Monday, May 5, 2014
[Quote] - Are you Over Cautious ? - Swami Vivekananda.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
[Quotes] - CHARACTER - Swami Vivekananda
Neither Money pays, nor name, nor fame, nor learning.
it is CHARACTER
that can cleave through adamantine walls of difficulties.
- Swami Vivekananda.
Friday, February 3, 2012
[Poem] - சுவாமி விவேகனந்தர் எழுதிய கவிதை (மொழியாக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது)
Swami Vivekananda Poem Translated in Tamil
அனைத்தும் ஆகி அன்பாகி
அமைபவன் அவனே அவன்தாளில்
உனதுளம் ஆன்மா உடல் எல்லாம்
உடனே தருக என் நண்பா
இவைகள் யாவும் உன்முன்னே
இருக்கும் அவனின் வடிவங்கள்
இவைகளை விடுத்து வேறெங்கே
இறைவனைத் தேடுகின்றாய் நீ
\மனத்தில் வேற்றுமை இல்லாமல்
மண்ணுல கதனில் இருக்கின்ற
அனைத்தையும் நேசித் திடும் ஒருவன்
ஆண்டவனை அவனைத் தொழுபவனாம்
--விவேகானந்தர்
Monday, January 2, 2012
[Swami Vivekananda] - Build up Your Character & Manifest your Real Nature
If I teach you, therefore, that your nature is evil, that you should go home and sit in sackcloth and ashes and weep your lives out because you took certain false steps, it will not help you, but will weaken you all the more, and I shall be showing you the road to more evil than good. If this room is full of darkness for thousands of years and you come in and begin to weep and wail, "Oh the darkness", will the darkness vanish? Strike a match and light comes in a moment. What good will it do you to think all your lives, "Oh, I have done evil, I have made many mistakes"? It requires no ghost to tell us that. Bring in the light and the evil goes in a moment. Build up your character, and manifest your real nature, the Effulgent, the Resplendent, the Ever-Pure, and call It up in everyone that you see.
- Swami Vivekananda
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 2/Practical Vedanta and other lectures/Practical Vedanta: Part IV
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Friday, October 7, 2011
[Quotes] - Who Build highways for others with their heart's Blood. - Swami Vivekananda.
- Swami Vivekananda
25th September, 1894 NEW YORK
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 6/Epistles - Second Series/XLVII Brother disciples
* Thanks to Inspiratinal Messages group
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
[Swami Vivekananda] [Inspiring Messages] - I AM FEAR OF FEAR, THE TERROR OF TERROR
" All blessings on you. You come of the blood of a Kshatriya. Our yellow garb is the robe of death on the field of battle. Death for the cause is our goal, not success. Shri wah Guru! . . .
Black and thick are the folds of sinister fate. But I am the master. I raise my hand, and lo, they vanish! All this is nonsense. And fear? I am the Fear of fear, the Terror of terror, I am the fearless secondless One, I am the Rule of destiny, the Wiper-out of fact. Shri wah Guru! Steady, child, don't be bought by gold or anything else, and we win! "
- Swami Vivekananda
26th May, 1900.
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
Monday, September 13, 2010
[Messages] - Practical Vedanta - Swami Vivekananda
Thursday, September 9, 2010
[Messages] - Power of Thought (Swami Vivekananda)
Blame none for your own faults, stand upon your own feet, and take the whole responsibility upon yourselves. Say, “This misery that I am suffering is of my own doing, and that very thing proves that it will have to be undone by me alone.” That which I created, I can demolish; that which is created by someone else I shall never be able to destroy.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Message of Swami Vivekanandha

In future do not pay any heed to what people say either for or against you or me. Work on, be lions; and the Lord will bless you. I shall work incessantly until I die, and even after death I shall work for the good of the world. Truth is infinitely more weighty than untruth; so is goodness. If you possess these, they will make their way by sheer gravity.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
[Poem] - Very Inspired Swami Vivekananda Poem
All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction.
