Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
I will relate to you a very ancient story from the Chandogya Upanishad, which tells how knowledge came to a boy. The form of the story is very crude, but we shall find that it contains a principle. …
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W e must always remember that our backbone is spirituality, and to do that we must have a guide who will show the path to us, that path about which I am talking just now. If any of you do not believe …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 368-376: mettāvihārī yo bhikkhū pasanno buddhasāsane |adhigacche padaṃ santaṃ saṅkhārū'pasamaṃ sukhaṃ || 368 ||siñca …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 367: sabbaso nāmarūpasmiṃ yassa natthi mamāyitaṃ |asatā ca na socati sa ve bhikkhū'ti vuccati || 367 || 367. For …
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In the history of each nation, you will always find that only those individuals who have believed in themselves have become great and strong. Here, to India, came an Englishman who was only a clerk, …
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Josephine MacLeod, Miss (1858 – 1949)—Wealthy American lady of high society, the closest of all his American devotees and perhaps the greatest benefactress of the Order. Called herself “Friend of …