Saturday, January 10, 2009
Every person is a compound of animality, humanity, and divinity -SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sayings and Utterances. Complete Works, 5:417. Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, January 9, 2009
REAL AWAKENING
Both the forces of good and evil will keep the universe alive for us, until we awake from our dreams and give up this building of mud pies -SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
EVIL VS GOOD
We run a twofold danger in doing evil: first, we open ourselves to all the evil influences surrounding us; secondly, we create evil which affects others, may be hundreds of years hence. In doing evil we injure ourselves and others also. In doing good we do good to ourselves and others as well -Swami... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
EXEMPLARY CONDUCT
Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it -SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Yearning for freedom
Blows are what awaken us and help to break the dream. They show us the insufficiency of this world and make us long to escape, to have freedom -Swami Vivekananda Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Cling to the Soul
Bless people when they revile you. Think how much good they are doing by helping to stamp out the false ego. Hold fast to the Atman(Soul), think only pure thoughts, and you will accomplish more than a regiment of mere preachers -Swami Vivekananda Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Inner voice
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(attachment) is now changed into something good and beautiful -SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, January 2, 2009
LEGITIMATE BUSINESS
Be perfectly resigned, perfectly unconcerned; then alone can you do any true work. No eyes can see the real forces; we can only see the results. Put out self, forget it; just let God work, it is His business -Swami Vivekananda Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Mood swings
Avoid excessive merriment. A mind in that state never becomes calm; it becomes fickle. Excessive merriment will always be followed by sorrow. Tears and laughter are near kin. People so often run from one extreme to the other -Swami Vivekananda Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Actions speak louder than words
As soon as you make a sect, you protest against universal brotherhood. Those who really feel universal brotherhood do not talk much, but their very actions speak aloud -Swami Vivekananda Sayings and Utterances. Complete Works, 5:410. Sign in to see full entry.