Letter to Kidi 03

CWSV Volume 5

From Epistles – First Series of Volume 5 of The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda 19 W 38th St., New York 22nd June, 1895. Dear Kidi, I will write you a whole letter instead of a line. I am glad you are progressing. You are mistaken in thinking that I am not...

Letter to Shrimati Indumati Mitra 02

CWSV Volume 6

This Kashmir is a veritable heaven on earth. Nowhere else in the world is such a country as this. Mountains and rivers, trees and plants, men and women, beasts and birds — all vie with one another for excellence

Vimukti – “Liberated Soul”

Memories and Notes on Guru Ramana

Yesterday Sri Maharshi composed a quatrain on Lakshmi in Tamil, giving the date and the astrological sign of her death, referring to her as a “liberated soul”, for which he used the Samskrit word “Vimukti” to make it quite clear that it was not merely release from the body that he meant, but final emancipation.

Letter to Akhandananda 09

CWSV Volume 6

Go on working at top speed. Never fear! I, too, have determined to work. The body must go, no mistake about that. Why then let it go in idleness? It is better to wear out than rust out.

Letter to RAKHAL 08

CWSV Volume 6

The stone is never unchaste, the cow never tells a lie, nor do trees commit theft or robbery, but what does it matter? Granted that you do not steal, nor tell a lie, nor lead an unchaste life, but meditate four hours a day and religiously ring the bell for twice as many hours.