Voice of Vivekananda
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In the Chhâdogya Upanishad we read that a sage called Nârada came to another called Sanatkumâra, and asked him various questions, of which one was, if religion was the cause of things as they are. And …
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यः सेतुरीजानानामक्षरं ब्रह्म यत् परम् ।अभयं तितीर्षतां पारं नाचिकेतँ शकेमहि ॥ २॥ yaḥ seturījānānāmakṣaraṃ brahma yat param .abhayaṃ titīrṣatāṃ pāraṃ nāciketam̐ śakemahi .. 2.. We know how to …
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All doubts disappear when one sees God. It is one thing to hear of God, but quite a different thing to see Him. A man cannot have one hundred percent conviction through mere hearing. But if he beholds …
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अथ ये चास्येह जीवा ये च प्रेता यच्चान्यदिच्छन्न लभते सर्वं तदत्र गत्वा विन्दतेऽत्र ह्यस्यैते सत्याः कामा अनृतापिधानास्तद्यथापि हिरण्यनिधिं निहितमक्षेत्रज्ञा उपर्युपरि सञ्चरन्तो न विन्देयुरेवमेवेमाः …
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मुक्तोपसृप्यव्यपदेशात् ॥ २ ॥ muktopasṛpyavyapadeśāt || 2 || mukta-upasṛpya—To be attained by the liberated; vyapadeśāt—because of the statement. 2. Because of the statement (in the …
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आमनन्ति चैनमस्मिन् ॥ ३२ ॥ āmananti cainamasmin || 32 || āmananti—Teach; ca—moreover; enam—this; asmin—in this. 32. Moreover (the Jabalas) teach that this (Supreme Lord is to …