Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
A MAN had two sons. The father sent them to a preceptor to learn the knowledge of Brahman. After a few years they returned from their preceptor's house and bowed low before their father. Wanting to …
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MONEY is also an Upadhi and that too of a very strong nature. As soon as a man becomes rich he is thoroughly changed. A brahmana who was very meek and humble used to come here1 every now and then. …
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By the roadside on the way to Kamarpukur is Ranjit Raya's lake. Bhagavati the Divine Mother, was born as his daughter. Even now people hold an annual festival there in the month of Chaitra, in honour …
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Once, there lived a very pious Hindu who always worshipped the Divine Mother and chanted Her name. When the Mussalmans conquered the country, they forced him to embrace Islam. They said to him: …
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IF a devotee believes one hundred per cent that his Chosen Ideal is God, then he attains God and sees Him. People of bygone generations had tremendous faith. What faith Haladhari's1 father had! …
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THOSE who have read a few books cannot get rid of conceit. Once I had a talk with Kalikrishna Tagore about God. At once he said, "I know all about that." I said to him: "Does a man who had visited …