Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
I have been asked to say something about the practical position of the Vedanta philosophy. As I have told you, theory is very good indeed, but how are we to carry it into practice? If it be absolutely …
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By VivekaVani
Work on with energy. India is a rotten corpse inside and outside. We shall revive it by the blessings of Shri Maharaj. (p.444, Vol.8, Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Swamiji in his letter to …
By VivekaVani
There was a young man that could not in any way support his family. He was strong and vigorous and, finally, became a highway robber; he attacked persons in the street and robbed them, and with that …
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Do not lose heart, do not lose faith is your Guru, do not lose faith in God. So long as you possess these three, nothing can harm you, my child. (p.74, Vol.5, Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, …
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Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power. It is not the brain but in the heart that the Atman, possessed of knowledge, …
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Confluence of Extremes आसीनो दूरं व्रजति शयानो याति सर्वतः ।कस्तं मदामदं देवं मदन्यो ज्ञातुमर्हति ॥ २१॥ āsīno dūraṃ vrajati śayāno yāti sarvataḥ .kastaṃ madāmadaṃ devaṃ madanyo jñātumarhati .. …