Friday, December 26, 2008
The ideas of serenity and renunciation have been preached for thousands of years. Everybody has heard of them from childhood, and yet we see very few in the world who have really reached that stage. I do not know if I have seen twenty persons in my life who are really calm and non-resisting, and I... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Real poser
Are you unselfish? That is the question. If you are, you will be perfect without reading a single religious book, without going into a single church or temple -Swami Vivekananda Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Just realism
You are mistaken, utterly mistaken, if you think I have a work--I have no work under or beyond the sun. I have a message, and I will give it after my own fashion. I will neither Hinduize my message, nor Christianize it, nor make it any "ize" in the world. I will only my-ize it and that is all -... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Will power
Are great things ever done smoothly? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show- Swami Vivekananda Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Reflections
External nature is only internal nature writ large- Swami Vivekananda Sayings and utterances. Complete Works, 5:409 Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Bold and fearless
"The earth is enjoyed by heroes”—this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear"- Swami Vivekananda Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Real nature
Always discriminate--your body, your house, the people and the world are all absolutely unreal like a dream. Always think that the body is only an inert instrument. And the Soul within is your real nature- Swami Vivekananda Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Comfort zone
Comfort is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often far from being comfortable- Swami Vivekananda Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
What an idea
Religion is the idea that is raising the brute unto a human being, and a human being unto God- Swami Vivekananda Sayings and utterances. Complete Works, 5:409 Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, December 5, 2008
No tongue lashing please
All who have actually attained any real religious experience never wrangle over the form in which the different religions are expressed. They know that the soul of all religions is the same and so they have no quarrel with anybody just because he or she does not speak in the same tongue - Swami... Sign in to see full entry.