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Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda in london - 1895

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Swami Vivekananda Quotes and Sayings

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.
Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.
This is the one central idea in the Gita: work incessantly, but be not attached to it.
Have faith in Guru, in his teachings, and in the surety that you can get free. Think day and night that this universe is zero, only God is. Have intense desire to get free.
The wind of divine grace is blowing on for ever and ever. Do you spread your sail. Whenever you do anything, do it with your whole heart concentrated on it.
I have been asked many times, "Why do you laugh so much and make so many jokes?" I become serious sometimes--when I have a stomachache! The Lord is all blissfulness. He is the reality behind all that exists. He is the goodness, the truth in everything. You are His incarnations. That is what is glorious. The nearer you are to Him, the less you will have occasions to cry or weep. The further we are from Him, the more will long faces come. The more we know of Him, the more misery vanishes.
It is the cheerful mind that is persevering. It is the strong mind that hews its way through a thousand difficulties.
The Self when it appears behind the universe is called God. The same Self when it appears behind this little universe—the body—is the soul.
We are suffering from our own karma. It is not the fault of God. What we do is our own fault, nothing else. Why should God be blamed?
What is the world that is to be given up? It is here. I am carrying it all with me. My own body. It is all for this body that I put my hand voluntarily upon my fellow beings, just to keep it nice and give it a little pleasure; [all for this body] that I injure others and make mistakes.
Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success, and above all, love.
In Buddha we had the great, universal heart and infinite patience, making religion practical and bringing it to everyone’s door. In Shankaracharya we saw tremendous intellectual power, throwing the scorching light of reason upon everything. We want today that bright sun of intellectuality joined with the heart of Buddha, the wonderful infinite heart of love and mercy.