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Whether you bathe in the Ganga for a thousand years or live on vegetable food for a like period, unless it helps towards the manifestation of the Self, know that it is all of no use.

Whether you bathe in the Ganga for a thousand years or live on vegetable food for a like period, unless it helps towards the manifestation of the Self, know that it is all of no use.

Swami Vivekananda
Self, Vegetables, Years
Swami Vivekananda, Swami Saradananda (1964). “Swamiji's Message to a Disciple: Reprint from the Talks with Swami Vivekananda”

The more power there is, the more bondage, the more fear.

Swami Vivekananda
Power, Bondage
Swami Vivekananda (1953). “Complete Works”

External practices have value only as helps to develop internal purity.

Swami Vivekananda
Practice, Helping, Purity
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Bhakti Yoga: The Yoga of Love and Devotion”, p.49, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

One ounce of the practice of righteousness and of spiritual Self-realisation outweighs tons and tons of frothy talk and nonsensical sentiments.

Swami Vivekananda
Spiritual, Self, Practice
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.975, Manonmani Publishers

The Yogi must always practice.

Swami Vivekananda
Practice, Yogi
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.163, Manonmani Publishers

Through faithful practice, layer after layer of the mind opens before us, and each reveals new facts to us.

Swami Vivekananda
Practice, Faithful, Mind
Swami Vivekananda (1964). “Complete Works”

Consciously or unconsciously, health can be transmitted. A very strong man, living with a weak man, will make him a little stronger, whether he knows it or not.

Swami Vivekananda
Strong, Health, Men
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Raja Yoga: Conquering the Internal Nature”, p.28, Advaita Ashrama

The one who actually succeeds in making himself believe that he is having a good time is the man of splendid physical health.

Swami Vivekananda
Believe, Health, Men
Swami Vivekananda (1951). “Complete Works”

Christians are always wanting God to give them something. They appear as beggars before the throne of the Almighty.

Swami Vivekananda
Christian, Giving, Thrones
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3666, Manonmani Publishers

He is everywhere, the pure and formless One, the Almighty and the All-merciful. "Thou art our father, Thou art our mother, Thou art our beloved friend, Thou art the source of all strength; give us strength. Thou art He that beareth the burdens of the universe; help me bear the little burden of this life." Thus sang the Rishis of the Vedas. And how to worship Him? Through love. "He is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and the next life."

Swami Vivekananda
Mother, Art, Father
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Swami Vivekanand's Chicago Speech: Swami Vivekananda’s Speech At World Parliament Of Religion, Chicago”, p.12, editionNEXT.com

Chastity, non-injury, forgiving even the greatest enemy, truth, faith in the Lord, these are all different Vrittis. Be not afraid if you are not perfect in all of these; work, they will come. He who has given up all attachment, all fear, and all anger, he whose whole soul has gone unto the Lord, he who has taken refuge in the Lord, whose heart has become purified, with whatsoever desire he comes to the Lord, He will grant that to him. Therefore worship Him through knowledge, love, or renunciation.

Swami Vivekananda
Anger, Taken, Heart
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Raja Yoga: Conquering the Internal Nature”, p.59, Advaita Ashrama

The sculptor, the painter the musician the dancer, or any artist, if he can first obtain celebrate in Paris, acquires very easily the esteem and eulogy of other countries.

Swami Vivekananda
Country, Art, Paris
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “The East and the West: (Prachya o Paschatya)”, p.59, editionNEXT.com

Whenever two particles come together, they are held by a certain attraction; and there will come a time when those particles will separate. This is the eternal law. So, wherever there is a body - either grosser or finer, either in heaven or on earth - death will overcome it.

Swami Vivekananda
Law, Two, Heaven
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.4467, Manonmani Publishers

We want the education by which character is formed, strength of mind is increased, the intellect is expanded, and by which one can stand on one's own feet.

Swami Vivekananda
Character, Feet, Mind
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Vivekananda Reader”, p.297, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

Body is the name of a series of changes.

Swami Vivekananda
Names, Body, Human Body
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Raja Yoga: Conquering the Internal Nature”, p.19, Advaita Ashrama

Bodies come and go, but the soul does not change.

Swami Vivekananda
Soul, Doe, Body
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.690, Manonmani Publishers

Even the minds of animals, such as dogs, lions, cats, and serpents, become charmed with music.

Swami Vivekananda
Dog, Cat, Animal
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Addresses on Bhakti Yoga: Art of living”, p.8, editionNEXT.com

Suppose cats became philosophers, they would see a cat universe and have a cat solution of the problem of the universe, and a cat ruling it. So we see from this that our explanation of the universe is not the whole of the solution.

Swami Vivekananda
Cat, Philosopher, Problem
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.65, editionNEXT.com

First, let us be Gods, and then help others to be Gods. "Be and make." Let this be our motto. Say not man is a sinner. Tell him that he is a God. Even if there were a devil, it would be our duty to remember God always, and not the devil.

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Helping Others, Men
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1746, Manonmani Publishers

Pray all the time, read all the scriptures in the world, and worship all the gods there are ...but unless you realize the Truth, there is no freedom.

Swami Vivekananda
World, Scripture, Atman
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1648, Manonmani Publishers

Say So'ham, So'ham whatever comes. Tell yourself this even in eating, walking, suffering. Tell the mind this incessantly-that what we see never existed, that there is only I. Flash-the dream will break! Think day and night, this universe is zero, only God is. Have intense desire to get free.

Swami Vivekananda
Dream, Zero, Thinking

Stick to God! Who cares what comes to the body or to anything else! Through the terrors of evil, say-my God, my love! Through the pangs of death, say-my God, my love! Through all the evils under the sun, say-my God, my love! Thou art here, I see Thee. Thou art with me, I feel Thee. I am Thine, take me. I am not of the world's but Thine, leave not then me.

Swami Vivekananda
Art, Evil, Sun
Swami Vivekananda (1926). “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”

The Atman alone is eternal. Hospitals will tumble down. Railroad givers will all die. This earth will be blown to pieces, suns wiped out. The Atman endures for ever.

Swami Vivekananda
Railroads, Pieces, Earth

The correct meaning of the statement The Vedas are beginningless and eternal is that the law or truth revealed by them is permanent and changeless.

Swami Vivekananda
Law, Vedas, Truth Revealed
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2168, Manonmani Publishers

The Kingdom of Heaven is within us. God is within us. He is the Soul of our souls. See Him in your own soul. That is practical religion. That is freedom.

Swami Vivekananda
Heaven, Soul, Kingdoms

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