"Whenever virtue subsides and vice prevails, I come down to help mankind," declares Krishna, in the Bhagavad-Gitâ. Whenever this world of ours, on account of growth, on account of added circumstances, …
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The Mahabharata – Swami Vivekananda
(Delivered at the Shakespeare Club, Pasadena, California, February 1, 1900) The other epic about which I am going to speak to you this evening, is called the Mahâbhârata. It contains the story of a …
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The Ramayana – Swami Vivekananda
(Delivered at the Shakespeare Club, Pasadena, California, January 31, 1900) There are two great epics in the Sanskrit language, which are very ancient. Of course, there are hundreds of other epic …
The Ideal of Karma-Yoga | Swami Vivekananda
The grandest idea in the religion of the Vedanta is that we may reach the same goal by different paths; and these paths I have generalised into four, viz those of work, love, psychology, and …
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Freedom – Swami Vivekananda
In addition to meaning work, we have stated that psychologically the word Karma also implies causation. Any work, any action, any thought that produces an effect is called a Karma. Thus the law of …
Non-attachment is complete self-abnegation – Swami Vivekananda
Just as every action that emanates from us comes back to us as reaction, even so our actions may act on other people and theirs on us. Perhaps all of you have observed it as a fact that when persons …
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