Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power. It is not the brain but in the heart that the Atman, possessed of knowledge, …
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Confluence of Extremes आसीनो दूरं व्रजति शयानो याति सर्वतः ।कस्तं मदामदं देवं मदन्यो ज्ञातुमर्हति ॥ २१॥ āsīno dūraṃ vrajati śayāno yāti sarvataḥ .kastaṃ madāmadaṃ devaṃ madanyo jñātumarhati .. …
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अदृश्यत्वादिगुणको धर्मोक्तेः ॥ २१ ॥ adṛśyatvādiguṇako dharmokteḥ || 21 || adṛśyatvādi-guṇako—Possessor of qualities like invisiblity etc.; dharmokteḥ—on account of the qualities being …
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This idea of complete self-sacrifice is illustrated in the following story: After the battle of Kurukshetra the five Pandava brothers performed a great sacrifice and made very large gifts to the poor. …
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Swami Shivananda passed away in Belur Math (1934) If anyone ever asked where he would go after leaving the body, Swami Shivananda replied that his rightful place would be in Ramakrishnaloka with …
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जानाम्यहं शेवधिरित्यनित्यंन ह्यध्रुवैः प्राप्यते हि ध्रुवं तत् ।ततो मया नाचिकेतश्चितोऽग्निःअनित्यैर्द्रव्यैः प्राप्तवानस्मि नित्यम् ॥ १०॥ jānāmyahaṃ śevadhirityanityaṃna hyadhruvaiḥ prāpyate hi …