Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
My master used to say that these names, as Hindu, Christian, etc., stand as great bars to all brotherly feelings between man and man. We must try to break them down first. They have lost all their …
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By VivekaVani
There was a certain yogi who used to practise meditation in a lonely part of the forest, on the banks of a river. There was a poor cowherd, a very ignorant man, who used to tend his herd in that …
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God's Mercy: the Prerequisite for Realisation अणोरणीयान्महतो महीया-नात्माऽस्य जन्तोर्निहितो गुहायाम् ।तमक्रतुः पश्यति वीतशोकोधातुप्रसादान्महिमानमात्मनः ॥ २०॥ aṇoraṇīyānmahato mahīyā-nātmā’sya …
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अन्यार्थश्च परामर्शः ॥ २० ॥ anyārthaśca parāmarśaḥ || 20 || anyārthaḥ—For a different purpose; ca—and; parāmarśaḥ—reference. 20. And the reference (to the individual scul) is for a …
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We have blessings only – no curses. We have nothing but blessings, my child. (p.58, For Seekers of God, Mahapurush Maharaj’s words to a monk in Belur on 20 March, 1929) …
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A disciple went to his master and said to him, "Sir, I want religion." The master looked at the young man, and did not speak, but only smiled. The young man came every day, and insisted that he wanted …
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