Love is therefore the only law of life.
He who loves lives, he who is selfish is dying.
Therefore love for love's sake,
because it is law of life, just as you breathe to live.
- Swami Vivekananda
Thursday, July 15, 2010
God gave me Everything
He Gave Me Difficult Situations to Face
When I Asked God for Brain & Brown
He Gave Me Puzzles in Life to Solve
When I Asked God for Happiness
He Showed Me Some Unhappy People
When I Asked God for Wealth
He Showed Me How to Work Hard
When I Asked God for Favors
He Showed Me Opportunities to Work Hard
When I Asked God for Peace
He Showed Me How to Help Others
God Gave Me Nothing I Wanted
He Gave Me Everything I Needed
- Swami Vivekananda
Friday, June 18, 2010
[Messages] - நம்மை நாமே செதுக்கிக் கொள்ளல் - சுவாமி விவேகானந்தர்

சுவாமி விவேகானந்தர் கூறியவைகளை, உன் எதிர்காலம் உன் கையில் என்ற புத்தகமாகத் தொகுத்து ஸ்ரீராமகிருஷ்ண மடம் வெளியிட்டுள்ளது.
அந்த புத்தகத்தில் இடம்பெற்றிருப்பவற்றை தமிழ்.வெப்துனியா.காம் வாசகர்களுக்காக அளிக்கின்றோம்.
மனிதனின் வெளிப்பொறிகள் அமைந்துள்ள இந்த உடல் தூலவுடல் எனப்படுகிறது. சமஸ்கிருதத்தில் இதை ஸ்தூல சரீரம் என்பர். இதற்குப் பின்னால்தான் புலன், மனம், புத்தி, நான் - உணர்வு என்ற தொடர் அமைகிறது. இவையும், உயிர்ச் சக்திகளும் இணைந்த ஒன்றே நுண்ணுடல் அல்லது சூட்சும சரீரம். இந்தச் சச்திகள் மிக நுட்பமான அணுக்களால் ஆனவை. எத்தகைய தீங்கு ஏற்பட்டாலும் இந்த உடம்பு அழியாத அளவுக்கு அவை நுட்பமானவை. எந்த விதமான கேடும் அதிர்ச்சியும் சூட்சும உடலைப் பாதிப்பதில்லை.
நம் கண்ணுக்குப் புலனாவதான தூலவுடல் பருப்பொருளால் ஆனது. எனவே அது தொடர்ந்து புதுப்பிக்கப்படுகிறது. மாறுபடுகிறது. உட்கருவிகளான மனம், புத்தி, நான் - உணர்வு என்பவை மிக மிக நுட்பமான பொருளால் ஆனவை. எனவே பல யுகங்களானாலும் அவை அழியாமல் இருக்கும். வேறு எதுவுமே தடை சய்ய முடியாத அளவிற்கு நுட்பமானவை இவை. இவை எந்தத் தடைகளையும் கடந்துவிடும். இந்தத் தூலவுடல் அறிவற்றது, நுண்ணுடலும் அதுபோன்றது தான். ஆனால் இது சற்று நுட்பமான ஜடப்பொருளால் ஆக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
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இந்த நுண்ணுடலின் ஒரு பகுதி மனம், ஒரு பகுதி புத்தி, ஒரு பகுதி நான் - உணர்வு. ஆனாலும் இவற்றில் எந்த ஒன்றும் `அறிபவன்' ஆக முடியாது. இவற்றுள் எதுவும் பார்ப்பவனாக, சாட்சியாக, யாருக்காக அறிவுச் செயல் நடக்கிறதோ அவனாக, நடக்கும் செயலைப் பார்ப்பவனாக ஆக முடியாது. மனத்திலும் புத்தியிலும் நான் - உணர்விலும் ஏறப்டும் இயக்கங்கள் எல்லாம் இவை அல்லாத வேறு யாருக்காகவோதான் இருக்க வேண்டும். இவை நுட்பமான ஜடப்பொருள் அணுக்களால் ஆனவை. ஆதலால் தன்னொளி உடையவையாக இருக்க முடியாது. இவற்றின் ஒளி இவற்றிற்குச் சொந்தமானதாக இருக்க முடியாது. எடுத்துக்காட்டாக இந்த மேஜையை எந்த ஜடப் பொருளும் உருவாக்கியிருக்க முடியாது. எனவே இவற்றிற்கெல்லாம் பின்னால் யாரோ ஒருவர் இருக்க வேண்டும், இவரே எல்லா தோற்றங்களுக்கும் உண்மைக் காரணமானவர். உண்மையாகவே எல்லாவற்றையும் அனுபவிப்பவர். இவரையே வடமொழியில் ஆத்மன் என்கிறார்கள். இவரே மனிதனின் உண்மை ஆன்மா.
