Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Religion does not consist in doctrines and dogmas. It is not what you read, nor what dogmas you believe that is of importance, but what you realize. "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God," yea, in this life. And that is salvation. Talk given at Unity Hall, Hartford (Connecticut),... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
BLACK AND WHITE
Where God is, there is no other. Where the world is, there is no God. These two will never unite. Like light and darkness. That is what I have understood from Christianity and the life of Jesus. Isn't that also Buddhism? Isn't that Hinduism? Isn't that Islam? Isn't that the teaching of all the great... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
FEARFUL EXISTENCE
"In wealth is the fear of poverty, in knowledge the fear of ignorance, in beauty the fear of age, in fame the fear of backbiters, in success the fear of jealousy, even in body is the fear of death. Everything in this earth is fraught with fear. He alone is fearless who has given up everything"... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
TEST OF STRENGTH
Strength, strength it is that we want so much in this life, for what we call sin and sorrow have all one cause, and that is our weakness. With weakness comes ignorance, and with ignorance comes misery. SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
CONVINCED
If you believe in the existence of God, you will be reminded of him at every step of your life. Selections from the Belur Math Diary. Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, 5.318. Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
STRETCHED TO THE LIMIT
When we speak of the universe, we only mean that portion of the universe which is limited by our mind--the universe of the senses, which we can see, feel, touch, hear, think of, imagine. This alone is under law, but beyond it existence cannot be subject to law, because causation does not extend... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
AWAKENING
Teach yourselves, teach everyone his real nature, call upon the sleeping soul and see how it awakes. Power will come, glory will come, goodness will come, purity will come, and everything that is excellent will come when this sleeping soul is roused to self-conscious activity. SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
PURE AND SIMPLE
This is the gist of all worship – to be pure and to do good to others. SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, November 27, 2009
UNAFFECTED
God is with me, the Beloved. He was with me when I was in America, in England, and in India when I was roaming about unknown from place to place. What do I care about what people talk--the babies, they do not know any better. What! I, who have realized the Spirit and the vanity of all earthly... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
ESSENCE OF RELIGION
Is it comparative religion you want to preach? Vivekananda: It is really the philosophy of religion, the kernel of all its outward forms. All forms of religion have an essential and a nonessential part. If we strip from them the latter, there remains the real basis of all religion, which all forms... Sign in to see full entry.