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(Written for the Brahmâvadin, from London, June 6, 1896.) Though the ideal of work of our Brahmavâdin should always be "कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन — To work thou hast the right, but …

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(Written for the Brahmavâdin, 1896.) More than a decade has passed since a young German student, one of eight children of a not very well-to-do clergyman, heard on a certain day Professor …

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(Contributed to the Metaphysical Magazine, New York, March, 1895) "Both you and I have passed through many births; you know them not, I know them all." — Bhagavad Gita 4.5 Of the many …

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(The Swamiji's contribution to the discussion of this question, carried on in the pages of The New York Morning Advertiser.) "None has power to destroy the unchangeable." — …

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The RamayanaThe MahabharataThoughts on the GitaThe Story of Jada BharataThe Story of PrahladaThe Great Teachers of the WorldOn Lord BuddhaChrist, the MessengerMy MasterIndian Religious ThoughtThe …

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(Delivered at Alameda, California, on April 18, 1900*) We read many books, many scriptures. We get various ideas from our childhood, and change them every now and then. We understand what is meant …

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