Voice of Vivekananda
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Shall we advise men to kneel down and cry, ‘O miserable sinners that we are!’ No, rather let us remind them of their divine nature. I will tell you a story. A lioness in search of prey came upon a …
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अल्पश्रुतेरिति चेत्, तदुक्तम् ॥ २१ ॥ alpaśruteriti cet, taduktam || 21 || alpaśruteḥ—Because of the Sruti declaring its smallness; iti cet—if it be said; tat—that; uktam—has …
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My master used to say that these names, as Hindu, Christian, etc., stand as great bars to all brotherly feelings between man and man. We must try to break them down first. They have lost all their …
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There was a certain yogi who used to practise meditation in a lonely part of the forest, on the banks of a river. There was a poor cowherd, a very ignorant man, who used to tend his herd in that …
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Deep Work by Cal Newport is a book about the importance of focus and concentration in the modern world. Newport argues that the ability to work deeply, or focus without distraction on a cognitively …
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God's Mercy: the Prerequisite for Realisation अणोरणीयान्महतो महीया-नात्माऽस्य जन्तोर्निहितो गुहायाम् ।तमक्रतुः पश्यति वीतशोकोधातुप्रसादान्महिमानमात्मनः ॥ २०॥ aṇoraṇīyānmahato mahīyā-nātmā’sya …