Vivekananda's Quote of the Day

As desire increases, so increases the power of pleasure, so the power of pain.

From notes discovered among Swami Vivekananda's papers. He evidently intended to write a book  

and jotted down these points for the work. Complete Works, 5.429.

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Vivekananda's Quote of the Day

The future is only the extension of the present. 

From notes discovered among Swami Vivekananda's papers. He evidently intended to write a book and jotted down these points for the work. In the above quote, the message is clear: if we want a future different from our present, we need to work hard to change the present. Complete Works, 5.428.

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SOURCE: Ramakrishna Vedanta Society | 58 Deerfield Street | Boston | MA | 02215

Vivekananda's Quote of the Day

Give your body and soul to the work of spreading the teachings of Sri Ramakrishna, for "karma" is the first stage. Study Sanskrit diligently as well as practice devotion.

Letter to Dr. Nanjunda Rao. Written from USA on November 30, 1894. Complete Works, 6.280.

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Vivekananda's Quote of the Day

Get rid of all limited ideas and see God in every person--working through all hands, walking through all feet, and eating through every mouth. In every being God lives, through all minds God thinks. God is self-evident, nearer unto us than ourselves. To know this is religion. To know this is faith. May it please the Lord to give us this faith!

From a lecture on "What Is Religion?". Complete Works, 1.341.

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Vivekananda's Quote of the Day

Everyone uses the mind to acquire knowledge, both in the external and the internal world. For the psychologist, the same minute observation has to be directed to the internal world, which the scientist directs to the external, and this requires a great deal of practice.

From Swamiji's book "Raja Yoga," Chapter One, "Introductory." Complete Works, 1.129.

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Vivekananda's Quote of the Day

To satisfy our smaller desires and have done with them for ever, and to relinquish the greater ones by discrimination--that is the way. Without renunciation God can never be realized--even if Brahmā himself enjoined otherwise!

Conversations recorded in Bengali. From the diary of  Sarat Chandra Chakravarty. Complete Works, 5.397.

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Vivekananda's Quote of the Day

We can see God everywhere. Do not seek for him, just see him.

Retreat given at the Thousand Island Park, USA. July 3, 1895. Complete Works, 7.29.

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Vivekananda's Quote of the Day

We do not or cannot see the painful parts in objects, we are charmed with only the pleasurable portion; and, thus grasping the pleasurable, we unwittingly draw in the painful.

From notes discovered among Swami Vivekananda's papers. He evidently intended  to write a book and jotted down these points for the work. Complete Works, 5:428.

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SOURCE: Ramakrishna Vedanta Society | 58 Deerfield Street | Boston | MA | 02215

Vivekananda's Quote of the Day

The mind is the instrument to observe our internal states. The power of attention, when properly guided and directed towards the internal world, will analyze the mind and illumine facts for us. The powers of the mind are like rays of light dissipated; when they are concentrated, they illumine.This is our only means of knowledge.

From Swamiji's book "Raja Yoga," Chapter One, "Introductory." Complete Works, 1.129.

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Vivekananda's Quote of the Day

This whole universe is a case of lost balance. All motion is the struggle of the disturbed universe to regain its equilibrium. ... This state of equilibrium is one of unity, of rest, and of homogeneity.

Written during Swamiji's first visit to American, in response to questions put by a Western disciple. Complete Works, 8.156.

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Vivekananda's Quote of the Day

Throughout the history of the world you find great people make great sacrifices and the mass of mankind enjoy the benefit. If you want to give up everything for your own salvation, it is nothing. Do you want to forgo even your own salvation for the good of the world? You are God, think of that.

Letter to Dr. Nanjunda Rao. Written from USA on November 30, 1894. Complete Works, 6.280.

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SOURCE: Ramakrishna Vedanta Society | 58 Deerfield Street | Boston | MA | 02215
 

Vivekananda's Quote of the Day

Let us be no more the worshipers of creeds or sects with small limited notions of God, but see God in everything in the universe. If you are knowers of God, you will everywhere find the same worship as in your own heart.

From a lecture on "What Is Religion?". Complete Works, 1.341.

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