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
Take Risks in Your Life If u Win, U Can Lead! If u Lose, U Can Guide!
You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.
You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.
He who struggles is better than he who never attempts
Never say NO, Never say, 'I cannot', for you are INFINITE. All the power is WITHIN you. You can do anything.
So long as even a single dog in my country is without food, my whole religion will be to feed it.
Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.
Do not lower your goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals.
Do you think these sannyasi children of Sri Ramakrishna are born to simply to sit under trees lighting dhuni-fires? Whenever any of them will take up some work, people will be astonished to see their energy. Learn from them how to work.
The only way to study the mind is to get at facts, and then intellect will arrange them and deduce the principles.
The main feature should be the teaching of principles through stories. Don't make it metaphysical at all.
The fact is that we have many superstitions, many bad spots and sores on our body - these have to be excised, cut off, and destroyed - but these do not destroy our religion, our national life, our spirituality. Every principle of religion is safe, and the sooner these black spots are purged away, the better the principles will shine, the more gloriously. Stick to them.
The best principles in our lives were those which we heard from our mothers through our ears.
Principles must conquer in the long run, for that is the manhood of man.