Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
Who is able to renounce all for His sake? Even the injunctions of Destiny are cancelled if one takes refuge in God. Destiny strikes off with her own hand what she has written about such a person. What …
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Don’t avoid any work. There is nothing that is unknowable, difficult to understand, or puzzling. Through the intellect, human beings have solved the mystery of deep truths such as: what is God, what …
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It is impossible to express the nature of this supreme and absolute ideal of love in human language. Even the highest flight of human imagination is incapable of comprehending it in all its infinite …
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The knowledge of Brahman cannot be realized if the aspirant is worldly-minded even in the slightest degree. He succeeds in acquiring this knowledge only when his mind is totally free from ‘woman and …
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. . . The Mother is our guide and whatever happens or will happen is under Her ordination. . . . (p.417, V.6, Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Swamiji’s letter dt 15 December 1898) A man who …
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Never cease thinking of God. Whether you get joy or not, continue your meditation daily on a regular basis. If you can practise steadfastly, you will again experience bliss. One does not taste the joy …
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