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
Since everything emanates from God, he is the embodied principle in every being. Each one of us is made from God. Tat twam asi - "You are That One" who is eternally blissful, that one principle manifesting itself as this variety of Creation.
The main feature should be the teaching of principles through stories. Don't make it metaphysical at all.
The best principles in our lives were those which we heard from our mothers through our ears.
You are incarnations of God, all of you. You are incarnations of the Almighty, Omnipresent, Divine Principle. You may laugh at me now, but the time will come when y
The Absolute God of the universe, the creator, preserver, and destroyer of the universe, is impersonal principle.
Never can a reforming sect survive if it is only reforming; the formative elements alone - the real impulse, that is, the principles - live on and on.
We first observe facts, then generalise, and then draw conclusions or principles.
We do not seek to thrust the principles of our religion upon anyone. The fundamental principles of our religion forbid that.
Through the imparting of moral principles, good behaviour, and education we must make the Chandala come up to the level of the Brahmana.
The world cares little for principles. They care for persons.
The Upanishads do not reveal the life of any teacher, but simply teach principles.
The principles of the Vedanta not only should be preached everywhere in India, but also outside. Our thought must enter into the make-up of the minds of every nation, not through writings, but through persons.
The power which works through the formative principles of every religion in every country is manifested in the forms of religion. . .
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?