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1863–1902
Swami Vivekananda (12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902) was a teacher of Vedanta philosophy, and one of the most famous and influential spiritual leaders of Hinduism.
Also known as: Vivekanand swami, Vivekananda, Vivekananda, Swami
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Thank God for giving you this world as a moral gymnasium to help your development, but never imagine you can help the world.
There is nothing beyond God, and the sense enjoyments are simply something through which we are passing now in the hope of getting better things.
Faith, faith, faith in ourselves, faith, faith in God, this is the secret of greatness.
Shiva who is residing in every one will become manifest.
The one idea the Hindu religions differ in from every other in the world, the one idea to express which the sages almost exhaust the vocabulary of the Sanskrit language, is that man must realise God even in this life.
The greatest error is to call a man a weak and miserable sinner. Every time a person thinks in this mistaken manner, he rivets one more link in the chain of avidya that binds him, adds one more layer to the “self-hypnotism” that lies heavy over his mind.
A few heart-whole, sincere, and energetic men and women can do more in a year than a mob in a century.
Religion as a science, as a study, is the greatest and healthiest exercise that the human mind can have.
Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love.
There is one thing to be remembered: that the assertion — I am God — cannot be made with regard to the sense-world.
This life is a hard fact; work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine; no matter, the soul is stronger.
It is feeling that is the life, the strength, the vitality, without which no amount of intellectual activity can reach God.
That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.
First, believe in the world—that there is meaning behind everything.
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.
Karma is the eternal assertion of human freedom. If we can bring ourselves down by our karma, surely it is in our power to raise ourselves by our own karma.
All is the Self or Brahman. The saint, the sinner, the lamb, the tiger, even the murderer, as far as they have any reality, can be nothing else, because there is nothing else.
This is the gist of all worship — to be pure and to do good to others. He who sees Shiva in the poor, in the weak, and in the diseased, really worships Shiva; and if he sees Shiva only in the image, his worship is but preliminary.
Learn to recognise the mother in Evil, Terror, Sorrow, Denial, as well as in Sweetness and in Joy.
Our supreme duty is to advance toward freedom—physical, mental, and spiritual—and help others to do so.
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