Teachings Of Swami Vivekananda

 Dear Friends let me share few selected thoughts & teachings of Swami Vivekananda.

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.

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.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.

If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.

Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.

Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth.

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.

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.

Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success, and above all, love.

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