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Inspired Talks

 

(RECORDED BY MISS S. E. WALDO, A DISCIPLE)

 

WEDNESDAY, June 19, 1895.

 

(This day marks the beginning of the regular teaching given daily by

Swami Vivekananda to his disciples at Thousand Island Park. We had not

yet all assembled there, but the Master's heart was always in his work,

so he commenced at once to teach the three or four who were with him.

He came on this first morning with the Bible in his hand and opened to

the Book of John, saying that since we were all Christians, it was

proper that he should begin with the Christian scriptures.)

 

" In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the

Word was God. " The Hindu calls this Mâyâ, the manifestation of God,

because it is the power of God. The Absolute reflecting through the

universe is what we call nature. The Word has two manifestations — the

general one of nature, and the special one of the great Incarnations of

God — Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, and Ramakrishna. Christ, the special

manifestation of the Absolute, is known and knowable. The absolute

cannot be known: we cannot know the Father, only the Son. We can only

see the Absolute through the " tint of humanity " , through Christ.

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Today we begin a collection of teachings by Swami Vivekananda's called

:

 

Inspired Talks

 

(RECORDED BY MISS S. E. WALDO, A DISCIPLE)

 

WEDNESDAY, June 19, 1895.

(Delivered in Thousand Island Park on the St. Lawrence Seaway, in New

York state in 1895.)

 

It can be found in Volume 7 of the Complete Works of Vivekananda.

 

 

 

 

This is a part of a daily study of the lectures and writings of Swami

Vivekananda. All lectures are sent out in sequenced form, as he spoke

them.

 

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