Swami Vivekananda on Knowledge (Extracts from Complete Works) Spiritual knowledge is the only thing that can destroy our miseries for ever; any other knowledge satisfies wants only for a time. It is only with the knowledge of the spirit that the faculty of want is annihilated for ever. The highest men do not seek to … Read more
My notes from ‘Vedanta: Voice of Freedom” – a selected compilation from the Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. “Bhakti Yoga” – Chapter Highlights reproduced below: *** Bhakti yoga is a real, genuine search after the Lord, a search beginning, continuing, and ending in love. One single moment of the madness of extreme love of God … Read more
My notes from ‘Vedanta: Voice of Freedom” – a selected compilation from the Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. “Jnana Yoga” – Chapter Highlights reproduced below: *** What is the force that manifests itself through the body? It is obvious to all of us, whatever that force be, that it is taking particles up, as it … Read more
My notes from ‘Vedanta: Voice of Freedom” – a selected compilation from the Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. “Vedanta in Practice”, “Goal of Vedanta” and “Universality of Vedanta” – Chapter Highlights reproduced below: *** The less the thought of the body, the better. For it is the body that drags us down. It is attachment, … Read more
My notes from ‘Vedanta: Voice of Freedom” – a selected compilation from the Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. “Raja Yoga” – Chapter Highlights reproduced below: *** The teachers of the science of raja yoga declare not only that religion is based upon the experience of ancient times, but that no man can be religious until … Read more
My notes from ‘Vedanta: Voice of Freedom” – a selected compilation from the Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. “God and Man in Vedanta” – Chapter Highlights reproduced below: *** So, from the very first, Advaita had no antagonism with the various sects existing in India. There are dualists existing today, and their number is by … Read more
My notes from ‘Vedanta: Voice of Freedom” – a selected compilation from the Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. “The Religion of Vedanta” – Chapter Highlights reproduced below: *** Even if a book were given by God that contained all the truth about religion, it would not serve the purpose, because nobody could understand the book. … Read more
My notes from ‘Vedanta: Voice of Freedom” – a selected compilation from the Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. “Karma Yoga” – Chapter Highlights reproduced below: *** One of the greatest lessons I have learned in my life is to pay as much attention to the means of work as to its end. Our great defect … Read more
Karma and its effect on character: Chapter excerpts from Karma Yoga – from the Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Vol 1. Excerpts are reproduced below: *** Work for work’s sake. If a man works without any selfish motive in view, does he not gain anything? Yes, he gains the highest. Unselfishness is more paying, only … Read more