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The Hindus have to learn a little bit of materialism from the West and teach them a little bit of spirituality.
Swami Vivekananda
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Swami Vivekananda
Age: 39 †
Born: 1863
Born: January 12
Died: 1902
Died: July 4
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In this external world, which is full of finite things, it is impossible to see and find the Infinite. The Infinite must be sought in that alone which is infinite, and the only thing infinite about us is that which is within us, our own soul. Neither the body, nor the mind, nor even our thoughts, nor the world we see around us, is infinite.
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Many of us do not believe in any form of idolatry but they have no right to object when others do it.
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Think day and night, I am of the essence of that Supreme Existence, Knowledge, Bliss-what fear and anxiety have I? This body, mind, and intellect are all transient, and That which is beyond these is myself.
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Be strong, my young friends that is my advice to you.
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Work, my children, work with your whole heart and soul! That is the thing. Mind not the fruit of work. What if you go to hell working for others? That is worth more than to gain heaven by seeking your own salvation... Sri Ramakrishna came and gave his life for the world. I will also sacrifice my life.
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The Indian mind is first religious, then anything else. So this is to be strengthened.
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Change is always in regard to something which does not change, or which changes relatively less.
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It is the Prana that is manifesting as motion.
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Free thyself from the mighty attraction- The maddening wine of love, the charm of sex. Break the harp! Forward, with the ocean's cry!. . .
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I have long given up the idea of a little house on the Ganges, as I have not the money.
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Good and evil thoughts are each a potent power, and they fill the universe.
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The Vedas give information on various subjects. They have come together and form one book. And in later times, when other subjects were separated from religion - when astronomy and astrology were taken out of religion - these subjects, being connected with the Vedas and being ancient, were considered very holy.
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Art is - representing the beautiful. There must be Art in everything.
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We have none of us seen a form which had not a beginning and will not have an end.
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Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.
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With the attraction for lust and lucre working the other way, how many long for the realisation of God?
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