Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
“You must first purify your mind by keeping company with holy men and devotees and receiving instructions from your Guru. Next, you must undertake hard spiritual discipline. Only then will you feel a …
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By VivekaVani
अथ या एता हृदयस्य नाड्यस्ताः पिङ्गलस्याणिम्नस्तिष्ठन्ति शुक्लस्य नीलस्य पीतस्य लोहितस्येत्यसौ वा आदित्यः पिङ्गल एष शुक्ल एष नील एष पीत एष लोहितः ॥ ८.६.१ ॥ atha yā etā hṛdayasya nāḍyastāḥ …
By VivekaVani
“Another truth I have realized is that the altruistic service only is religion, the rest, such as ceremonial observances, are madness – even it is wrong to hanker after one’s own salvation. Liberation …
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By VivekaVani
“Have you realized that you are the spirit? When you say, “I do,” what is meant by that – this lump of flesh called the body or the spirit, the infinite, ever blessed, effulgent, immortal? You may be …
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“Pulling you free from worldly tribulations the Lord has placed you at His holy feet. Is this not a rare fortune…This is the time for such practices. One must do them at a young age. And you shall do …
By VivekaVani
Sri Ramakrishna passed away on 16 August 1886, at the Cossipore garden house. Some of his young disciples had to return to their homes against their wishes, while others had no place to go. They were …
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