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If a thing happens once, it can happen again. If any human being has ever realised perfection, we too can do so. If we cannot become perfect here and now, we never can in any state or heaven or condition we may imagine.

If a thing happens once, it can happen again. If any human being has ever realised perfection, we too can do so. If we cannot become perfect here and now, we never can in any state or heaven or condition we may imagine.

Swami Vivekananda
Perfect, Heaven, May
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3497, Manonmani Publishers

Be not Afraid of anything. You will do Marvelous work. it is Fearlessness that brings Heaven even in a moment.

Swami Vivekananda
Heaven, Moments, Working It
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1228, Manonmani Publishers

The kingdom of heaven is already in existence if we will have it, that perfection is already in man if he will see it.

Swami Vivekananda
Men, Perfection, Heaven
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2884, Manonmani Publishers

The soul ... is nameless because it is formless. It will neither go to heaven nor [to hell] any more than it will enter this glass.

Swami Vivekananda
Glasses, Heaven, Soul
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.448, Manonmani Publishers

What do you gain in heaven? You become gods, drink nectar, and get rheumatism. There is less misery there than on earth, but also less truth.

Swami Vivekananda
Heaven, Earth, Gains
Swami Vivekananda (1964). “Complete Works”

The God which cannot give me food in this world, cannot give me Heaven in the other world

Swami Vivekananda
Other Worlds, Giving, Heaven

It is the witness alone that can work without any desire, without any idea of going to heaven, without any idea of blame, without any idea of praise. The witness alone enjoys, and none else.

Swami Vivekananda
Ideas, Heaven, Desire
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1316, Manonmani Publishers

You will be nearer to Heaven through foot ball than through study of Gita.

Swami Vivekananda
Feet, Heaven, Balls
Source: tamilandvedas.com

Have faith that you are all, my brave lads, born to do great things! Let not the barks of puppies frighten you, no, not even the thunderbolts of heaven, but stand up and work!

Swami Vivekananda
Faith, Brave, Heaven
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1985, Manonmani Publishers

Everything that has name and form must begin in time, exist in time, and end in time. These are settled doctrines of the Vedanta, and as such the heavens are given up.

Swami Vivekananda
Names, Heaven, Doctrine
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Practical Vedanta Philosophy”, p.19, editionNEXT.com

Until we give up the world manufactured by the ego, never can we enter the kingdom of heaven. None ever did, none ever will.

Swami Vivekananda
Jesus, Giving Up, Heaven
Swami Vivekananda (1955). “Complete Works”

We must become free. We are free; the work is to know it. We must give up all slavery, all bondage of whatever kind. We must not only give up our bondage to earth and everything and everybody on earth, but also to all ideas of heaven and happiness.

Swami Vivekananda
Giving Up, Ideas, Heaven
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2581, Manonmani Publishers

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.

Swami Vivekananda
Real, Knowing, Heaven
"Pearls of Wisdom". Book by Swami Vivekananda, edited by the Ramakrishna Mission, 2010.

This earth is higher than all the heavens; this is the greatest school in the universe.

Swami Vivekananda
School, Heaven, Earth
Swami Vivekananda, Ann Myren (1993). “Living at the Source: Yoga Teachings of Vivekananda”, Shambhala Publications

Everything which has name and form must die. If there are heavens with forms, these heavens must vanish in course of time; they may last millions of years, but there must come a time when they will have to go.

Swami Vivekananda
Years, Names, Heaven
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Practical Vedanta Philosophy”, p.20, 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

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

A man may be the greatest philosopher in the world but a child in RELIGION. When a man has developed a high state of spirituality he can understand that the kingdom of heaven is within him.

Swami Vivekananda
Children, Men, Heaven
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.296, Manonmani Publishers

"If you die, you get to heaven; and if you win, you enjoy the earth" (Gita). Even if you die in this attempt, well and good, many will take up the work, following your example. And if you succeed, you will live a life of great opulence.

Swami Vivekananda
Winning, Heaven, Good Man
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Vivekananda Reader”, p.332, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

It is fear that is the cause of our woes, and it is fearlessness that brings heaven in a moment "The earth is enjoyed by heroes" - this is the unfailing truth.

Swami Vivekananda
Hero, Heaven, Earth
Source: tamilandvedas.com

We are bound to earth by desire and also to God, heaven, and the angels. A slave is a slave whether to man, to God, or to angels.

Swami Vivekananda
Angel, Men, Heaven
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2581, Manonmani Publishers

The kingdom of heaven is within us. The Jewish idea was a kingdom of heaven upon this earth. That was not the idea of Jesus.

Swami Vivekananda
Jesus, Ideas, Heaven
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.299, Manonmani Publishers

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