Monastic Disciples of Swami Vivekananda Uma Publications and to express love and

and to express love and peace

a large sheet of paper on which everyone noted their commitment to taking some simple actions towards ecological responsibility

44 From self-study

the state of mind of the individual

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Monastic Disciples of Swami Vivekananda Uma Publications and to express love andRevered Swami Turiyananda, a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, once said: 'Getting Swamiji so near us, we also tried to hold him back, thinking that he was "our Swamiji". We forgot that he was someone who belonged to a much higher sphere of existence. That is why we suffered great anguish at his demise. However, we are blessed that he chose to remain with us for at least some time as one of us.' If this be the conviction of a knower of Brahman like