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
You and I and everything in the universe are that Absolute, not parts, but the whole. You are the whole of that Absolute, and so are all others, because the idea of part cannot come into it.
When you talk and think of the Absolute, you have to do it in the relative; so all these logical arguments apply.
Until we realise ourselves as the Absolute, we cannot attain to deliverance.
The Absolute is the material of both God and man.
The Absolute God of the universe, the creator, preserver, and destroyer of the universe, is impersonal principle.
The Absolute does not change, or re-evolve.
The Absolute cannot be worshipped, so we must worship a manifestation.
The Absolute can never be thought of.
The Absolute cannot be divided.
The Absolute and the Infinite can become this universe only by limitation.
Om is the greatest, meaning the Absolute.
Changes in the universe are not in the Absolute; they are in nature.
PRAYER is divine love alone. When this highest ideal of love is reached, philosophy is thrown away. Who will then care of it ? Freedom, salvation, nirvana- all are thrown away. Who cares to become free while in the enjoyment of divine love?
Purity,patience, and preserverance are the three essentials to success, and above all: love.