Yeshe Tsogyal 777-837 CE

Yeshe Tsogye-awaken

Chronology 777 Yeshe Tsogyal was born in 777 CE to a princely Kharchen family. Her mother was Ge-wa Bum and her father Namkhai Yeshe.

Yeshe Tsogyal Great Yoginis of Tantric Buddhism

Yeshe Tsogyal-awaken

Yeshe Tsogyal (777-837 A.D.) was born in the princely Kharchen family. Her father’s name was Namkhai Yeshe and her mother was called Gewa Bum. When she was born, a spring of fresh water spontaneously burst from the ground and formed a sizable pond next to her house.

Yeshe Tsogyal: Advice about Sex

Yeshe Tsogyal-awaken

Yeshe Tsogyal (eighth century, Tibet) was a consort and disciple of Padmasambhava, the Indian Master of Tantra who helped lay the foundation for Tibetan Buddhism, and who is very highly regarded in Buddhism, second only to the Buddha Shakyamuni.

Ganga Dussehra

Swami Sivananda-awaken

by Swami Sivananda: The Ganga came out of the Supreme Being. She entered the feet of Lord Hari and reached Vaikuntha. 

Sri Ganesh Chaturthi

Swami Sivananda-awaken

by Swami Sivananda: SALUTATIONS to Lord Ganesha who is Brahman Himself, who is the Supreme Lord, who is the energy of Lord Shiva, who is the source of all bliss, and who is the bestower of all virtuous qualities and success in all undertakings.

Skanda Shasti

Swami Sivananda-awaken

by Swami Sivananda: PROSTRATIONS and humble salutations to Lord Subramanya, the Supreme Being, who is the ruler of this universe, 

Lord Siva and His Lilas

Swami Sivananda-awaken

by Swami Sivananda: Siva is known by the name ‘Girisa’, as He is the Lord of the Mount Kailasa.

The Significance and Observance of Mahasivaratri

Swami Sivananda-awaken

by Swami Sivananda: This falls on the 13th (or 14th) day of the dark half of Phalgun (February-March). The name means “the night of Shiva”. The ceremonies take place chiefly at night. This is a festival observed in honour of Lord Shiva. Shiva was married to Parvati on this day.

Living Yoga: The Life & Teachings of Sri Swami Satchidananda

Swami Satchidananda-awaken

From the famous opening of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival (pictured above), to impacting medical research, interfaith dialogue, teaching and providing spiritual guidance to countless students, Sri Swami Satchidananda was one of the twentieth century’s greatest spiritual masters, living from 1914 to 2002.

The Morality of Boycott

Sri Aurobindo-awaken

by Sri Aurobindo: Ages ago there was a priest of Baal who thought himself commissioned by the god to kill all who did not bow the knee to him. 

Yoga and Hypnotism

Sri Aurobindo-awaken

by Sri Aurobindo: When the mind is entirely passive, then the force of Nature which works in the whole of animate and inanimate creation, has free play; for it is in reality this force which works in man as well as in the sun and star.

Sri Aurobindo On Himself

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The following quotes are from Volume 26, Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library, “On Himself”

The Present Situation

Sri Aurobindo-awaken

(A speech delivered in Bombay on 19 January 1907 at the invitation of the Bombay National Union)