Swami Vivekananda
J.J. Goodwin
Swami Vivekananda wrote: "Those who think they have been helped by any thought of mine, ought to know that almost every word of it was published through the untiring and most unselfish exertions of Mr. Goodwin...a disciple of never-failing devotion, a worker who knew not what tiring was...."
What have I learnt?
( Delivered at Dacca, 30th March, 1901 ) At Dacca Swamiji delivered two lectures in English. The first was on "What have I learnt?" and the second one was " The Religion we are born in ". The following is translated from a report in Bengali by a disciple, and it contains the substance of the fir
The practice of religion
( Delivered at the Washington Hall, San Francisco, April 18, 1900 )
Lectures of Swami Vivekananda
Those of you who have been attending my lectures for the last month or so must, by this time, be familiar with the ideas contained in the Vedanta philosophy. Vedanta is the most ancient religion of the world; but it can never be said to have become popular. Therefore the question "Is it going to
Meditation
( Delivered at the Washington Hall, San Francisco, April 3, 1900 )
Lectures of Swami Vivekananda
My subject is "Discipleship". I do not know how you will take what I have to say. It will be rather difficult for you to accept it — the ideals of teachers and disciples in this country vary so much from those in ours. An old proverb of India comes to my mind: "There are hundreds of thousands of
Lectures of Swami Vivekananda
Buddhism is historically the most important religion — historically, not philosophically — because it was the most tremendous religious movement that the world ever saw, the most gigantic spiritual wave ever to burst upon human society. There is no civilisation on which its effect has not been f
Concentration
( Delivered at the Washington Hall, San Francisco, March 16, 1900 )
The great teachers of the world
( Delivered at the Shakespeare Club, Pasadena, California, on February 3, 1900 )
Buddhistic India
( Delivered at the Shakespeare Club, Pasadena, California, on February 2, 1900 )
Mahabharata
( Delivered at the Shakespeare Club, Pasadena, California, on February 1, 1900 )
Ramayana
( Delivered at the Shakespeare Club, Pasadena, California, on January 31, 1900 )