Description:Adversities are Opportunities is a collection of a few stories from epics and Puranas, retold for today’s reader. These ancient stories were told at various periods of times in the past, but they all teach us that we should never be disheartened under whatever circumstance life may land us in, for the simple reason that things are bound to change for the better.Swami Sunirmalananda, who retells these stories, is a monk of the Ramakrishna Order. He was Editor of Prabuddha Bharata, an English Monthly of the Ramakrishna Order.“… The whole of Sanatana Dharma or Vedanta is a long lesson in positive thinking and positive living. Through stories, anecdotes, philosophical texts, and so on, Vedanta teaches positive thinking at all stages of life. Why is positive thinking so essential? We are essentially divine. But we think we are limited, helpless beings and this is negative thinking. Many suffer – especially in advanced and advancing countries – from depression, guilt, failures, meaninglessness, etc. Swami Vivekananda wrote: ‘In every soul is infinite strength; and should you turn yourselves into cats and dogs by harbouring negative thoughts? Who dares to preach negativism? … I feel as if a thunderbolt strikes me on the head when I hear people dwell on negative thoughts.’ The purpose of Sanatana Dharma is to make us understand our real nature, our essential divinity, which is beyond all existential sorrow and suffering. …”We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Adversities are Opportunities: stories from ancient India. To get started finding Adversities are Opportunities: stories from ancient India, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
90
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai
Release
2011
ISBN
8178236702
Adversities are Opportunities: stories from ancient India
Description: Adversities are Opportunities is a collection of a few stories from epics and Puranas, retold for today’s reader. These ancient stories were told at various periods of times in the past, but they all teach us that we should never be disheartened under whatever circumstance life may land us in, for the simple reason that things are bound to change for the better.Swami Sunirmalananda, who retells these stories, is a monk of the Ramakrishna Order. He was Editor of Prabuddha Bharata, an English Monthly of the Ramakrishna Order.“… The whole of Sanatana Dharma or Vedanta is a long lesson in positive thinking and positive living. Through stories, anecdotes, philosophical texts, and so on, Vedanta teaches positive thinking at all stages of life. Why is positive thinking so essential? We are essentially divine. But we think we are limited, helpless beings and this is negative thinking. Many suffer – especially in advanced and advancing countries – from depression, guilt, failures, meaninglessness, etc. Swami Vivekananda wrote: ‘In every soul is infinite strength; and should you turn yourselves into cats and dogs by harbouring negative thoughts? Who dares to preach negativism? … I feel as if a thunderbolt strikes me on the head when I hear people dwell on negative thoughts.’ The purpose of Sanatana Dharma is to make us understand our real nature, our essential divinity, which is beyond all existential sorrow and suffering. …”We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Adversities are Opportunities: stories from ancient India. To get started finding Adversities are Opportunities: stories from ancient India, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.