Voice of Vivekananda
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The story of Narada There was a great god-sage called Narada. Just as there are sages among mankind, great Yogis, so there are great Yogis among the gods. Narada was a good Yogi, and very great. He …
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SOME Sikhs said to me in front of the Kali temple, "God is compassionate". I said, "To whom is he compassionate?" '"Why revered sir, to all of us", said the Sikhs. I said: "We are His children. Does …
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ONE must believe in the Divine Presence in the image. Once I went to Vishnupur1. The Raja of that place has several fine temples. In one of them there is an image of the Divine Mother, called …
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In this article we'll make a collection of Swami Vivekananda's quotations on "Self". Here "self" means the individual entity or "I". Few related words are "selfishness", "self-sacrifice". …
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In America there was a great agnostic, a very noble man, a very good man, and a very fine speaker. He lectured on religion, which he said was of no use; why bother our heads about other worlds? He …
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Lavanya Chakrabarty recorded in his reminiscences: In 1912 at Lakshmi Nivas in Varanasi I met a woman with a veil near the main door. Looking at her face, I asked: “Are you the Mother?” “Yes, my …