Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
THE great Sankaracharya had a foolish disciple who used to imitate his Master in all matters. Sankara uttered 'Sivoham' (I am Siva); the disciple also repeated 'Sivoham'. To correct his disciple's …
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ONCE Narada besought the Lord of the universe, "Lord, show me that Maya of Thine which can make the impossible possible." The Lord nodded assent. Subsequently the Lord one day set out on a travel with …
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In this article we are going to make a collection of Swami Vivekananda's quotations of unity in variety. Swami Vivekananda told— All sectarian religions take for granted that all men are equal. …
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A disciple of the Holy Mother, he had joined the Belur Math in 1908 and had his sannyasa in 1919 from Swami Brahmananda. Had the good fortune of serving the Holy Mother for a good number of years; …
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A CERTAIN person, deeply involved in debt, feigned madness to escape the consequences of his liabilities. Physicians failed to cure his disease, and the more he was treated for his ailments the …
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A DEVOTEE, who is born with an element of Vishnu, cannot altogether get rid of bhakti. Once I fell into the clutches of a Jnani, who made me listen to Vedanta for eleven months. But he could not …