HUMAN EXCELLENCE -- SWAMI VIVEKANANDA WAY

Dr T G K MURTHY

But, human excellence is more than ---

PERSONALITIES WHO EXCELLED IN SPECIFIC FIELDS

A human being is part of the whole called by us ‘universe,’ a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and affections for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” - Albert Einstein

•The best we can be in every situation.& the best we can do in every Endeavour

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA who knew the way, gone the way and shown the way

RAJARISHI

•The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to

be found in human excellence

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RAREST OF RARE -- SWAMI VIVEKANANDA –PERSONIFICATIONOF HUMAN EXCELLENCY

Each soul is potentially divine. The goal is to manifest this

divinity within by controlling nature, external and internal. Do this either by

work, or worship, or psychic control, or philosophy---by one or more or all of these--

WHAT ARE THEY?

THEY ARE IMPORTANT FOR HUMAN EXCELLENCE JUST AS HEART TO HUMAN EXISTANCE

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Fearless, scientific minded young Naren•In search of the absolute truth question ----- Sri Ramakrishna.•In search of external(relative) truths questioned --- East &west in his 15 years extensive travels.

MEANINGFUL QUESTIONS ARE KEY TO EXCELLENCE

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Believe nothing/ everything

Merely because you have been told it

Or because it is traditional'

Or because you yourself have imagined it

or believe what your teacher(spiritual otherwise) tell, merely out of respect for that teacher

But whatever after due examination and analysis

you find to be conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings, that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.

QUESTION EVERY THING BEFORE YOU ACCEPT:WHERE DOES VEDANTIC SCIENCE STAND TODAY?

•Vivekananda constantly reminded Indians that “out of hopelessly intricate mythology must come concrete moral forms; and out of bewildering Yogism must come that most scientific and practical (SOLUTIONS) psychology.”

• - AND IF THAT DOESN'T STAND THE TEST OF REASONING, IT SHOULD BE THROWN OUT OF THE WINDOW

RECEIVE: RECALL: RECONSTRUCT

*SRAVANA:ACQUIRE KNOWLDGE FROM ALL DIRECTIONS

*MANANA:CONTEMPLATE ON THE ACQUIRED KNOWLDGE

*NIDHIDHYASANA: APPLY KNOWN KNOWLDGE TO UNKNOWN

SHRADDHA KEY TO EXCELLENCE

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STUDENT OF TRUTH SEEKINGWITH FEARLESSNESS;SCIENTIFIC REASIONING

Feel, my children, feel; feel for the poor, the ignorant, the downtrodden;

. EXHORTER : ALL INCLUSIVENESS

Passion to excel and compassion to Share and serve

So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who, having been educated at their expense, pays not the least heed to them! This engulfed the minds of patriotic scientists such as Bhabha and Sarabhai

- EINSTIEN

THE REALLY VALUBLE THING IN CREATIVE SCIENCE IS INTUITION

Was an intuitive mathematician who liked to create theorems and Hardy used to work a lot to provide rigorous proofs.

TURN INSIDE !!!

--Ramanujam

HEALTHY MIND IN STRONG BODY WITH SPIRITUAL AWAKENING

spiritual

FAITH

TURN INSIDE;CONCENTRATE WITH UTMOST PURITY KEY TO (FOUNTAIN HEAD OF) KNOWLDGE

•HAVING IN DEPTH KNOWLDGE OFVEDANTA ; UPANISHADS Raja,karma,bhakti &jnana yogas WESTREN PHYLOSPHY & SCIENCEAND UNDER TUTELAGE OF SRI RAMAKRISHNA EXPERIENCED THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH

•Concentration is the essence of all Knowledge; nothing can be done without it. Ninety percent of thought force is wasted by the ordinary human being and therefore he is constantly committing blunders; the trained man or mind never makes a mistake.

•RENUNCIATION AND SERVICE;•ART AND SCIENCE;•RELIGION AND ACTION;•FROM MOST SPIRITUAL TO THE MOST PRACTICLE

(scientist of internals--- excellence in inner science)

. REJUVENATOR OF SCIENCE OF HUMAN MIND

INTUITION

INSTINCT REASION

•Every person aspiring to be creative should have a broad knowledge in the area of his or her chosen subject and it is undisputable.

•Then fixing of mind WITH a MEDITATIVE (dhyana) mind followed by CONCENTRATION(Dharana) on the spot is of vital importance.

There is no limit to the power of the human

mind. The more concentrated it is, the

more power is brought to bear on one point, that is

the secret.

science of inner & outer should be integral part of life

Swami Vivekananda says that: “Now this knowledge again is inherent in man. No knowledge comes from outside; it is all inside.” All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is in your own mind. The external world is simply the suggestion,. All knowledge therefore, secular or spiritual is in the human mind

Vivekananda points out the Western type of human excellence based on human dignity, self-confidence, strength and social welfare, which concentrate on the external development of man. But he also points out the Indian concept of human excellence, which concentrates on the inner spiritual development of man.

Synthesizing the best elements of the two, Vivekananda proclaims the secret of true human excellence in terms of the combination of ‘manliness (Western) and man making (spirituality Indian)

ALL WITHIN

VIVEKANANDA SOWED SEEDS OF VEDANTA IN THE WEST AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONAL GROWTH IN INDIA WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE SYNTHESIS OF EAST AND WEST AS BEST FOR HUMANKIND AND EXCELLENCYWHERE DOES IT STAND TODAY?

.SYNTHESISER OF SCIENCE AND VEDANTA

Vivekananda: unparalleled in human history

A thin line separates science and religion: Dan Shechtman, on the eve of BOSON discovery2012 July.

1984

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• He had grappled with many problems and had found a solution for most of them and he had in an unusual degree the prophetic vision

•Swamiji had this peculiar power that, whatever might be the question, the answer came so aptly and readily that the hearer stood convinced and amazed.

•The address at parliment of religions was sponteneous

•He never prepared for next day talk .

YOU MUST BE PREPARED TO GO INTO DEEP MEDITATIONNOW;AND THE NEXT MOMENT YOU MUST BE READY TO GO AND CULTIVATE THESE FIELDS

BALANCED DEVOLOPMENT OF THESE 5 components RESULT IN HUMAN EXCELLENCE WITH JOY AT ALL STAGES OF LIFE

1. SRADDHA & QUESTION (do not loose child like curiosity to probe unknown)

2. RETAIN YOUTHFULNESS (fearless,truthful,self confident,perfection )

3. TURN INSIDE & PRACTICE ( inner--- Sravana,manana,nidhidhyasana )

4. REORIENT AND REJUVENATE MIND (purity ,patience perseverence and sraddha )5. BE AND MAKE : RAJA-RHISHI : (excellence coupled with compassion)

Power will come, glory will come, goodness will come, purity will come , everything that is excellent will come when this sleeping soul is roused to self-conscious…. WITH PRAYERS SEEKING

THEIR BLESSINGS ON ALL OF YOU

SO MY DEAR :TO EXCELL IN YOUR chosen FIELD&LIFE

THEN