Sometimes the young disciples would discuss the various riddles of life. Once in Dakshineswar Niranjan and others had a long discussion on free will and predestination. Unable to reach any conclusion, …
Prana
This prana is born of Atman. As a shadow is cast by a person, so this prana is, by Atman. Through the activity of the mind it comes into this body.— Prashna Upanishad 3.3 The mind and prana are the …
Unity in Diversity – Swami Vivekananda
The Finite Cannot Express the Infinite "The Self-existent One projected the senses outwards and, therefore, a man looks outward, not within himself. A certain wise one, desiring immortality, with …
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Realisation – Swami Vivekananda
The Meaning of Realisation I will read to you from one of the Upanishads. It is called the Katha Upanishad. Some of you, perhaps, have read the translation by Sir Edwin Arnold, called the Secret of …
The Absolute and Manifestation – Swami Vivekananda
Can the Absolute Become the Relative? The one question that is most difficult to grasp in understanding the Advaita philosophy, and the one question that will be asked again and again and that will …
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Maya and Freedom – Swami Vivekananda
Life a Bundle of Contradictions "Trailing clouds of glory we come," says the poet. Not all of us come as trailing clouds of glory however; some of us come as trailing black fogs; there can be no …
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