Swami Vivekananda
Teachings of Swami Vivekananda by Topic
(Delivered on Wednesday, March 7, 1900 at the Unitarian Church of Oakland, CA)
Teachings of Swami Vivekananda by Topic
An audience that filled the Unitarian Church heard the renowned monk, Swami Vivekananda, deliver a lecture last night on the manners and customs of his country. His eloquent and graceful manner pleased his listeners, who followed him from beginning to end with the closest attention, showing appr
Teachings of Swami Vivekananda by Topic
( A lecture delivered in the Unitarian Church of Detroit on February 20, 1894 and reported in the Detroit Free Press)
Teachings of Swami Vivekananda by Topic
( Report of a lecture in the Chicago Herald, September 25, 1893 )
Teachings of Swami Vivekananda by Topic
( Report of a lecture in the Chicago Sunday Herald, September 24, 1893 )
Teachings of Swami Vivekananda by Topic
(As many women as could crowd into Hall 7 yesterday afternoon flocked thither to hear something as to the lives of their sisters of the Orient. Mrs. Potter Palmer and Mrs. Charles Henrotin sat upon the platform, surrounded by turbanned representatives of the women of the East. It may interest th
Teachings of Swami Vivekananda by Topic
First of all we will try to understand a little of the meaning of Prânâyama. Prâna stands in metaphysics for the sum total of the energy that is in the universe. This universe, according to the theory of the philosophers, proceeds in the form of waves; it rises, and again it subsides, melts away
Teachings of Swami Vivekananda by Topic
Jesus Christ was God — the Personal God become man. He has manifested Himself many times in different forms and these alone are what you can worship. God in His absolute nature is not to be worshipped. Worshipping such God would be nonsense. We have to worship Jesus Christ, the human manifestati
Teachings of Swami Vivekananda by Topic
My idea is that what you call a Personal God is the same as the Impersonal Being, a Personal and Impersonal God at the same time. We are personalised impersonal beings. If you use the word in the absolute sense, we are impersonal; but if you use it in a relative meaning, we are personal. Each on
Teachings of Swami Vivekananda by Topic
There was a very powerful dynasty in Southern India. They made it a rule to take the horoscope of all the prominent men living from time to time, calculated from the time of their birth. In this way they got a record of leading facts predicted, and compared them afterwards with events as they h
Teachings of Swami Vivekananda by Topic
I never take much notice of these things. I have come to deal with principles. I have only to preach that God comes again and again, and that He came in India as Krishna, Râma, and Buddha, and that He will come again. It can almost be demonstrated that after each 500 years the world sinks, and a