Guest guest Posted August 17, 2000 Report Share Posted August 17, 2000 In The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda (p. 521, 1977 edition) the following appears, " Awake, arise, and stop not until the goal is reached!... " regards Miles > Although it looks a bit silly, I just wanted to seek info about this.. > > I have seen a quote in three forms: > > Awake, Arise, Stop not till *you reach your goal* > > Awake, Arise, Stop not till *the goal is reached* > > *Arise, Awake*, Stop not till the goal is reached > > Although the meaning is conveyed by all, which of these was given by Swami > Vivekananda? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Uday<(*¿*)> > " Let Noble thoughts come to us from all directions. " > -Rig Veda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2000 Report Share Posted August 19, 2000 The original sentence from our Katha upanishad is: " utthiSTa jAgrata prApyavarAnnibOdhata " literally being translated it says " arise, awake stop not till the goal is reached " JAgrata does also mean " be very careful " . A person who is careful only is awaken, a person who is half awake can not be deemed as careful. One has to " arise " from his bad tendencies, which drag him from reaching the highest goal. Once he arises from the surface of the BhulOka, where we all humans dwell, and rockets towards brahmalOka, i.e. OM sweet HOME, then there is a chance that he may over estimates his own capacity thinking that he has crossed the limitations of Human! He may wrongly consider himself as a maharshi or a rajarshi, he may mistake himself as somebody higher and put a holier-than-thou attitude. These are all lower tendencies which may attack the Sadhaka in the disguise of genuine virtues. One has to be very careful from these tendencies. We have examples from our epics. Vishwamitra, Soubhari, Jadabharata and others who have reached great heights through their rigorous penance, yet fallen miserably for something or the other. So one has to be very careful, fully awake, till he reaches his goal. Even by mistake one should not apply mundane logic in understanding these sentences. One of my friends has asked me " One can arise only when one is awake, how is it possible to arise and then awake? " , actually a person who is a sleepwalker may arise, but still he is not awake :-). No! One should understand that the awaken state, referred by this great upanishadic statement intends something higher. The statement is addressed to the Person who is already awake, it is instructing " even by mistake do not think that you are immune from the tendencies of this world, the tendencies of the five sense organs. Be very careful (awake) and keep marching till you reach the goal. I remain yours, Madhava UDAYAKIRAN_C [udayakiran_c] Thursday, August 17, 2000 6:59 AM 'Ramakrishna ' [ramakrishna] A doubt Although it looks a bit silly, I just wanted to seek info about this.. I have seen a quote in three forms: Awake, Arise, Stop not till *you reach your goal* Awake, Arise, Stop not till *the goal is reached* *Arise, Awake*, Stop not till the goal is reached Although the meaning is conveyed by all, which of these was given by Swami Vivekananda? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Uday<(*¿*)> " Let Noble thoughts come to us from all directions. " -Rig Veda Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah Vivekananda Centre London http://www.btinternet.com/~vivekananda/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2000 Report Share Posted October 12, 2000 As with all scriptures there are diffeent levels of understanding. Many so called " stories " and even fairy tales have deep inner meaning to them. The problem is that a person needs to be taught the keys to understand them. So a person who does not understand the deeper meaning behind a story will just say, " Oh, what a waste. This is just a story. " On the other hand someone who understands that symbolism will be moved by it. The person who wrote the article obviously is of the first type. He or she would read the first part of the Gita and say, " Oh, this is just a story about a war and a family dispute. " Ed Griffin --- Magesh Margabandhu <mmagesh wrote: > Today morning I was reading an article in the Indian > newspaper " The > Hindu " . There it was said that Rig veda does not > contain any > philosophical thoughts but only hymns about war, > love and even some mild > phornographic things. It also said that there is > nothing in it which can > be considered sacred. Is that true? Does not Rig > veda say anything about > the hindu philosophy. I was shocked to read it. I > would be very grateful > if somebody clarifies it. > > With regards, > M.Magesh > > ---- > M.Magesh 876, 14th > Cross, > DSP group Indira > Nagar II stage > MIEL Bangalore > 560 038 > phone 5598615-2108 > > email : mmagesh > ---- > > > Get Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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