Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda
Swami VivekanandaBengali: , Shāmi Bibekānondo; 12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta, was an Indian Hindu monk, a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion during the late 19th century. He was a major force in the revival of Hinduism in...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth12 January 1863
CountryIndia
Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.
All practice or worship is only for taking off this veil. When that will go, you will find that the Sun of Absolute Knowledge is shining in Its own lustre.
What we call powers, secrets of nature, and force, are all within. In the external world are only a series of changes.
To see God is the one goal. Power is not the goal.
Thought is like a bubble rising to the surface. When thought is joined to will, we call it power. That which strikes the sick person whom you are trying to help is not thought, but power.
There is no power on earth which can be kept long confined within a narrow limit. It cannot be kept compressed too long to allow of expansion at a subsequent period.
The more power there is, the more bondage, the more fear.
The finer the instrument, the greater the power. The mind is much finer and more powerful than the body.
Superhuman power is not strong enough.
Prana is the driving power of the world, and can be seen in every manifestation of life.
Know for certain that there is no power in the universe to injure us unless we first injure ourselves.
It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.
If one has got power, one must manifest it in action.
Good and evil thoughts are each a potent power, and they fill the universe.