Teachings of Swami Vivekananda...

Have faith that you are all my brave lads, born to do great things. Let not the barks of puppies frighten you, not even the thunderbolts of heaven, but stand up and work.

---Swami Vivekananda

 

“We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.”


--Swami Vivekananda

 

At least Vivekanada never tried to support torture on the grounds that it can be 'spiritual' activity, unlike the OP here has done over in the c/anity forum.

Sedrick took exception to this, and got banned.

Justice?

You decide - assuming this isn't deleted by the mgmt as well.

 

And I have clearly explained as well that I mean that all our activity can be made spiritual , not necessarily paedophilia and torture, which snakie brought into the picture , even though I well know that he understood the context of what I was saying.

Tough luck, junior :baby: .


Try again some other time.

 

Ye divinities on earth - sinners ! It is a sin to call a man so; it is a standing libel on human nature . Come up , O lions, and shake off the delusion that you are sheep, you are souls immortal, spirits free, blest and eternal; ye are not matter, ye are not bodies; matter is your servant, not you the servant of matter.

-- Swami Vivekananda

 

recap the snake was banned?

 

Probably for 2-3 days. He will be back. I have given a pm to the webmaster, that he is a good guy, and was just teasing people, and his posts are valuable indeed. so i hope he will be back, shortly.

 

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.

-- Swami Vivekananda

 

"Every mental and physical blow that is given to the soul, by which, as it were, fire is
struck from it, and by which its own power and knowledge are discovered, is karma, this word being used in its widest sense. Thus we are all doing karma all the time. I am
talking to you: that is karma. You are listening: that is karma. We breathe: that is
karma. We walk: karma. Everything we do, physical or mental, is karma, and it leaves
its mark on us."

Swami Vivekanandaji

Karma Yoga. New York, 1895. Complete Works, 1: 29

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swami_Vivekananda#Birth_and_early_life


Vivekananda was a renowned thinker in his own right. One of his most important contributions was to demonstrate how Advaitin thinking is not merely philosophically far-reaching, but how it also has social, even political, consequences. One important lesson he claimed to receive from Ramakrishna was that "Jiva is Shiva " (each individual is divinity itself). This became his Mantra, and he coined the concept of daridra narayana seva - the service of God in and through (poor) human beings. If there truly is the unity of Brahman underlying all phenomena, then on what basis do we regard ourselves as better or worse, or even as better-off or worse-off, than others? - This was the question he posed to himself. Ultimately, he concluded that these distinctions fade into nothingness in the light of the oneness that the devotee experiences in Moksha. What arises then is compassion for those "individuals" who remain unaware of this oneness and a determination to help them.

 

Life is the unfoldment and development of a being under circumstances tending to press it down.

--Swami Vivekananda

 

That society is the greatest, where the highest truths become practical. That is my opinion, and if society is not fit for the highest truths, make it so, and the sooner, the better. Stand up , men and women, in this spirit, dare to believe in the Truth, dare to practice the Truth !

---Swami Vivekananda

 

No great work can be achieved by humbug. It is through Love, a passion for truth, and tremondous energy, that all undertakings are accomplished. Therefore , manifest your manhood.


---Swami Vivekananda

 

Tell me what he means when he says that.

 

Work hard, be steady, and have faith in the
Lord. Set to work, I am coming sooner or
later. Keep the motto before you: "Elevation
of the masses without injuring their religion."

-Swami Vivekanandaji
From Chicago. Letter to his disciples in Chennai. January 24, 1894. CW, 5: 29

 

It means to be a man, and take up the whole responsibility on your own shoulders and make your own destiny.

And fight against injustice as well, instead of impotently saying that it is the will of God.

 

Work hard, be steady, and have faith in the
Lord. Set to work, I am coming sooner or
later. Keep the motto before you: "Elevation
of the masses without injuring their religion."

Swami Vivekanandaji

From Chicago. Letter to his disciples in Chennai. January 24, 1894. CW, 5: 29
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If you really want to judge of the character
of others, look not at their great
performances. Every fool may become a hero at
one time or another. Watch people do their
most common actions; those are indeed the
things which will tell you their real
character. Great occasions rouse even the
lowest of human beings to some kind of
greatness, but they alone are really great
whose character is great always, the same
wherever they be.

Swami Vivekanandaji
Karma Yoga. New York, 1895. Complete Works, 1: 29

 

What is a man? What is the nature of responsibility? and what is the nature of fighting? where does this fighting take place? and what is considered impotence? Tell me this and yes these are all ontological questions.

 

Well, I guess I have to teach u ABC, but I really don't have the time for it. Check the dictionary, and u will find the answers in other threads of mine as wel, including that I will post in the future.

 

Tapasyâ is threefold--of
the body, of speech, and of mind. The first
is service to others; the second,
truthfulness; and third, control and
concentration.

Swami Vivekanandaji

Selections from the Belur Math Diary. Complete Works, 5: 319