Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
What will you achieve by mere reasoning? Be restless for God and learn to love Him. Reason, mere intellectual knowledge, is like a man who can go only as far as the outer court of the house. But …
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By VivekaVani
The whole thing is to love God and taste His sweetness. He is sweetness and the devotee is its enjoyer. The devotee drinks the sweet Bliss of God. Further, God is the lotus and the devotee the bee. …
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By VivekaVani
It is enough to know that everything depends on the grace of God. But one must pray to God; it will not do to remain inactive. The lawyer gives all the arguments and finishes his pleading by saying to …
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By VivekaVani
Birth of Swami Abhedananda (1866) As soon as Kali heard about the Baranagore Monastery he returned to Calcutta and joined the brotherhood. The southernmost room of the second floor was used for …
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By VivekaVani
God assumes forms for the sake of His devotees. Through ecstatic love a devotee sees God with form…. One must accept everything: God with form and God without form…. A man reads a little of the Gita, …
By VivekaVani
There are various paths to reach God. Each view is a path. It is like reaching the Kali Temple by different roads. No one else is here, and you are my own people. Let me tell you something. I have …