Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
“Praying to Sri Guru Maharaj to increase your hankering to know Him and to have a pure and holy life…We are all human; temptations and bad thoughts come. Shall we have to weep for them? Let them come, …
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By VivekaVani
“I am quite satisfied with my work. I never planned anything. I have taken things as they came. Only one idea was burning in my brain-to start the machine for elevating the Indian masses- and that I …
By VivekaVani
“You will be pleased to know that I am also learning my lessons every day in patience and, above all, in sympathy… I think I am slowly approaching to that state when I should be able to love the very …
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 …
By VivekaVani
“…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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