Vol. VII, pp. 454-55

Letter to Adhyapakji dated 2 October 1893

I am now going to be reconciled to my life here. All my life I have been taking every circumstance as coming from Him and calmly adapting myself to it. At first in America I was almost out of my water. I was afraid I would have to give up the accustomed way of being guided by the Lord and cater  for myself–and what a horrid piece of mischief and ingratitude was that. I now clearly see that He who was guiding me on the snow tops of the Himalayas and the burning plains of India is here to help me and guide me. Glory unto Him  in the highest. So I have calmly fallen into my old ways. Somebody or other gives me a shelter and food, somebody or other comes to ask me to speak about Him, and I know He sends them and mine is to obey. And then He is supplying my necessities, and His will be done !

“He who rests [in] Me and gives up all other self-assertion and struggles I carry to him whatever he needs” (Gita).

So it is in Asia. So in Europe. So in America. So in the deserts of India. So in the rush of business in America. For is He not here also? And if He does not, I only would take for granted that He wants that I should lay aside this three minutes’ body of clay — and hope to lay it down gladly.

CW, Vol. IX, p. 26

Letter to Mrs. G.W. Hale dated 19 July 1894

I am a sort of mystic and cannot move without orders, and that has not come yet.

SRI KRISHNA JAYANTI & FOUNDATION DAY CELEBRATIONS – 2013

Dear Devotees,

Sri Krishna Jayanti and Foundation Day were celebrated on Sunday, 25th August, 2013.

Yours in the Lord

Swami Virabhadrananda

Adhyaksha

Program was celebrated as per following schedule :-

6.00 a.m. : Mangalarati
6.10 a.m. : Suprabhatam,Vedic Chanting & Meditation
9.00 a.m. : Chanting of Stotras and Mantras
9.30 a.m. : Narayaneeyam by Smt.Rajalakshmi Raja, Kochi
10.15 a.m. : Bhajans by Kumari Keertana S.Prabhu, Kayankulam
11.15 a.m : Message of Sri Krishna & Sri Ramakrishna by Mrs. Vijaya Vasudevan, Kochi
12.00 p.m. : Bhagawad Gita Chanting
12.15 p.m. : Arati, Pushpanjali and Lunch Prasad

Please Note : Donations for the celebration by cheques, drafts Or money orders will be thankfully acknowledged

Re-Engineering India – A Lecture by Swami Virabhadrananda