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
If I, as an Oriental have to worship Jesus of Nazareth, there is only one way, that is, to worship him as God and nothing else.
You have heard that Christ said, 'My words are spirit and they are life'. So are my words spirit and life; they will burn their way into your brain and you will never get away from them!
Learn Everything that is Good from Others, but bring it in, and in your own way absorb it; do not become others.
The only way to study the mind is to get at facts, and then intellect will arrange them and deduce the principles.
Man can think of divine things only in his own human way, to us the Absolute can be expressed only in our relative language.
Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work- this is the only way.
Knowledge can only be got in one way, the way of experience; there is no other way to know.
Throw overboard all idea of jealousy and egotism, once for all. Come on to the practical field with tremendous energy; to work, in the fullness of strength! As to the rest, the Lord will point out the way.
The way to God is the opposite to that of the world. And to few, very few, are given to have God and mammon at the same time.
Books are only made so that they may point the way to a higher life; but no good results unless the path is trodden with unflinching steps!
Slavery is slavery. The chain of gold is quite as bad as the chain of iron. Is there a way out?
He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and bondage brings only misery. Live alone in your mind - that is happiness. To have nobody to care for and never minding who cares for one is the way to be free.
With the attraction for lust and lucre working the other way, how many long for the realisation of God?
If you can get rid of your attachment to a single thing, you are on the way to liberation.