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
The chief helps in this liberation are Abhyasa and Vairagya. Vairagya is non - attachment to life, because it is the will to enjoy that brings all this bondage in its train; and Abhyasa is constant practice of any one of the Yogas.
Excessive attention to the minutiae of astrology is one of the superstitions which has hurt the Hindus very much.
Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
The benefits of knowledge can only be realized in practice.
The greatest help to spiritual life is meditation. In meditation we divest ourselves of all material condition and feel our divine nature.
An allopath comes and treats cholera patients and gives them his medicines. The Homeopath comes and gives his medicines and cures perhaps more than the allopath does because the Homoeopath does not disturb the patients but allows the nature to deal with them.
We must always bear in mind that we are not going to be free, but are free already. Every idea that we are bound is a delusion.
It is the duty of every person to contribute in the development and progress of India.
Karma is the eternal assertion of human freedom. . . . Our thoughts, our words, and deeds are the threads of the net which we throw around ourselves.
When the body is still healthy and diseaseless, When old age has not yet attacked it
This caste system had grown by the practice of the son always following the business of the father.
Every individual has in himself perfection. It lies within the dark recesses of his physical being.
If I, as an Oriental have to worship Jesus of Nazareth, there is only one way, that is, to worship him as God and nothing else.
The real work is in the practice.