Practical Vedanta

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Continuing with the talk by Swami Vivekananda

Practical Vedanta (religion in practice).......

 

I have been asked many times how we can work if we do not have the

passion which we generally feel for work. I also thought in that way

years ago, but as I am growing older, getting more experience, I find

it is not true. The less passion there is, the better we work. The

calmer we are, the better for us, and the more the amount of work we

can do. When we let loose our feelings, we waste so much energy,

shatter our nerves, disturb our minds, and accomplish very little

work. The energy which ought to have gone ought as work is spent as

mere feeling, which counts for nothing. It is only when the mind is

very calm and collected that the whole of its energy is spent in

doing good work.

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