Swami Vivekananda
The Story of Jada Bharata
There was a great monarch named Bharata. The land which is called India by foreigners is known to her children as Bhârata Varsha. Now, it is enjoined on every Hindu when he becomes old, to give up all worldly pursuits — to leave the cares of the world, its wealth, happiness, and enjoyments to hi
Tales and Parables
To worship is inherent in every man's nature; only the highest philosophy can rise to pure abstraction. So man will ever personify his God in order to worship Him. This is very good, as long as the symbol, be it what it may, is worshipped as a symbol of the Divinity behind and not in and for itself.
Tales and Parables
The Proof of Astrology: The Astrologer, the King and the Minister
Tales and Parables
A pious missionary went out on business. All of a sudden his three sons died of cholera. His wife covered the three dead bodies of her beloved children with a sheet and was awaiting her husband at the gate. When he returned, she detained him at the gate and put him the question, "My dear husband,
Vidyasagar
The hero of widow remarriage, and of the aboliton of polygamy.
Tales and Parables
Of course you must understand, there is a difference between desire and desire. The master said, "My child, if you desire after God, God shall come to you." The disciple did not understand his master fully. One day both went to bathe in a river, and the master said, "Plunge in", and the boy did
WORK
Every successful man must have behind him somewhere tremendous integrity, tremendous sincerity, and that is the cause of his signal success in life. He may not have been perfectly unselfish; yet he was tending towards it. If he had been perfectly unselfish, his would have been as great a success
ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY
National prosperity is another name for death and degradation to millions of other races.
Sadhanas or Preparations for Higher Life - Teachings of Swami Vivekananda by Topic
If atavism gains, you go down; if evolution gains, you go on. Therefore, we must not allow atavism to take place. Here, in my own body, is the first work of the study. We are too busy trying to mend the ways of our neighbours, that is the difficulty. We must begin with our own bodies. The heart,
HOUSEHOLDERS
Can you see your own eyes? God is like that. He is as close as your own eyes. He is your own, even though you can't see Him. (Said to seventeen-year-old Ralph Wyckoff)
Reminiscences of Swami Vivekananda
I MET Swami Vivekananda for the first time at Trivandrum in December 1892, and was then privileged to see and know a good deal of him. He came to Trivandrum in the course of an extended Indian tour, fulfilling the time-honoured practice obtaining among Indian monks of paying a visit to, and mak
AHIMSA
Seek only after one thing, and that, God! (Life of Swami Vivekananda by his Eastern and Western Disciples, First ed Vol 2 pg 374)