Swami Shivapadananda Puri
The purpose of this Website and Blog, which is aimed at anyone with an interest in spirituality, is to host over time as much material about Swamiji as possible. All in alignment with his life mission, the major purpose of which was to direct attention to the teachings and inspiration of Sri Ramakrishna.
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Disclaimer:
This website/blog features some of the life and teachings of Swami Shivapadananda Puri [1938-1994], the second President and Spiritual Head of the Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa. This is an unofficial, private initiative by some of Swamiji’s disciples and devotees. It is not a publication from the Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa, the Ramakrishna Math or the Ramakrishna Mission.
Our Mission
To share Sri Ramakrishna’s core teaching of the universality of religions, which is summed up in his dictum of: Religions are like rivers. They all flow into that ONE ocean called God. In Sanskrit, it’s encapsulated by: Ekam sat vipra bahudha vadanti [Rigveda1.164.46], meaning ‘Truth is One, sages call it by various names.’
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Daily Reading 166. Swamiji gives advice on what to do if you ‘hate’ anyone.
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Additional resources
Here, in random order, are some links to major Ramakrishna-related entities and other like-minded organisations globally. This list will be added to as the site grows.