THE truth is that God alone is real and all else is unreal. Men, universe, house, children — all these are like the magic of the magician. The magician strikes his wand and says: "Come delusion! Come …
Then, What’s the Way?
You may ask, "If worldly life is so difficult, then what is the way?" The way is constant practice. At Kamarpukur I have seen the women of the carpenter families flattening rice with a …
When Face to Face
WHERE the mind attains peace by practising the discipline of ’Neti, neti’, there Brahman is. The king dwells in the inmost room of the palace, which has seven gates. The visitor comes to the first …
Vishnu Everywhere
THERE was a holy man who used to live in a state of ecstasy and would not speak with anyone. He was regarded as a lunatic. One day having begged some food in the village, he took his seat by the side …
Arise, Awake! – Swami Vivekananda
In New York I used to observe the Irish colonists come — downtrodden, haggard-looking, destitute of all possessions at home, penniless, and wooden-headed — with their only belongings, a stick and a …
None Will Follow Thee After Death
A DISCIPLE said to his Guru that his wife loved him very much and so he could not renounce the world. The disciple used to practise Hatha Yoga. To convince him of the hollowness of his plea, the Guru …