Swami Vivekananda on Youth and Yoga

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Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take

the whole responsibility on yourown shoulders, and know that youare the creator of your owndestiny .


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Be an atheist if you want, butdo not believe in anythingunquestioningly .


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The old religion said that he was

an atheist who does not believe inGod. The new religion says that heis an atheist who does not believe inhimself


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When one works with concentration ,

losing all consciousness of oneself thework that is done will be infinitelybetter. Every one may haveexperienced in his own life


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Education is the manifestation ofperfection already in man .


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We must have life -building,

character-making assimilation ofideas. If you have assimilated fiveideas and made them your life andcharacter, you have more educationthan any man who has got by heart awhole library


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Take up one idea. Make that oneidea your life - think of it, dream of it,live on that idea. Let the brain,muscles, nerves, every part of yourbody, be full of that idea, and justleave every other idea alone. This is

the way to success.


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You will understand the Gita better

with your biceps, your muscles, alittle stronger .


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We are what out thoughts have

made us; so take care about what youthink. Words are secondary.Thoughts live; they travel far .


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Do you feel for others? If you do,you are growing in Oneness. If youdo not feel for others, you may be themost intellectual giant ever born, butyou will be nothing.


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There never was a person whofound happiness in enjoyment of thesenses. Happiness is only found inthe Spirit.

Unselfishness is God


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Integrated Personality

BodyMindIntellecttma

BodyVitality

MindIntellectSpirit

AnnamayaPranamaya

ManomayaVijnanamayaAnandamaya


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To become harmoniously balanced

in all these four directions is my idealof religion. And this is attained bywhat we, in India, call Yoga union .


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Suitable Path for Each One

Karma Yoga

Path of Action Bhakti Yoga Path of Devotion

Raja Yoga Path of Meditation Jnana Yoga Path of Knowledge


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To the worker, it is union betweenmen and the whole of humanity;To the mystic, between his lower andHigher Self;To the lover, union between himselfand the Personal God;To the philosopher; it is the union ofall existence.This is what is meant by Yoga.

Which one suits you?


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The manner in which a man realises hisown divinity through works and duty .

First it is feeling, then it becomeswilling, and out of that willing comes thetremendous force for work that will gothrough every vein and nerve and

muscle, until the your body is changedinto an instrument of the unselfish Yogaof work


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The realization of the divinity throughdevotion to, and love of, a Personal God .

"Bhakti is intense love to God. When aman gets it, he loves all, hates none; hebecomes satisfied for ever. This Lovecannot be reduced to any earthly benefit,because so long as worldly desires last,that kind of Love does not come .


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The realisation of the divinity throughthe control of mind .

Each one of the steps to attain Samadhihas been reasoned out, properly adjusted,scientifically organised, and, whenfaithfully practised, will surely lead us tothe desired end. Then will all sorrowscease, all miseries vanish; the seeds foractions will be burnt, and the soul will befree for ever .


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The realization of a man's own divinitythrough knowledge .

Whoever sees in every being that sameAtman, and whoever sees everything inthat Atman, he never goes far from thatAtman. When all life and the whole

universe are seen in this Atman, thenalone man has attained the secret. Thereis no more delusion for him. Where is anymore misery for him who sees thisOneness in the universe ?


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Spirituality must conquer the West.Slowly they are finding out that whatthey want is spirituality to preservethem as nations. They are waiting forit, they are eager for it.


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Where are the men ready to go outto every country in the world with

the messages of the great sages ofIndia? Where are the men who areready to sacrifice everything, so thatthis message shall reach every cornerof the world?...


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Such heroic spurs are wanted tohelp the spread of truth. Such heroicworkers are wanted to go abroad andhelp to disseminate the great truthsof the Vedanta.


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My faith is in the youngergeneration, the modern generation.Out of them will come my workers.They work out the whole problem,like lions.


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A few whole-hearted, sincere, andenergetic men and women can domore in a year than a mob in acentury .


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If you think that theinfinite power, infinite knowledge, and

indomitable energy lie within you,and if you can bring out that power,

you also can be like me .


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