Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
(A translation of the Nâsadiya-Sukta, Rig-Veda, X. 129.) Existence was not then, nor non-existence,The world was not, the sky beyond was neither.What covered the mist? Of whom was that?What …
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(Written to Sister Nivedita) The mother's heart, the hero's will,The sweetness of the southern breeze,The sacred charm and strength that dwellOn Aryan altars, flaming, free;All these be yours, and …
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This is your cup — the cup assigned to you from the beginning.Nay, My child, I know how …
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(Written in the Spring of 1895 in New York) Ever rising, ever falling with the waves of time, still rolling on I goFrom fleeting …
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"O mother! I am so afraid to go to school through the woods alone; other boys have servants or somebody to bring them to school or take them home — why cannot I have someone to bring me home?" — thus …
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OM TAT SAT Om Namo Bhagavate Râmakrishnâya नासतः सत् जायते — Existence cannot be produced by non-existence. Non-existence can never be the cause of what exists. Something cannot come out …
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