There are two worlds, the microcosm, and the macrocosm, the internal and the external. We get truth from both of these by means of experience. The truth gathered from internal experience is …
Sankhya and Vedanta – Swami Vivekananda
I shall give you a résumé of the Sânkhya philosophy, through which we have been going. We, in this lecture, want to find where its defects are, and where Vedanta comes in and supplements it. You must …
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The Vedanta Philosophy – Swami Vivekananda
The Vedanta philosophy, as it is generally called at the present day, really comprises all the various sects that now exist in India. Thus there have been various interpretations, and to my mind they …
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Rajendra Prasad On Swami Vivekananda
Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was the first President of Independent India. A detailed biography of Rajendra Prasad may be read in Wikipedia. In this article we'll …
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Subhas Chandra Bose On Swami Vivekananda
Indian freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose (1897—1945?) was highly influenced by Swami Vivekananda. Bose felt, Swamiji was a "full-blooded masculine personality" and from him he …
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A study of the Sankhya philosophy – Swami Vivekananda
Prakriti is called by the Sânkhya philosophers indiscrete, and defined as the perfect balance of the materials in it; and it naturally follows that in perfect balance there cannot be any motion. In …
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