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Swami Vivekananda(1863-1902)
A TRIBUTE
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WE ARE CHILDREN OF IMMORTALITY
Children of immortal
Bliss (Rigveda)What a
sweet, what a hopeful
name! Allow me to callyou, brethren, by that
sweet nameheirs of
immortal bliss.You are
the Children of God, thesharers of immortal bliss,
holy and perfect beings.
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BE FEARLESS
None will be able to
resist truth and love
and sincerity. Are you
sincere? Unselfish
even unto death? And
loving? Then fear not,
not even death.Onward, my lads!
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YOU ARE YOUR OWN BEST FRIEND
Pull yourself out ofdifficulties by yourself! Saveyourself by yourself!....Benot afraid. Think not howmany times you fail. Goforward; assert yourselfagain and again, and lightmust come.
You have to grow from the
inside out. None can teachyou, none can make youspiritual. There is no otherteacher but your own soul.
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WE ARE INHERENTLY DIVINE
Each soul is potentially Divine.The goal is to manifest thisDivinity with in by controllingnature, external and internal. Dothis either by work (Karma-Yoga)
or worship (Bhakti-yoga) orpsychic control (Raja-Yoga) orphilosophy (Jnana-Yoga)- by oneor more all of these- and be free.This is whole of Religion.
My ideal indeed can be put intoa few words and that is: to preachunto mankind their divinity, andhow to make it manifest in everymoment of life.
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CONTROL YOUR MIND
The mind uncontrolled andunguided will drag us down,down, foreverrend us, killus; and the mind controlledand guided will save us, freeus
The purer the mind, theeasier it is to control. Purity
of the mind must be insistedupon if you want to controlit.
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BE TRUTHFUL, PURE, UNSELFISH
Truth, purity, and
unselfishnesswherever
these are present, there is
no power below or abovethe sun to crush the
possessor thereof.
Equipped with these, one
individual is able to facethe whole universe in
opposition.
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SELFISHNESS HARMS US
All outgoing energy
following a selfish motive
is frittered away; it will notcause power to return to
you; but if restrained, it
will result in development
of power.
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THE MARK OF A GREAT MAN
If you really want tojudge the character of aman, look not at hisgreat performances.
Every fool may become ahero at one time oranother. Watch a mando his most common
actions; those areindeed the things whichwill tell you the realcharacter of a great
man.
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THINK NOBLE THOUGHTS
It is the thought which is
the propelling force in us.
Fill the mind with thehighest thoughts, hear
them day after day, think
them month after month.
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HOW CAN WE DO GOOD TO OURSELVES?
It is the level-headed
man, the calm man, of
good judgment and coolnerves, of great
sympathy and love, who
does good work and so
does good to himself.
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LIVE WITH AN IDEAL
Unfortunately in this life,the vast majority ofpersons are gropingthrough this dark life
without any ideal at all. Ifa man with an ideal makesa thousand mistakes, I amsure that the man without
an ideal makes fiftythousand. Therefore, it isbetter to have an ideal.
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TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR
CONDITION
We are responsible for
what we are, and whatever
we wish ourselves to be. We
have the power to make
ourselves. If what we are
now has been the result of
our own past actions, then it
certainly follows that
whatever we wish to be in
future can be produced by
our present actions; se we
have to know how to act.
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AIM FOR THE HIGHEST GOAL
Do not go after glass
beads leaving the mine of
diamonds! This life is a
great chance. Why do youseek then the pleasures of
this world?He [God] is
the fountain of all bliss.
Seek for the highest, aimat that highest, and you
shall reach the highest.
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HELP EVERYONE, CONDEMN NONE
Condemn none: If you
can stretch out a helping
hand, do so. If youcannot, fold your hands,
bless your brothers, and
let them go their own
way.
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HELP EACH OTHER
Our duty is to encourage
every one in his struggleto live up to his own
highest idea, and strive at
the same time to makethe ideal as near as
possible to the Truth.
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THE TRUE SOURCE OF HAPPINESS
What we call
happiness and
good here are butparticles of that
eternal Bliss [of
the Atman]. Andthis eternal Bliss is
our goal.
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BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
You cannot believe
in God until you
believe in yourself.
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CONTROL YOUR SENSES
Give the organ of taste
(the tongue) a free rein,and the other organs will
also run on unbridled.
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CLINGING IS THE CAUSE OF SORROWS
If we examine our ownlives, we find that thegreatest cause of sorrow isthiswe take up something,and put our whole energyon itperhaps it is a failureand yet we cannot give it up.We know that it is hurtingus, that any further clingingto it is simply bringingmisery on us; still, wecannot tear ourselves awayfrom it.
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DETACHMENT LEADS TO HAPPINESS
Almost all our suffering iscaused by our not having thepower of detachment. Soalong with the development ofconcentration we must
develop the power ofdetachment. We must learnnot only to attach the mind toone thing exclusively, but alsoto detach it at a momentsnotice, and place it uponsomething else. These twoshould be developed togetherto make it safe.
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAN, ANIMAL
AND THE DIVINE
The animal has its
happiness in the senses,
the man in his intellect,and the god in spiritual
contemplation.
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LOOK BEYOND YOUR NARROW LIVES
The majority of us cannot
see beyond a few years, just
as some animals cannot see
beyond a few steps. Just a
little narrow circlethat is
our world. We have not the
patience to look beyond,
and thus become immoral
and wicked. This is our
weakness, our
powerlessness.
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SEE GOD IN HUMAN BEINGS
If you cannot see God in
the human face, how can
you see him in the clouds,
or in images made of dull,dead matter, or in mere
fictitious stories of our
brain? I shall call you
religious from the day youbegin to see God in men
and women.
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AWAKE, ARISE!
Let us proclaim to every
soul: Arise, awake, and stop
not till the goal is reached
(Katha Upanishad). Arise,
awake! Awake from this
hypnotism of weakness.
None is really weak; the soul
is infinite, omnipotent.
Stand up, assert yourself,
proclaim the God within
you, do not deny Him.
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THE BEST PRAYER TO GOD
In search of wealth in
this world, You are the
only wealth I have found; I
sacrifice myself unto You.In search of some one to
be loved, You are the only
one beloved I have found;
I sacrifice myself to You. Let us repeat this day and
night.
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WHAT IS RELIGION?
To devote your life
to the good of all
and to thehappiness of all is
religion. Whatever
you do for your own
sake is not religion.
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THINK POSITIVE
If you think aboutdisaster, you will get it.Brood about death andyou hasten your demise.
Think positively andmasterfully, withconfidence and faith, andlife becomes more secure,
more fraught with action,richer in achievement andexperience.
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HINDUISM IS NOT JUST BELIEFS
Hindu religion does
not consist in struggles
and attempts tobelieve a certain
doctrine or dogma,
but in realizing; not in
believing, but in beingand becoming.
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WHAT CAN GOD GIVE TO US?
When I asked god for peace, heshowed me how to help others.
When I Asked God for Strength HeGave Me Difficult Situations to Face.When I Asked God for Brain BrownHe Gave Me Puzzles in Life to Solve.
When I Asked God for Happiness HeShowed Me Some Unhappy People.When I Asked God for Wealth HeShowed Me How to Work Hard.When I Asked God for Favors HeShowed Me Opportunities to Work.Hard When I Asked God for Peace HeShowed Me How to Help Others.God Gave Me Nothing I Wanted.
He Gave Me Everything I Needed.