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The Buddha is not a person but a (state of) realization to which anyone can attain.
Swami Vivekananda
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Swami Vivekananda
Age: 39 †
Born: 1863
Born: January 12
Died: 1902
Died: July 4
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The one who actually succeeds in making himself believe that he is having a good time is the man of splendid physical health.
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The Imitation of Christ is a cherished treasure of the Christian world. This great book was written by a Roman Catholic monk. Written, perhaps, is not the proper word. It would be more appropriate to say that each letter of the book is marked deep with the heart's blood of the great soul who had renounced all for his love of Christ.
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As soon as we identify ourselves with the work we do, we feel miserable but if we do not identify ourselves with it, we do not feel that misery.
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Wherever there is evil and wherever there is ignorance and want of knowledge, I have found out by experience that all evil comes, as our scriptures say, relying upon differences, and that all good comes from faith in equality, in the underlying sameness and oneness of things. This is the great Vedantic ideal.
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Here in this blessed land, the foundation, the backbone, the life-centre is religion and religion alone.
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How absurd to take the credit of doing the good act on oneself and lay the blame for the evil act on the Lord!
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What good is this body? Let it go in helping others. Did not the Master preach until the very end? And shall I not do the same? I do not care a straw if the body goes. You cannot imagine how happy I am when I find earnest seekers after truth to talk to. In the work of waking up Atman in my fellow men I shall gladly die again and again!
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A changeable God would be no God.
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You know your real nature [to be divine]. You are the king and play you are a beggar. . . . It is all fun. Know it and play. That is all there is to it. Then practice it. The whole universe is a vast play.
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Be not Afraid of anything. You will do Marvelous work. it is Fearlessness that brings Heaven even in a moment.
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Impurity is a mere superimposition under which your real nature has become hidden. But the real you is already perfect, already strong.
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Die in obeying commands like a soldier, and go to Nirvana, but no cowardice.
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Get away from all books and forms and let your soul see its Self. We are deluded and maddened by books, Shri Krishna declares.
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Egotism, pride, etc. must be given up.
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My brother, do men grieve over the fight of cats and dogs? So the jealousy, envy, and elbowing of common men should make no impression on your mind.
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Avoid all mystery. There is no mystery in religion.
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Life in this world is an attempt to see God.
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So long as we perceive this world in motion, we have to conceive will behind it.
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You have heard that Christ said, 'My words are spirit and they are life'. So are my words spirit and life they will burn their way into your brain and you will never get away from them!
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