Final Part -- Swami Vivekananda Inspired Talks

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Volume 7, Inspired Talks

 

It is blasphemy to think that if Jesus had never been born, humanity would

not have been saved. It is horrible to forget thus the divinity in human

nature, a divinity that must come out. Never forget the glory of human

nature. We are the greatest God that ever was or ever will be. Christs and

Buddhas are but waves on the boundless ocean which I am. Bow down to nothing

but your own higher Self. Until you know that you are that very God of gods,

there will never be any freedom for you.

 

Do not talk much, but feel the spirit within you; then you are a Jnani. This

is knowledge, all else is ignorance. All that is to be known is Brahman. It

is the all. . . .

 

" That day is indeed a bad day when we do not speak of the Lord, not a stormy

day. "

 

" Giving up the desire of pleasure and pain, gain or loss, worship God day

and night; not a moment is to be lost in vain. "

 

" Giving up all other thoughts, the whole mind day and night worships God.

Thus being worshipped day and night, He reveals Himself and makes His

worshippers feel Him. "

 

Books suggest the inner light and the method of bringing that out, but we

can only understand them when we have earned the knowledge ourselves. When

the inner light has flashed for you, let the books go, and look only within.

You have in you all and a thousand times more than is in all the books.

Never lose faith in yourself, you can do anything in this universe. Never

weaken, all power is yours.

 

The great Hindu reformer, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, was a wonderful example of

this unselfish work. He devoted his whole life to helping India. It was he

who stopped the burning of widows. It is usually believed that this reform

was due entirely to the English; but it was Raja Ram Mohan Roy who started

the agitation against the custom and succeeded in obtaining the support of

the Government in suppressing it. Until he began the movement, the English

had done nothing. He also founded the important religious Society called the

Brahmo-Samaj, and d a hundred thousand dollars to found a

university. He then stepped out and told them to go ahead without him. He

cared nothing for fame or for results to himself.

 

" As the spider throws her web out of herself and draws it in, even so this

universe is thrown out and drawn in by God. "

 

Buddha set his greatest enemy free, because he, by hating him (Buddha) so

much, kept constantly thinking of him; that thought purified his mind, and

he became ready for freedom. Therefore think of God all the time, and that

will purify you. . . .

 

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Om namo Bhagavate Sri Ramanaya

Prasanth Jalasutram