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Sayings and Utterances – Swami Vivekananda
1. "Did Buddha teach that the many was real and the ego unreal, while orthodox Hinduism regards the One as the real, and the many as unreal?" the Swami was asked. "Yes", answered the Swami. "And what …
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The Essence of Religion – Swami Vivekananda
(Report of a lecture delivered in America) In France the "rights of man" was long a watchword of the race; in America the rights of women still beseech the public ear; in India we have concerned …
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The Worship of the Divine Mother – Swami Vivekananda
(Fragmentary notes taken on a Sunday afternoon in New York in June, 1900) From the tribal or clan-God, man arrives, in every religion, at the sum, the God of gods. Confucius alone has expressed …
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Unity – Swami Vivekananda
(Notes of a lecture delivered at the Vedanta Society, New York, in June, 1900) The different sectarian systems of India all radiate from one central idea of unity or dualism. They are all under …
I am That I am – Swami Vivekananda
(Notes of a lecture give in San Francisco on March 20, 1900) The subject tonight is man, man in contrast with nature. For a long time the word "nature" was used almost exclusively to denote …