Quotes from Swami Vivekananda

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OVERVIEW OF VIVEKANANDABorn in Calcutta in 1863.Contact of Ramkrishna change Narendras life.Became world famous at Chicago in1883.jiva is shiva.Awake, arise & stop not till the goal is reached.He founded Ramkrishna mission in 1897.

BIOGRAPHY (1863-1902)Swami vivekanandas inspiring personality was well known both in India & America.The unknown monk of India suddenly leapt into fame at Parliament of Religion held in Chicago in 1893.In the course of short of 39 years of which only 10 were devoted to public activities.He gave: gyan yog, bhakti yog,karma yog,raj yog.

Birth & ChildhoodSwami Vivekananda was born Narendranath Datta on 12 January 1863 in Calcutta in a respectable middle-class.

His father, Viswanath Dutta, was an attorney and was a lover of the arts and literature.

Continue..On the other hand, Narendras mother, Bhubaneshwari Devi, was a pious, kind-hearted lady, devoted to the Hindu traditions.

Narendranath had varied interests & wide range of scholarship in philosophy, history, social sciences, art and other subjects.

He evinced much interest in spiritual text.

College & Brahmo samajVivekananda strated his education at home,later he joined metropolitan institution of ishwarchandra vidyasagar in 1871 and he passed the entrance examination of presidency college, colcutta.

Narendranath became the member of a Freemason's lodge and the breakaway faction from the Brahmo samaj led by kesab chandra sen another Freemason.

ContinueHis initial beliefs were shaped by Brahmo concepts, which include belief in a formless God and deprecation of the worship of idols.Not satisfied with his knowledge of Philosophy, he wondered if God and religion could be made a part of one's growing experiences and deeply internalized. Narendra went about asking prominent residents of contemporary Calcutta whether they had come "face to face with God. but could not get answers which satisfied him.

Message to youth

VIVEKA VANISwamijis Divine Message for the Youth

We are what out thoughts have made us;

so take care about what you think.

Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

THOUGHTS

When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed in to an actual physical or mental state.

CONCENTRATION

COMMITMENTEven a fool can accomplish a task if it were after his or her heart. But the intelligent ones are those who can convert every work into one that suits their heart

Take up one idea.

Make that one idea your life.

Think of it, dream of it.

Live on that idea.

Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body Be full of that idea.

This the way toSUCCESS.

GOAL

EDUCATIONEducation is the manifestation of perfection already in man.

WORKEvery duty is holy, and devotion to duty is the highest form of the worship of God.

When you are doing any work, do not think of anything beyond. Do it as worship,As the highest worship, and devote your whole life to it for the time being.

Neither money pays, nor name, nor fame, nor learning,

it is CHARACTER

that can cleave through adamantine walls of difficulties.

CHARACTER

It is good to be born a child;

but bad to remain a child

MATURITY

If you think that the infinite power,

infinite knowledge,and indomitable energy

lie within you, and if you can bring out that power,

You also can be like Me.

19Quotes From Swami Vivekananda

20Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, & know that you are the creator of your own destiny

21They alone live who live for others, rest are more dead then alive

22Arise! Awake! And stop not till the goal is reached

23To be good and to do good - that is the whole of religion

24Strength is life, Weakness is death

25All the power is within you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in that; dont believe that you are weak. Stand up and express the divinity with in you

26What ever you think, that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be; if you think yourself strong; strong you will be

27Stand and die in your own strength; if there is any sin in the world, it is weakness; avoid all weakness, for weakness is sin, weakness is death

28Neither money pays, nor name pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that cleave through adamantine walls of difference

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29He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religion said that he was an atheist who does not believe in God. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself

30The greatest sin is to think yourself weak

31Help if you can; if you cannot, fold your hands and stand by and see things go on. Do not injure, if you cannot render help

32Three things are necessary to make every man great, every nation great

Conviction of the powers of goodnessAbsence of jealousy and suspicionHelping all who are trying to be and do good

33Are you unselfish? That is the question. If you are, you will be perfect without reading a single religious book, without going into a single church or temple.

34Misery comes through attachment, not through work. As soon as we identify ourselves with work we do, we feel miserable; but if we dont identify ourselves with it, we do not feel that misery

35Nature wants us to react, to return blow for blow, cheating for cheating, lie for lie, to hit back with all our might, then it requires a super divine power not hit back, to keep control, to be unattached

36Always first learn to be a servant, and then you will be fit to be a master. Avoid this jealousy, and you will do great works that have yet to be done

37You must have an iron will if you would cross the ocean. You must be strong enough to pierce mountains

38Take up one idea, make that one idea your life, think of it, dream of it, live of it, let the brain, muscle, nerves, every part of your body be full of that idea and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way great spiritual giants are produced, others are mere talking machines

39Your country requires heroes; be heroes; your duty is to go on working, and then everything will follow of itself

40Thanks