Guest guest Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Teachings of Swami Vivekananda The soul can only receive impulses from another soul, and from nothing else. We may study books all our lives, we may become very intellectual, but in the end, we find that we have not developed at all spiritually. It is not true that a high order of intellectual development always goes hand in hand with a proportionate development of the spiritual side in man.....This inadequacy of books to quicken spiritual growth is the reason why, although almost every one us can speak most wonderfully on spiritual matters, when it comes to action and the living of a spiritual life, we find ourselves awfully deficient. To quicken the spirit, the impulse must come from another soul. The person from whose soul such impulse comes is called the Guru - the teacher; and the person to whose soul the impulse is conveyed is called the Shishya - the student.... "The true preacher of religion has to be of wonderful capabilities, and clever shall his hearer be"; and when both of these are really wonderful and extraordinary, then will a splendid spiritual awakening result, and not otherwise. (III. 45-46) Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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