உடல் ஒவ்வொரு நிமிடமும் அழிந்து கொண்டே இருக்கிறது. மனமோ தொடர்ந்து மாறியபடி இருக்கிறது. உடல் பலவற்றின் சேர்க்கை, மனமும் அத்தகையதே, எனவே இவை எல்லா மாறுதல்களுக்கும் அப்பாற்பட்ட நிலையை அடைய முடியாது. ஆனால் தூலப் பொருளான இந்த மெல்லிய உறையையும், இதற்கு அப்பாலுள்ள மனம் என்ற நுட்பமான உறையையும் தாண்டி இருக்கிறது ஆன்மா. இதுவே மனிதனது உண்மைத் தத்துவம். இது நிலையானது. என்றுமே பந்தப்படாதது. இதன் அழியாமை, சுதந்திரம் ஆகிய தன்மைகளே எண்ணம், ஜடப் பொருள் போன்ற போர்வைகளை ஊடுருவி, பெயர் உருவம் என்ற நிறங்களைக் கடந்து, சுதந்திரம் அழியாமை என்ற தன்மைகளை வற்புறுத்தி நிற்கிறது.
மிகவும் தடித்த அஞ்ஞானம் என்ற போர்வைகளையும் ஊடுருவி இந்த ஆன்மாவின் அழிவின்மையும், ஆனந்தமும், அமைதியும், தெய்வீகமும் பிரகாசித்து, நாம் இவற்றை உணரும்படிச் செய்கின்றன. ஆன்மாதான் உண்மை மனிதன். அவன் பயமும் அழிவும் பந்தமும் அற்றவன்.
வெளிச்சக்தி எதுவும் பாதிக்க முடியாத போது, எந்த மாறுதல்களையும் உண்டாக்க இயலாதபோதுதான் சுதந்திரம் என்பது இருக்க முடியும். எல்லா நியதிகளுக்கும், எல்லா எல்லைகளுக்கும், எல்லா விதிகளுக்கும், காரண காரியம் எல்லாவற்றிற்கும் அப்பால்தான் சுதந்திரம் என்பது இருக்க முடியும்.
எனவே எந்த வகை மாறுதலுக்கும் உட்படாததுதான் சுதந்திரமாகவும் அழிவற்றதாகவும் இருக்க முடியும். இருக்கின்ற இதுதான் அதாவது மனிதனது உண்மைத் தத்துவம்தான் ஆன்மா. இது மாறுதல் இல்லாதது, கட்டுப்பாடுகளுக்கு உட்படாதது. எனவே இதற்குப் பிறப்பும் இல்லை, இறப்பும் இல்லை.
