Voice of Vivekananda
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The human mind naturally wants to get outside, to peer out of the body, as it were, through the channels of the organs. The eye must see, the ear must hear, the senses must sense the external world — …
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The flowers that we see all around us are beautiful, beautiful is the rising of the morning sun, beautiful are the variegated hues of nature. The whole universe is beautiful, and man has been enjoying …
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The Dasha Mahavidya is a group of ten goddesses in Hinduism, who are believed to embody divine knowledge and power. "Dasha" means "ten" and "Mahavidya" means "great knowledge" or "great wisdom" in …
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The Katha Upanishad, which we have been studying, was written much later than that to which we now turn — the Chhândogya. The language is more modern, and the thought more organised. In the older …
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True Meaning of Renunciation We have seen how the greater portion of our life must of necessity be filled with evils, however we may resist, and that this mass of evil is practically almost …
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Almost all of you have heard of the word Mâyâ. Generally it is used, though incorrectly, to denote illusion, or delusion, or some such thing. But the theory of Maya forms one of the pillars upon which …
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