Guest guest Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Teachings of Swami Vivekananda We have to sense God to be convinced that there is a God. We must sense the facts of religion to know that they are facts. Nothing else, and no amount of reasoning, but our own perceptions can make these things real to us, can make my belief firm as a rock. (IV. 167) Truth has such a face that anyone who sees that face becomes convinced. The sun does not require any torch to show it; the sun is self-effulgent. If truth requires evidence, what will evidence that evidence? (I. 415) What is the proof of God? Direct perception, Pratyaksha. The proof of this wall is that I perceive it. God has been perceived by all who want to perceive Him. But this perception is no sense-perception at all; it is super sensuous, super conscious. (I. 415) This cosmic intelligence is what people call Lord, or God, or Christ, or Buddha, or Brahman; what the materialists perceive as force, and the agnostics as the infinite inexpressible beyond; and we are all parts of that. (II. 231) Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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