Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, CWSV Volume 7
From The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Volume 7- Chapter 4 – Notes Of Class Talks and Lectures In order that a nation may rise, it must have a high ideal. Now, that ideal is, of course, the abstract Brahman. But as you all cannot be inspired by an abstract...
Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, CWSV Volume 7
From The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Volume 7- Chapter 4 – Notes Of Class Talks and Lectures By force, think of one thing at least as Brahman. Of course it is easier to think of Ramakrishna as God, but the danger is that we cannot form Ishvara –...
Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, CWSV Volume 7
From The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Volume 7- Chapter 4 – Notes Of Class Talks and Lectures In a narrow society there is depth and intensity of spirituality. The narrow stream is very rapid. In a catholic society, along with the breadth of vision we...
Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, CWSV Volume 7
From The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Volume 7- Chapter 4 – Notes Of Class Talks and Lectures In the course of a conversation Swamiji spiritedly remarked, “Leave off your commercial calculating ideas. If you can get rid of your attachment to a...
Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, CWSV Volume 7
From The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Volume 7- Chapter 4 – Notes Of Class Talks and Lectures Talking of the respective duties of a monk and a householder, Swamiji said: A Sannyasin should avoid the food, bedding, etc., which have been touched or used by...
Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, CWSV Volume 7
From The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Volume 7- Chapter 4 – Notes Of Class Talks and Lectures You preach to others to be men but cannot give them good food. I have been thinking over this problem for the last four years. I wish to make an experiment...
Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, CWSV Volume 7
From The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Volume 7- Chapter 4 – Notes Of Class Talks and Lectures Man’s inner hankering is to find some one who is free, that is, beyond the laws of nature. The Vedantins believe in such an Eternal Ishvara, while the...
Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, CWSV Volume 7
From The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Volume 7- Chapter 4 – Notes Of Class Talks and Lectures The Mantra – shastris (upholders of the Mantra theory) believe that some words have been handed down through a succession of teachers and disciples, and...
Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, CWSV Volume 7
From The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Volume 7- Chapter 4 – Notes Of Class Talks and Lectures In art, interest must be centred on the principal theme. Drama is the most difficult of all arts. In it two things are to be satisfied — first, the ears,...
