Guest guest Posted November 9, 1999 Report Share Posted November 9, 1999 Found these interesting postings by Tim:- Golden words of Vivekananda " This is no world. It is God Himself. In delusion we call it world. " " When you are judging man and woman, judge them by the standard of their respective greatness. " " We are always after Truth, but never want to get it. " " All is the Self or Brahman. The saint, the sinner, the lamb, the tiger, even the murderer, as far as they have any reality, can be nothing else, because there is nothing else. " " Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner, the better. " " Go on saying, 'I am free.' Never mind if the next moment delusion comes and says 'I am bound.' Dehypnotize the whole thing. " " Do something for your souls! Do wrong if you please, but do something! " " Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power. It is not in the brain but in the heart that the Atman, possessed of knowledge, power, and activity, has Its seat. " " Worship of society and popular opinion is idolatry. The soul has no sex, no country, no place, no time. " " Wherever you are, that is a point from which you can start to the center. " ---------------- Also, there are many teachings presented in writing, and often a person may be drawn to those teachings above all others. For example, I am drawn very strongly to Vivekananda's teachings, and consider him my Guru " in absentia. " :-). And to Shankara's teachings as well. These people are physically dead, but in the Atman they survive forever. Offered with Love, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 10, 1999 Report Share Posted November 10, 1999 > " Vivekananda Centre " <vivekananda > > Found these interesting postings by Tim:- > > > Golden words of Vivekananda > > > " This is no world. It is God Himself. In delusion we call it world. " > > " When you are judging man and woman, judge them by the standard of their > respective greatness. " > > " We are always after Truth, but never want to get it. " > > " All is the Self or Brahman. The saint, the sinner, the lamb, the tiger, > even the murderer, as far as they have any reality, can be nothing else, > because there is nothing else. " > > " Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. > If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them > go; the sooner, the better. " > > " Go on saying, 'I am free.' Never mind if the next moment delusion comes > and says 'I am bound.' Dehypnotize the whole thing. " > > " Do something for your souls! Do wrong if you please, but do something! " > > " Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it > is the heart that is the seat of all power. It is not in the brain but in > the heart that the Atman, possessed of knowledge, power, and activity, has > Its seat. " > > " Worship of society and popular opinion is idolatry. The soul has no sex, > no country, no place, no time. " > > " Wherever you are, that is a point from which you can start to the center. " > > > ---------------- > Also, there are many teachings presented in writing, and often a person may > be drawn to those teachings above all others. For example, I am drawn very > strongly to Vivekananda's teachings, and consider him my Guru " in > absentia. " :-). And to Shankara's teachings as well. These people are > physically dead, but in the Atman they survive forever. > > Offered with Love, > > Tim These are really the Golden words and I am sure millions are drawn towards him, yesterday I was going through one of the lectures of Vivekananda and this one about Patriotism how beutifully Swamy Vivekananda has explained, This may suit more for India and I am sure many of you have gone through this but still I thouht I will share this with you people VIVEKANANDA ON : PATRIOTISM ******************************************************************************* They talk of patriotism. I believe in patriotism, and I also have my own ideal of patriotism. Three things are necessary for great achieve- ments : First, feel from the heart. What is in the intellect or reason? It goes a few steps nad there it stops. But through the heart comes insp- iration.Love opens the most impossible gates; love is the gates to all the secrets in the universe. Feel, therefore, my would-be reformers, my would-be patriots! Do you feel? Do you feel that the millions and millions of the descendants of gods and of sages have become next-door neighbous to brutes? Do you feel that millions have been starving today, and millions have been starving for ages? Do you feel that ignorance has come over the land as a dark crowd? Does it make you restless? Does it make you sleepless? Has it gone over your blood, coursing through your veins, becoming consona- nant with your heart-beats? Has it made you almost mad? Are you seized with the one idea of misery and ruin, and have you forgotten all about your name, your fame, your wives, your children, your property, even your own bodies? Have you done tht? This is the first step to become a patriot, the very first step....... You may feel, then; but instead of spending your energies on frothy talk, have you found any way out, any practical solution, some help instead of condemnation, some sweet words to soothe their miseries, to bring them out of this living death? Yet that is not all. Have you got the will to surmount mountain- high obstructions? If the whole world stands against you sword in hand, would you still dare to do what you think is right? If your wives and children are against you, if all your money goes, your name dies, your wealth vanishes, would you still stick to it? Would you still pursue it and go on steadily towards your own goal? As the great King Bhartehari says (Niti-sataka, verse 74) : Nindantu nitinpunah yadi va stuvantu Laksmih samavisatu gacchatu va yathestam; Adyaiva va maranamastu yugantare va Nyayyat pathat pravicalanti padam na dhirah- " Let the sages blame or let them praise; let the goddess of fortune come or let her go wherever she likes; let death come today, or let it come after millions of years; he indeed is the steady man who does not move one inch from the way of truth. " Have you got that steadfastness? If you have these three things, each one of you will make miracles. Vol III-pp. 225-226 sarvam vasudevamayam jagath Prashanth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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