The best definition given of Bhakti-Yoga is perhaps embodied in the verse: "May that love undying which the non-discriminating have for the fleeting objects of the senses never leave this heart of mine — of me who seek after Thee!" We see what a strong love men, who do not know any better, have
(Unedited transcript by J. J. Goodwin of Vivekananda's BHAKTI YOGA class in New York City)
The secret of Greek Art is its imitation of nature even to the minutest details; whereas the secret of Indian Art is to represent the ideal. The energy of the Greek painter is spent in perhaps painting a piece of flesh, and he is so successful that a dog is deluded into taking it to be a real bit
We have an adage among us that one that has a disc-like pattern on the soles of his feet becomes a vagabond. I fear, I have my soles inscribed all over with them. And there is not much room for probability, either. I have tried my best to discover them by scrutinising the soles, but all to no
In the Paris Exhibition, the Congress of the History of Religions recently sat for several days together. At the Congress, there was no room allowed for the discussions on the doctrines and spiritual views of any religion; its purpose was only to inquire into the historic evolution of the diff
(The Memoirs of European Travel were addressed to Swami Trigunatitananda, editor of the Bengali magazine 'Udbodhan' and appeared in that magazine in serial form. This is translated from the original version in Bengali)
The Vedic priests base their superior strength on the knowledge of the sacrificial Mantras. (Vedic hymns uttered by the priests to invoke the Devas at the time of sacrifice.) By the power of these Mantras, the Devas are made to come down from their heavenly abodes, accept the drink and food of
(Translated from a Bengali contribution by Swami Vivekananda to the Udbodhana, 12th February, 1899.)
In our country, owing to all learning being in Sanskrit from the ancient times, there has arisen an immeasurable gulf between the learned and the common folk. All the great personages, from Buddha down to Chaitanya and Ramakrishna, who came for the well-being of the world, taught the common pe
(The above is a translation of the Bengali article written by Swami Vivekananda as an introduction to the Udbodhana , when it was started on the 14th of January, 1899, as the Bengali fortnightly (afterwards monthly) journal of the Ramakrishna Order.)
(Written to Shrimati Saralâ Ghosal, B.A., Editor, Bhârati, from Darjeeling, 24th April, 1897. Translated from Bengali.)
Though the ideal of work of our Brahmavâdin should always be "
More than a decade has passed since a young German student, one of eight children of a not very well-to-do clergyman, heard on a certain day Professor Lassen lecturing on a language and literature new — very new even at that time — to European scholars, namely, Sanskrit. The lectures were of c
"None has power to destroy the unchangeable." — Bhagavad-Gitâ.
The February issue of the Metaphysical Magazine published an announcement of the Swami's article.
This article first appeared anonymously in the February 1895 issue of the New York Medical Times, a prestigious monthly medical journal founded and edited by Dr. Egbert Guernsey.
II. CUSTOMS: EASTERN AND WESTERN III. FOOD AND COOKING IV. CIVILISATION IN DRESS V. ETIQUETTE AND MANNERS VI. FRANCE — PARIS VII. PROGRESS OF CIVILISATION
Presented below are a number of short philosophic and moral precepts culled from Swami Vivekananda's works and utterances. Some will also be found in the section on quotations as part of a particular quotation and again in his teachings. In this section, we have attempted to choose statements of for
