Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda , born Narendranath Dutta is the chief disciple of the 19th century mystic Ramakrishna and the founder of Ramakrishna Mission. He is considered a key figure in the introduction of Vedanta and Yoga in Europe and America and is also more..

“Swami Vivekananda:What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one burning love, selfless. That love will make every word tell like a thunderbolt. #Nuclear Age

“Swami Vivekananda:The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them. #God

“Swami Vivekananda:If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better. #Money

“Swami Vivekananda:When we really begin to live in the world, then we understand what is meant by brotherhood or mankind, and not before. #Brotherhood

“Swami Vivekananda:Hold to the idea, “I am not the mind, I see that I am thinking, I am watching my mind act,” and each day the identification of yourself with thoughts and feelings will grow less, until at last you can entirely separate yourself from the mind and actually know it to be apart from yourself. #Thoughts and Thinking

“Swami Vivekananda:As soon as you know the voice and understand what it is, the whole scene changes. The same world which was the ghastly battlefield of maya is now changed into something good and beautiful. #Change

“Swami Vivekananda:We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute. #Faith

“Swami Vivekananda:There is no help for you outside of yourself; you are the creator of the universe. Like the silkworm you have built a cocoon around yourself…. Burst your own cocoon and come out as the beautiful butterfly, as the free soul. Then alone you will see Truth. #Life and Living

“Swami Vivekananda:As body, mind, or soul, you are a dream; you really are Being, Consciousness, Bliss (satchidananda). You are the God of this universe. #Dreams

“Swami Vivekananda:All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind. #Libraries

“Swami Vivekananda:Come out into the universe of Light. Everything in the universe is yours, stretch out your arms and embrace it with love. If you every felt you wanted to do that, you have felt God. #Love

“Swami Vivekananda:All that is real in me is God; all that is real in God is I. The gulf between God and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing God, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us. #Heaven

“Swami Vivekananda:Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being. #God

“Swami Vivekananda:If you ask me, “Is there a God?” and I say “Yes,” you immediately ask my grounds for saying so, and poor me has to exercise all his powers to provide you with some reason. If you had come to Christ and said “Is there any God?” he would have said, “Yes,” and if you had asked, “Is there any proof?” he would have replied, “Behold the Lord!” #God

“Swami Vivekananda:Go on saying, “I am free.” Never mind if the next moment delusion comes and says, “I am bound.” Dehypnotize the whole thing. #Mind

“Swami Vivekananda:We came to enjoy; we are being enjoyed. We came to rule; we are being ruled. We came to work; we are being worked. All the time, we find that. And this comes into every detail of our life. #Life and Living

“Swami Vivekananda:Three things are necessary to make every man great,every nation great1.Conviction of the powers of goodness.2.Absence of jealousy and suspicion.3.Helping all who are trying to be and do good. #Jealousy

“Swami Vivekananda:As soon as I think that I am a little body, I want to preserve it, to protect it, to keep it nice, at the expense of other bodies; then you and I become separate. #Love

“Swami Vivekananda:When we have become free, we need not go mad and throw up society and rush off to die in the forest or the cave; we shall remain where we were but we shall understand the whole thing. The same phenomena will remain but with a new meaning. #Freedom

“Swami Vivekananda:So long as there is desire or want, it is a sure sign that there is imperfection. A perfect, free being cannot have any desire. #Perfection

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