The Imitation of Christ

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From Project Gutenberg, the text of a work which Swami Vivekananda referred to

many times.

 

http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext99/mcrst11.txt

 

For verily it is not deep words that

make a man holy and upright; it is a good life which maketh a man

dear to God. I had rather feel contrition than be skilful in the

definition thereof. If thou knewest the whole Bible, and the

sayings of all the philosophers, what should all this profit thee

without the love and grace of God? Vanity of vanities, all is

vanity, save to love God, and Him only to serve. That is the

highest wisdom, to cast the world behind us, and to reach forward

to the heavenly kingdom.

 

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Namaste,

 

Not only did Swamiji quote from this book, but besides the

Gita this was the only other book he carried with him! He had even

translated a part of it into Bengali and written an introduction to

it.

 

Regards,

 

Sunder

 

 

Ramakrishna , Girish <girishv@e...> wrote:

> From Project Gutenberg, the text of a work which Swami Vivekananda

referred to many times.

>

> http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext99/mcrst11.txt

>

> For verily it is not deep words that

> make a man holy and upright; it is a good life which maketh a man

> dear to God. I had rather feel contrition than be skilful in the

> definition thereof. If thou knewest the whole Bible, and the

> sayings of all the philosophers, what should all this profit thee

> without the love and grace of God? Vanity of vanities, all is

> vanity, save to love God, and Him only to serve. That is the

> highest wisdom, to cast the world behind us, and to reach forward

> to the heavenly kingdom.

>

> :