Voice of Vivekananda
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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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Religion and ScienceReligion is RealisationReligion is Self-abnegationUnselfish Work is True RenunciationFreedom of the SelfNotes on VedantaHindu and GreekThoughts on the Vedas and UpanishadsOn …
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(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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(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 …
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THE YOGA THROUGH DEVOTION We have been considering Raja-Yoga and the physical exercises. Now we shall consider Yoga through devotion. But you must remember that no one system …
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(These lessons and those on Bhakti-Yoga that follow are made out of class notes preserved in England — Ed.) PRANA The theory of creation is that matter is subject to five conditions: ether, …
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