Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
“On the day of the Mahasamadhi itself, whether consciously or intuitively, his actions were most deliberate and full of meaning. His solitary meditation for three hours in the morning from eight to …
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“Here is a peculiarity: When you serve a Jiva, it is Daya (compassion) and not Prema (love); but when you serve him with the idea that he is the Self, that is Prema. That the Atman is the one …
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“…Mother knows, as I always say. Pray to Mother. It is hard work to be a leader – one must crush all one’s own self under the feet of the community…” (p.433, V.6, Complete Works Of Swami …
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“Remember these few points: (p.266, V.6, Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Swamiji’s letter to his brother disciples in 1894) …
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“However spiritual a man may be, he must pay the tax for the use of the body to the last farthing. But the difference between a great soul and an ordinary man is this: The latter weeps while …
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God is the Kalpataru, the Wish-fulfilling Tree. You will certainly get whatever you ask of Him. But you must pray standing near the Kalpataru. Only then will your prayer be fulfilled. A man gets the …