ஒவ்வொரு மனித ஆளுமையையும் ஒரு கண்ணாடிக் கோளத்திற்கு ஒப்பிடலாம். ஒவ்வொன்றின் நடுவிலும் இறைவனிடமிருந்து வெளிப்படும் தூய வெள்ளொளி இருக்கிறது. ஆனால் கண்ணாடிகள் பல நிறங்களிலும், பல கனங்களிலும் இருப்பதால் வெளிவரும் கதிர்கள் பல்வேறு தோற்றங்களைப் பெறுகின்றன. எல்லா நடு ஒளிகளும் ஒரே மாதிரியானவை, ஒரே அழகைக் கொண்டவை, வித்தியாசமாகத் தோன்றுவதற்குக் காரணம் அது வெளிப்படுகின்ற புறக் கருவிகளில் உள்ள குறைபாடுகளே. நாம் மேலே உயர உயர, அந்தக் கருவி மேலும் தெளிவாக ஒளி வீசும் தன்மையை அடைகிறது.
நன்றி : ஸ்ரீராமகிருஷ்ண மடம், மயிலாப்பூர், சென்னை - 4.
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Friday, March 26, 2010
[Messages] - From Complete works of Swami Vivekananda (RAJA YOGA LESSONS)

Three things are necessary to the student who wishes to succeed in attaining god.
First. Give up all ideas of enjoyment in this world and the next, care only for God and Truth. We are here to know truth, not for enjoyment. Leave that to brutes who enjoy as we never can. Man is a thinking being and must struggle on until he conquers death, until he sees the light. He must not spend himself in vain talking that bears no fruit. Worship of society and popular opinion is idolatry. The soul has no sex, no country, no place, no time.
Second. Intense desire to know Truth and God. Be eager for them, long for them, as a drowning man longs for breath. Want only God, take nothing else, let not "seeming" cheat you any longer. Turn from all and seek only God.
Third. The six trainings: First — Restraining the mind from going outward. Second — Restraining the senses. Third — Turning the mind inward. Fourth — Suffering everything without murmuring. Fifth — Fastening the mind to one idea. Take the subject before you and think it out; never leave it. Do not count time. Sixth — Think constantly of your real nature. Get rid of superstition. Do not hypnotise yourself into a belief in your own inferiority. Day and night tell yourself what you really are, until you realise (actually realise) your oneness with God.
Without these disciplines, no results can be gained.
We can be conscious of the Absolute, but we can never express It. The moment we try to express It, we limit It and It ceases to be Absolute.
We have to go beyond sense limit and transcend even reason, and we have the power to do this.
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
[Messages] - Swami Vivekananda Concluding remarks in Parliament of Religion

The seed is put in the ground, and earth and air and water are placed around it. Does the seed become the earth; or the air, or the water? No. It becomes a plant, it develops after the law of its own growth, assimilates the air, the earth, and the water, converts them into plant substance, and grows into a plant.
Similar is the case with religion. The Christian is not to become a Hindu or a Buddhist, nor a Hindu or a Buddhist to become a Christian. But each must assimilate the spirit of the others and yet preserve his individuality and grow according to his own law of growth.
If the Parliament of Religions has shown anything to the world it is this: It has proved to the world that holiness, purity and charity are not the exclusive possessions of any church in the world, and that every system has produced men and women of the most exalted character. In the face of this evidence, if anybody dreams of the exclusive survival of his own religion and the destruction of the others, I pity him from the bottom of my heart, and point out to him that upon the banner of every religion will soon be written, in spite of resistance: "Help and not Fight," "Assimilation and not Destruction," "Harmony and Peace and not Dissension."
- Swami Vivekanada
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
[Quotes] - How to attain Freedom - Swami Vivekananda.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
[Special] - National Youth Day

My ideal, indeed, can be put into a few words, and that is: to preach unto mankind their divinity, and how to make it manifest in every movement of life.
Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man.
We want that education by which character is formed, strength of mind is increased, the intellect is expanded, and by which one can stand on one's own feet.
So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who, having been educated at their expense, pays not the least heed to them.
Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be; if you think yourselves strong, strong you will be.
If you have faith in all the three hundred and thirty millions of your mythological gods, … and still have no faith in yourselves, there is no salvation for you. Have faith in yourselves, and stand up on that faith and be strong; that is what we need.
