(Delivered at the Shakespeare Club, Pasadena, California, January 31, 1900) There are two great epics in the Sanskrit language, which are very ancient. Of course, there are hundreds of other epic …
December 31: Advaita Is the Eternal Mine of Strength
What we want is strength. We Indians, more than any other race, want strong and vigorous thought. We have enough of the superfine in all concerns. For centuries we have been stuffed with the …
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December 30: My Religion Means Expansion
On 30 December 1894, at the Brooklyn Ethical society, Swamiji declared: “I have a message to the West, as Buddha had a message to the East.” (p. 45, God Lived With Them) If I am God, then my …
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December 29: Nothing Is Lost
What Swami Vivekananda said is true: “Devotion to God is dormant in everyone. It manifests itself when the veil of lust and gold is removed.” The attempt to remove that veil is called sadhana, or …
December 26: Work in Harmony
Every nation must save itself; we must not depend upon funds from America for the revival of Hinduism, for that is a delusion. To have a centre is a great thing; try to secure such a place in a large …
December 24: We Must Realize God!
A man is able to see God as soon as he gets rid of ego and other limitations. He sees God as soon as he is free from such feelings as ‘I am a scholar’, ‘I am the son of such and such a person’, ‘I am …