Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
A god and a demon went to learn about the Self from a great sage. They studied with him for a long time. At last the sage told them, ‘You yourselves are the Being you are seeking.’ Both of them …
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I remember an old story. In India, taking wine is considered very bad. There were two brothers who wished, one night, to drink wine secretly; and their uncle, who was a very orthodox man, was sleeping …
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There is an old story of an astrologer who came to a king and said, ‘You are going to die in six months.’ The king was frightened out of his wits and was almost about to die then and there from …
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Narayan, hailing from Andhra Pradesh, joined the Order in 1934 and received his mantra-diksha from Swami Akhandanandaji in 1936. Akhandanandaji challenged Narayan to walk a thousand miles to the …
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Uddalaka was a great sage. He had a son named Shve-taketu. But the irony is, the sons of great persons are not necessarily great. Fond of play, Shvetaketu always desired to have a good time with his …
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A rich young man asked Jesus, ‘Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?’ And Jesus said unto him, ‘One thing thou lackest; go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the …
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