The Master gives a shaking to his order now and then to awaken its dormant power of collective effort and to show that his work cannot be carried on by anyone individually; it must be performed by the …
December 31: Advaita Is the Eternal Mine of Strength
What we want is strength. We Indians, more than any other race, want strong and vigorous thought. We have enough of the superfine in all concerns. For centuries we have been stuffed with the …
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December 30: My Religion Means Expansion
On 30 December 1894, at the Brooklyn Ethical society, Swamiji declared: “I have a message to the West, as Buddha had a message to the East.” (p. 45, God Lived With Them) If I am God, then my …
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December 29: Nothing Is Lost
What Swami Vivekananda said is true: “Devotion to God is dormant in everyone. It manifests itself when the veil of lust and gold is removed.” The attempt to remove that veil is called sadhana, or …
December 28: True Sympathy and Love
Swami Advaitananda left his body on 28 December 1909 One day Swami Advaitananda stood in front of Sri Ramakrishna’s picture and prayed, “Master, please release me from this pain.” The Master soon …
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December 27: Unswerving Devotion
Swami Trigunatita visited the Master for the first time on 27 December 1884. He who seeks God plunges headlong; he doesn’t calculate about how much or how little he needs fore the protection of his …