एवमेव प्रतिहर्तारमुवाच प्रतिहर्तर्या देवता प्रतिहारमन्वायत्ता तां चेदविद्वान्प्रतिहरिष्यसि मूर्धा ते विपतिष्यतीति ते ह समारतास्तूष्णीमासांचक्रिरे ॥ १.१०.११ ॥॥ इति दशमः खण्डः ॥ evameva …
True Contentment – Swami Vivekananda
"Yes, Yes!" he reiterated. "You Western folk want action ! You cannot yet perceive the poetry of every common little incident in life! What beauty could be greater than that of the story of the young …
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Chandogya Upanishad 1.10.10
एवमेवोद्गातारमुवाचोद्गातर्या देवतोद्गीथमन्वायत्ता तां चेदविद्वानुद्गास्यसि मूर्धा ते विपतिष्यतीति ॥ १.१०.१० ॥ evamevodgātāramuvācodgātaryā devatodgīthamanvāyattā tāṃ cedavidvānudgāsyasi mūrdhā te …
The Tiger That Lurks Behind Worldly Joys
GOD is like the wish-yielding tree of the celestial world (Kalpataru), which gives whatever one asks of it. So, one should be careful to give up all worldly desires when one's mind has been purified …
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Dispassion Comes Like a Flood and Never by Drops
How does a man come to have vairagya (dispassion)? A wife once said to her husband: "Dear, I am very anxious about my brother. For the past one week he has been thinking of becoming an ascetic, and …
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Swami Vivekananda Quotes From The Parliament Of The World’s Religions, Chicago Addresses 1893
In 1893 Swami Vivekananda delivered his historical addresses at the Parliament of the World's Religions, Chicago. Six of those lectures have been included in the Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. …