Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
It is enough to know that everything depends on the grace of God. But one must pray to God; it will not do to remain inactive. The lawyer gives all the arguments and finishes his pleading by saying to …
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By VivekaVani
Birth of Swami Abhedananda (1866) As soon as Kali heard about the Baranagore Monastery he returned to Calcutta and joined the brotherhood. The southernmost room of the second floor was used for …
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By VivekaVani
God assumes forms for the sake of His devotees. Through ecstatic love a devotee sees God with form…. One must accept everything: God with form and God without form…. A man reads a little of the Gita, …
By VivekaVani
There are various paths to reach God. Each view is a path. It is like reaching the Kali Temple by different roads. No one else is here, and you are my own people. Let me tell you something. I have …
By VivekaVani
They are not eight bonds, but eight fetters. But what if they are? These fetters fall off in a moment, by the grace of God. Do you know what it is like? Suppose a room has been kept dark a thousand …
By VivekaVani
What will one achieve by renouncing only these things? The one thing needful is the renunciation of ‘woman and gold’. That renunciation is the real and supreme renunciation. Householders should go …
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