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
Renunciation is the very basis upon which ethics stands.
Everything is fraught with fear: Renunciation alone is fearless.
Renunciation means that none can serve both God and Mammon.
Live for an ideal and leave no place in the mind for anything else.
There is nothing so high as renunciation of self.
There is no end to renunciation.
Renunciation is of the mind.
Renunciation is in our blood.
Renunciation is always the ideal of every race; only other races do not know what they are made to do by nature unconsciously.
No freedom without renunciation.
Highest love for God can never be achieved without renunciation.
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.
Let new India arise out of peasants cottage, grasping the plough, out of huts, cobbler and sweeper.