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Thursday, November 19, 2009

GROWTH WITH EQUITY

Wherever there has been expansion in love or progress in well-being, of individuals or nations, it has been through the perception, realization, and the practicalization of the eternal truth--the oneness of all beings. Written by Swami Vivekananda in March 1899, to be included in the prospectus of... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

UNSHACKLED

It is freedom to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure, be unattached. Retreat given at the Thousand Island Park, USA. June 25, 1895. Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, 7.13. Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, November 16, 2009

HAPPY AND CONTENTED

Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes. Retreat given at the Thousand Island Park, USA. June 25, 1895. Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, 7.14. Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

REMOVE THE DROSS

There is bhakti (devotion) within you, only a veil of lust and greed covers it, and as soon as that is removed, bhakti will manifest by itself. Selections from the Belur Math Diary. Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, 5.314. Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, November 9, 2009

OVERPOWERING LOVE

I have experienced even in my insignificant life that good motives, sincerity and infinite love can conquer the world. One single soul possessed of these virtues can destroy the dark designs of millions of hypocrites and brutes. Letter to Sarala Ghoshal, Editor of Bharati. Written from Darjeeling on... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, November 6, 2009

TRUE KNOWLEDGE

My Master used to say, "All is God, but tiger-God is to be shunned. All water is water, but we avoid dirty water for drinking." Retreat given at the Thousand Island Park, USA. June 25, 1895. Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, 7.13. Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

CALM AND COMPOSED

Children finding glass beads in a mud puddle, that is the good of the world. Look at it with calm complacency. See good and evil as the same--both are merely "God's play." Enjoy all. Retreat given at the Thousand Island Park, USA. June 25, 1895. Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, 7.13. Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, October 31, 2009

CAUSE AND EFFECT

Any work, any action, any thought that produces an effect is called karma. Thus the law of karma means the law of causation, of inevitable cause and sequence. Wherever there is a cause, there an effect must be produced. This necessity cannot be resisted. This law of karma, according to our... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, October 30, 2009

UP AND CLOSE

Death is only a change of condition. Time and space are in you; you are not in time and space. It is enough to know that as we make our lives purer and nobler, either in the seen or the unseen world, the nearer we approach God, who is the center of all spiritual beauty and eternal joy. Conversation... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, October 26, 2009

THE MIDDLE PATH

On the one hand there is the conservative society, like a mass of inert matter and,on the other, the restless, impatient, fire-darting reformer. The way to good lies between the two. Letter to Sarala Ghoshal, Editor of Bharati. Written from Darjeeling on April 6, 1897. Complete Works of Swami... Sign in to see full entry.

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