Voice of Vivekananda
You have all heard of that rich man in Rome who learnt one day that he had only about a million pounds of his property left; he said, ‘What shall I do tomorrow?’ and forthwith committed suicide. A …
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Those last dying words of his always thrilled through my heart. He was old, he was suffering, he was near his death, and then came the despised outcaste—he lives on carrion, dead animals; the Hindus …
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A CERTAIN devout lady, who was also a devoted wife, lived in the household serving her husband and children with a loving heart and at the same time keeping her mind fixed on the Lord. At her …
A disciple, who had firm faith in the infinite power of his Guru, walked over the river by simply uttering his Guru’s name. Seeing this, the Guru thought, “Well, is there such a power in my mere name? …
Once, several men were crossing the Ganges in a boat. One of them, a pandit, was making a great display of his erudition, saying that he had studied various books—the Vedas, the Vedanta, and the six …
IT is not easy to get rid of illusion. It lingers even after the attainment of knowledge. A man dreamt of a tiger. Then he woke up and his dream vanished. But his heart continued to palpitate. Some …
