Voice of Vivekananda
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“God may come at any time,” he would say, “but this need not frighten us. When the king wishes to visit one of his servants, he knows the servant will not have soft cushions and the proper things with …
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One day Shashi noisily ripped a piece of cloth in the Master’s presence, startling him. Because of Ramakrishna’s experience of oneness, when the cloth was being torn, he felt as if his own chest were …
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Turiyananda never hesitated to correct the shortcomings of his students in a bold and straightforward way, for which he was sometimes very much misunderstood. Once, observing their discontent, the …
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Once Harinath said to the Master that his goal was to attain nirvana (liberation) in this very life. For this the Master reproached him: “Those who seek nirvana are selfish and small-minded. They are …
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Gradually, Harinath became familiar with Ramakrishna and began to ask all sorts of personal questions. “Sir,” he asked one day, “how can one become free from lust completely?” Sri Ramakrishna replied: …
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One morning before daybreak in North Calcutta, a teenage boy was bathing in the Ganges when he saw something floating near him. Some people on the shore saw it too, and shouted: “Crocodile! Crocodile! …