Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
No matter how you meditate, if your heart is filled with devotion, you will succeed. But you must make an effort. Thakur used to say, pointing to his heart, ‘The heart is a very good place to …
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By VivekaVani
तद्ध तद्वनं नाम तद्वनमित्युपासितव्यं स य एतदेवं वेदाभिहैनꣳ सर्वाणि भूतानि संवाञ्छन्ति ॥ ६॥ taddha tadvanaṃ nāma tadvanamityupāsitavyaṃ sa ya etadevaṃ vedābhihainagͫ sarvāṇi bhūtāni saṃvāñchanti .. …
By VivekaVani
तस्मिन्यवात्सम्पातमुषित्वाथैतमेवाध्वानं पुनर्निवर्तन्ते यथेतमाकाशमाकाशाद्वायुं वायुर्भूत्वा धूमो भवति धूमो भूत्वाभ्रं भवति ॥ ५.१०.५ ॥ tasminyavātsampātamuṣitvāthaitamevādhvānaṃ punarnivartante …
By VivekaVani
एकविंशत्यादित्यमाप्नोत्येकविंशो वा इतोऽसावादित्यो द्वाविंशेन परमादित्याज्जयति तन्नाकं तद्विशोकम् ॥ २.१०.५ ॥ ekaviṃśatyādityamāpnotyekaviṃśo vā ito'sāvādityo dvāviṃśena paramādityājjayati tannākaṃ …
By VivekaVani
It is enough to know that everything depends on the grace of God. But one must pray to God; it will not do to remain inactive. The lawyer gives all the arguments and finishes his pleading by saying to …
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By VivekaVani
अथाध्यात्मं यद्देतद्गच्छतीव च मनोऽनेनचैतदुपस्मरत्यभीक्ष्णँ सङ्कल्पः ॥ ५॥ athādhyātmaṃ yaddetadgacchatīva ca mano’nenacaitadupasmaratyabhīkṣṇam̐ saṅkalpaḥ .. 5.. Now the instruction about Brahman …