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Gita and Ganga constitute the essence of Hinduism one its theory and the other its practice.
Swami Vivekananda
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Swami Vivekananda
Age: 39 †
Born: 1863
Born: January 12
Died: 1902
Died: July 4
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Books never make religions, but religions make books. We must not forget that. No book ever created God, but God inspired all the great books. And no book ever created a soul.
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Change is always in regard to something which does not change, or which changes relatively less.
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My son, hold fast! Do not care for anybody to help you. Is not the Lord infinitely greater than all human help? Be holy--trust in the Lord, depend on him always, and you are on the right track. Nothing can prevail against you.
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So long as even a single dog in my country is without food, my whole religion will be to feed it.
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Marriage and sex and money the only living devils.
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Cowards only sin, brave men never, no, not even in mind.
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Superstitions are all materialism, because they are all based on the consciousness of body, body, body. No spirit there. Spirit has no superstitions - it is beyond the vain desires of the body.
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Man's experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.
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God is one the paths to reach him (religions) are many - just as different rivers, originating in different mountains, traverse different paths, flowing straight or crooked, and at last join the ocean. He is the one Lord of all, the one Soul of all souls.
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He who conquers self conquers all.
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Here lies the secret. Says Patanjali, the father of Yoga, When a man rejects all the superhuman powers, then he attains to the cloud of virtue. He sees God. He becomes God and helps others to become the same. This is all I have to preach. Doctrines have been expounded enough. There are books by the million. Oh, for an ounce of practice!
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Man in his true nature is substance, soul, spirit.
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Matter is motion outside, mind is motion inside.
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The law of Karma is the law of causation.
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Have faith. We will do
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