Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
A BRAHMANA was laying out a garden. He looked after it day and night. One day a cow strayed into the garden and browsed on a mango sapling of which the brahmana used to take special care. When he saw …
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A certain monk went to the temple of Jagannath at Puri. He had doubts as to whether God is with form or without form. When he saw the holy image, he desired to examine it and settle his doubt. He …
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A MAN may not know the right path, but if he has bhakti and the desire to know God, then he attains it through the force of sheer bhakti. Once, a sincere devotee set out on a pilgrimage to the …
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THE Rules for a sannyasin are extremely hard. He cannot have the slightest contact with 'woman and gold'. He must not accept money with his own hands, and he must not even allow it to be left near …
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GOD has the nature of a child. A child is sitting with gems in the skirt of his cloth. Many a person passes by him along the road. Many of them pray to him for gems. But he hides the gems with …
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ONE day as I was passing the Panchavati1 on my way to the pine-grove, I heard a bullfrog croaking. I thought it must have been seized by a snake. After sometime, as I was coming back, I could still …
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