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Nature, body, mind go to death, not we. We neither go nor come. The man Vivekananda is in nature, is born and dies. But the Self we see as Vivekananda is never born and never dies. It is the eternal and unchangeable

Nature, body, mind go to death, not we. We neither go nor come. The man Vivekananda is in nature, is born and dies. But the Self we see as Vivekananda is never born and never dies. It is the eternal and unchangeable Reality.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, Reality
"Pearls of Wisdom". Book by Swami Vivekananda, edited by the Ramakrishna Mission, 2010.

The Upanishads do not reveal the life of any teacher, but simply teach principles.

Swami Vivekananda
Teacher, Principles, Teach
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.406, Manonmani Publishers

Anything that is secret and mysterious in this system of Yoga should be at once rejected. The best guide in life is strength. In spirituality, as in all other matters, discard everything that weakens you. Have nothing to do with it. Mystery-mongering weakens the human brain. It has well-nigh destroyed Yoga, one of the grandest of sciences

Swami Vivekananda
Yoga, Brain, Secret

As the different streams, having their sources in different places, all mingle their water in the sea; O Lord, so the different paths which men take through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee.

Swami Vivekananda
Sea, Water, Different
"Pathways to Joy: The Master Vivekananda on the Four Yoga Paths to God".

According to the history of human progress, it is disobedience to nature that has constituted that progress.

Swami Vivekananda
Progress, Humans, Human Progress
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2250, Manonmani Publishers

I am proud to call myself a Hindu, I am proud that I am one of your unworthy servants. I am proud that I am a countryman of yours, you the descendants of the sages, you the descendants of the most glorious Rishis the world ever saw. Therefore have faith in yourselves, be proud of your ancestors, instead of being ashamed of them.

Swami Vivekananda
Faith, Proud, Saws
Swami Vivekananda (1932). “The Complete Works of the Swami Vivekananda, Comprising All His Lectures, Addresses and Discourses Delivered in Europe, America and India: All His Writings in Prose and Poetry, Together with Translations of Those Written in Bengali and Sanskrit; Reports of His Interviews and His Replies to the Various Addresses of Welcome; His Sayings and Epistles,--private and Public--original and Translated; with an Index; Carefully Revised & Edited”

It is weakness, says the Vedanta, which is the cause of all misery in this world. Weakness is the one cause of suffering. We become miserable because we are weak. We lie, steal, kill and commit other crimes, because we are weak. We die because we are weak. Where there is nothing to weaken us, there is no death nor sorrow. We are miserable through delusion. Give up the delusion and the whole thing vanishes.

Swami Vivekananda
Strength, Giving Up, Lying

Some people are so afraid of losing their individuality. Wouldn't it be better for the pig to lose his pig-individuality if he can become God? Yes. But the poor pig does not think so at the time. Which state is my individuality? When I was a baby sprawling on the floor trying to swallow my thumb? Was that the individuality I should be sorry to lose? Fifty years hence I shall look upon this present state and laugh, just as I now look upon the baby state. Which of these individualities shall I keep?

Swami Vivekananda
Baby, Sorry, Thinking
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Practical Vedanta Philosophy”, p.114, editionNEXT.com

Where God is, there is no other. Where world is, there is no God. These two will never unite. Like light and darkness.

Swami Vivekananda
Light, Two, Darkness
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1647, Manonmani Publishers

Say it with pride we are Hindus

Swami Vivekananda
Pride

Hindu Dharma is the quintessence of our national life, hold fast to it if you want your country to survive, or else you would be wiped out in three generations.

Swami Vivekananda
Country, Three, Generations

So we find that in almost every religion these are the three primary things which we have in the worship of God - forms or symbols, names, God-men. All religions have these, but you find that they want to fight with each other...These are the external forms of devotion, through which man has to pass; but if he is sincere, if he really wants to reach the truth, he goes higher than these, to a plane where forms are as nothing.

Swami Vivekananda
Fighting, Men, Names
"The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol. 2". Book by Swami Vivekananda, p. 42, 1963.

One possessing Vairagya does not understand by Atman the individual ego but the All-pervading Lord, residing as the Self and Internal Ruler in all. He is perceivable by all as the sum total.

Swami Vivekananda
Self, Ego, Doe
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2110, Manonmani Publishers

In a difficulty in the company of the central and the instigator, be successful your central.

Swami Vivekananda
Successful, Instigators, Difficulty

I am neither man nor angel. I have no sex nor limit. I am knowledge itself. I am He. I have neither anger nor hatred. I have neither pain nor pleasure. Death or birth I never had. For I am Knowledge Absolute, and Bliss Absolute. I am He, my soul, I am He!

Swami Vivekananda
Sex, Pain, Anger
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3689, Manonmani Publishers

Man is the nearest approach to Brahman.

Swami Vivekananda
Men, Brahman, Approach
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.128, editionNEXT.com

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Can we see God? Of course not. Can we know God? Of course not. If God can be known, He will be God no longer. Knowledge is limitation. But I and my Father are one: I find the reality in my soul. These ideas are expressed in some religions, and in others only hinted. In some they were expatriated. Christ's teachings are now very little understood in this country. If you will excuse me, I will say that they have never been very well understood.

Swami Vivekananda
Country, Jesus, Father
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.296, Manonmani Publishers

Everything is fraught with fear: Renunciation alone is fearless.

Swami Vivekananda
Fearless, Renunciation
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.4632, Manonmani Publishers

If there be no eternal life, still the enjoyment of spiritual thoughts as ideals is keener and makes a man happier, whilst the foolery of materialism leads to competition and undue ambition and ultimate death, individual and national.

Swami Vivekananda
Spiritual, Ambition, Men
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2938, Manonmani Publishers

To the Indian mind there is nothing higher than religious ideals, that this is the keynote of Indian life.

Swami Vivekananda
Religious, Mind, Importance
Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.83, Vivekananda Kendra

Let each one of us pray day and night for the downtrodden millions who are held fast by poverty, priestcraft, and tyranny. Pray day and night for them. I care more to preach religion to them than to the high and the rich.

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Night, Care
Swami Vivekananda (2006). “Vivekananda, World Teacher: His Teachings on the Spiritual Unity of Humankind”, p.224, SkyLight Paths Publishing

My bones are destined to make corals in the Ganga.

Swami Vivekananda
Bones, Destined
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Swami Vivekananda on Himself”, p.288, Advaita Ashrama

How long do you remember that it is the Lord who is making you work? But then, by repeatedly analysing like that, you will come to a state when the ego will vanish and in its place the Lord will come in. Then you will be able to say with justice "Thou, Lord, art guarding all my actions from within." But, my friend, if the ego occupies all the space within your heart, where forsooth will there be room enough for the Lord to come in? The Lord is verily absent!

Swami Vivekananda
Art, Space, Long

What good being object of charity? Give away, ne'er turn to ask in return, Should there be the wealth treasured in thy heart.

Swami Vivekananda
Heart, Giving, Charity
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1880, Manonmani Publishers

Do you think there is any other means of achieving progress except through Rajas?

Swami Vivekananda
Mean, Thinking, Progress
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3031, Manonmani Publishers

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