In the pages of this book one comes across a brilliant exposition of the philosophy of Vedanta and its practice through the method of enquiry and discrimination. These lectures were delivered by Swami …
Discourses on Jnana-Yoga – Swami Vivekananda
(These were originally recorded by a prominent American disciple of the Swami, Miss S. E. Waldo. Swami Saradananda, while he was in America (1896), copied them out from her notebook — Ed.) JNANA …
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On Jnana-Yoga – Swami Vivekananda
First, meditation should be of a negative nature. Think away everything. Analyse everything that comes in the mind by the sheer action of the will. Next, assert what we really are — existence, …
Introduction to Jnana-Yoga – Swami Vivekananda
This is the rational and philosophic side of Yoga and very difficult, but I will take you slowly through it. Yoga means the method of joining man and God. When you understand this, you can go on …
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On Jnana-Yoga – Swami Vivekananda
All souls are playing, some consciously, some unconsciously. Religion is learning to play consciously. The same law which holds good in our worldly life also holds good in our religious life and in …
Unity in Diversity – Swami Vivekananda
"The Self-existent One projected the senses outwards and, therefore, a man looks outward, not within himself. A certain wise one, desiring immortality, with inverted senses, perceived the Self …
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