Voice of Vivekananda
We are all like this in the world. A legend tells how once Narada said to Krishna, ‘Lord, show me Maya.’ A few days passed away, and Krishna asked Narada to make a trip with him towards a desert, …
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"Yes, Yes!" he reiterated. "You Western folk want action ! You cannot yet perceive the poetry of every common little incident in life! What beauty could be greater than that of the story of the young …
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GOD is like the wish-yielding tree of the celestial world (Kalpataru), which gives whatever one asks of it. So, one should be careful to give up all worldly desires when one's mind has been purified …
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How does a man come to have vairagya (dispassion)? A wife once said to her husband: "Dear, I am very anxious about my brother. For the past one week he has been thinking of becoming an ascetic, and …
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ONCE a thief broke into the temple of Vishnu and robbed the image of its jewels. Mathur Babu and I went to the temple to sec what was the matter. Addressing the image, Mathur said bitterly: "What a …
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No Spiritual progress is possible without the renunciation of 'woman and gold'. I renounced these three; land, wife and wealth. Once I went to the Registry office to register some land, the title of …
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