Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
Really, there is no greater sin than cowardice; cowards are never saved -- that is sure. I can stand everything else but not that. Can I have any dealings with one who will not give that up? . . . If …
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By VivekaVani
Always be prayerful. Work with your hands and pray to the Lord with your mind that he always remain in your heart and guide you. This will make you free from fear and anxiety. He is omniscient and …
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We have to go beyond the body, and beyond thought too, says the Advaita. And we have also seen that, according to Advaita, this freedom is not to be attained, it is already ours. We only forget it and …
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By VivekaVani
So is infinite power in the soul of man, whether he knows it or not. Its manifestation is only a question of being conscious of it. Slowly this infinite giant is, as it were, waking up, becoming …
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Sharatchandra Chakravarty (1868-1942)—Well-known lay disciple of Swamiji, author of the famed Swami Shishya Samvad. Born on 21.2.1868 in Kotapara (or Kurashi) village of Madaripur in Faridpore …
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It is not at all in our nature to do a work conjointly. It is to this that our miserable condition is due. He who knows how to obey knows how to command. Learn obedience first. Among these Western …