(Written in the Spring of 1895 in New York) Ever rising, ever falling with the waves of time, still rolling on I goFrom fleeting …
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The Story of the Boy Gopala – Swami Vivekananda
"O mother! I am so afraid to go to school through the woods alone; other boys have servants or somebody to bring them to school or take them home — why cannot I have someone to bring me home?" — thus …
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Historical Evolution of India – Swami Vivekananda
OM TAT SAT Om Namo Bhagavate Râmakrishnâya नासतः सत् जायते — Existence cannot be produced by non-existence. Non-existence can never be the cause of what exists. Something cannot come out …
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Narada Bhakti Sutras – Swami Vivekananda
(A free translation dictated by Swamiji in America) CHAPTER I 1. Bhakti is intense love for God. 2. It is the nectar of love; 3. Getting which man becomes perfect, immortal, and satisfied …
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Notes of Class Talks and Lectures
Religion and ScienceReligion is RealisationReligion is Self-abnegationUnselfish Work is True RenunciationFreedom of the SelfNotes on VedantaHindu and GreekThoughts on the Vedas and UpanishadsOn …
Mother-worship – Swami Vivekananda
(Based on fragmentary notes of a class talk by Swami Vivekananda in New York.) The two conjoint facts of perception we can never get rid of are happiness and unhappiness — things which bring us …