An initiated disciple of Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, he joined the Order in 1917 and received his sannyasa-diksha from Swami Brahmananda Maharaj in 1922. Besides serving at Mayavati and Bombay …
The Intense Desire To Be Free – Swami Vivekananda
When the desire will arise to have a peaceful, quiet life, that shall come where everything shall be propitious for the development of the mind—you may take that as my experience. It may come after …
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Raksha Bandhan – Swami Vivekananda
I will tell you the story of another beautiful Rajput girl.* There is a peculiar custom in our country called ‘protection’. Women can send small bracelets of silken thread to men. And if a girl sends …
Sin of Killing Cow – Swami Vivekananda
A man had laid out a beautiful garden into which a cow strayed one day and did much injury. The man in rage gave some blows to the cow which killed her. Then to avoid the terrible sin he bethought …
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Nature is Like Ferris Wheel – Swami Vivekananda
You have seen the big Ferris Wheel in Chicago. The wheel revolves, and the little rooms in the wheel are regularly coming one after another; one set of persons gets into these, and after they have …
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A Fable About Buddha – Swami Vivekananda
When Buddha was born, he was so pure that whosoever looked at his face from a distance immediately gave up the ceremonial religion and became a monk and became saved. So the gods held a meeting. They …
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