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
Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man
Every individual has in himself perfection. It lies within the dark recesses of his physical being.
While real perfection is only one, relative perfections must be many.
Perfection is not to be attained, it is already within us.
Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.
There cannot be two almighty beings in this world. [Imagine having] two or three Gods; one will create the world, another says, "I will destroy the world." It [can] never happen. There must be one God. The soul attains to perfection; [it becomes] almost omnipotent [and] omniscient. This is the worshipper. Who is the worshipped? He, the Lord God Himself, the Omnipresent, the Omniscient, and so on. And above all, He is Love. How is [the soul] to attain this perfection? By worship.
The Vedas teach that the soul is divine, only held in the bondage of matter; perfection will be reached when this bond will burst, and the word they use for it is, therefore, Mukti - freedom, freedom from the bonds of imperfection, freedom from death and misery.
The kingdom of heaven is already in existence if we will have it, that perfection is already in man if he will see it.
Perfection is always infinite. We are the Infinite already.You and I, and all beings, are trying to manifest that infinity.
Infinite perfection is in every man, though unmanifested.
Each man is perfect by his nature; prophets have manifested this perfection, but it is potential in us.
Who shall make me perfect? I am perfect already.
When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself.
To be more free is the goal of all our efforts, for only in perfect freedom can there be perfection.