Strength, strength it is that we want so much in this life, for what we call sin and sorrow have all one cause, and that is our weakness. With weakness comes ignorance, and with ignorance comes misery.
The older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness. This is my new Gospel.
Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success, and above all, love.
Religion is realization; not talk, not doctrine, nor theories, however beautiful they may be. It is being and becoming, not hearing or acknowledging; it is the whole soul becoming changed into what it believes.
Religion is the manifestation of the Divinity already in man.
Teach yourselves, teach everyone his real nature, call uon the sleeping soul and see how it awakes. Power will come, glory will come, goodness will come, purity will come, and everything that is excellent will come when this sleeping soul is roused to self-conscious activity.
They alone live who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
This is the gist of all worship – to be pure and to do good to others.
It is love and love alone that I preach, and I base my teaching on the great Vedantic truth of the sameness and omnipresence of the Soul of the Universe
* Selected Sayings from http://www.belurmath.org/national_youth_day.htm
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Swami Vivekanandha on Hinduism
Conversion
The Hindus, like the Jews, do not convert others; still gradually, other races are coming within Hinduism and adopting the manners and customs of the Hindus and falling into line with them. Hinduism is God centered. Other religions might prophet centered.
Toleration?
Defining the Idea of God
Pythagoras and Kapila
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
[Messages] - Swami Vivekananda and his methods of work
Still, Vivekananda’s ideas were not entirely accepted by all. His main opposition came from some of his own brother disciples. After the first meeting, on 1 May 1897, when the devotees had left, Swami Yogananda openly questioned Vivekananda’s methods of work. The following conversation took place: Yoganada: “You are doing these things by Western methods. Would you say that Sri Ramakrishna left us any such instructions?”
Vivekananda: “How do you know that these methods are not in keeping with his ideas? Sri Ramakrishna was the embodiment of infinite ideas: Do you want to shut him up in your own limits? I shall break those limits and scatter his ideas broadcast all over the world.
He never instructed me to introduce worship of him, and so forth. The methods of spiritual practice, concentration and meditation, and the other higher ideals of religion that he taught –those we must realize and teach to all men. Infinite are the ideas and infinite are the paths that lead to the goal. I was not born to create a new sect in this world, too full of sects already. Blessed are we that we have found refuge at the feet of our Master. It is our duty to give the ideas entrusted to us freely to the whole world.
“Time and again I have received in this life marks of his grace. He himself is at my back and is making me do all these things in these ways. When I used to lie under a tree, exhausted, smitten with hunger; when I had not a strip of cloth even to tie my kaupin with; when I had resolved to travel round the world penniless—even then, through his grace, I received help in every way. Then again, when people in crowds jostled with one another in the streets of Chicago to have sight of this Vivekananda, I was able, through his blessings, to digest without difficulty all that honour, a hundredth part of which would have turned the head of any other man. By the will of the Lord, victory has been mine everywhere. Now I intend to do something for this country. Do you all give up doubts and misgivings and help me in my work; and you will see how, by his grace, wonders will be accomplished.”
Yogananda: “Whatever you will, shall come about. We are always ready to follow your leading. I clearly see that the Master is working through you. Still, I confess, doubts do sometimes arise in the mind,for, as we saw it, his method of doing things was so different; and so I am led to ask myself whether we are not straying from Sri Ramakrishna’s teachings.”
Vivekananda: “The thing is this: Sri Ramakrishna is far greater than his disciples understand him to be. He is the embodiment of infinite spiritual ideas capable of development in infinite ways. Even if one can find a limit to the knowledge of Brahman, one cannot measure the unfathomable depths of our Master’s mind! One gracious glance of his eyes can create a hundred thousand Vivekananda at this instant! But if this time he chooses, instead, to work through me, making me his instrument, I can only bow to his will.”
His Eastern and Western Admirers, Reminiscences of Swami Vivekananda [Advaita Ashram: 1981], 2:249-50.