Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
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 …
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’The cow cries „Hamba’ which means „I’. That is why it suffers so much. It is yoked to the plough and made to work in rain and sun. Then it may be killed by the butcher. From its hide shoes are made, …
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THE steward of a certain rich man was left in charge of his master's property. When asked by someone as to whose property it was, he used to say: "Sir, this is all my property; these houses and these …
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ONCE there came to Dakshineswar two sadhus who were father and son. The son had attained true knowledge, but the father had not. Both were sitting in the room where Sri Ramakrishna lived and were …
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