Showing posts with label thoughts of vivekananda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thoughts of vivekananda. Show all posts

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Religion


 All who have actually 
attained any 
real religious experience 
never wrangle over
the form in which 
the different religions are 
expressed. 


They know that the soul
of all religions is 
the same and so 
they have no quarrel 
with anybody just
because
he or she does not 
speak in the same tongue.

Monday, March 5, 2012

Stream of life


A tremendous stream is
 flowing toward the ocean, 
carrying us all along with it;
and though like straws 
and 
scraps of paper 
we may at times
float aimlessly
about,
 in the long run 
we are sure to join 
the Ocean of
 Life and Bliss.

Be a Hero


“The earth is enjoyed by heroes”
this is the unfailing truth. 
Be a hero. 
Always
say,
 “I have no fear.”

Comfort and truth


“Comfort”
is no test of truth; 
on the contrary,
truth is often far from being
“comfortable.”

Meaning of life


I do not want to get 
material life, 
do not want the sense-life, 
but something higher.
That is renunciation. 
Then, 
by the power of meditation,
undo the
mischief that has been done.

The thread of all


I am the thread that runs 
through all these pearls,
and each pearl is a religion
or 
even a sect thereof. Such are
 the different pearls, and
God is the thread that
runs through all of them; 
most people, however, 
are entirely unconscious of it.

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Ideal of life

Uphold Your Ideals:
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.

Live and let others live


Don't Play The Blame Game:  
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.

The way you feel

It's The Way You Feel: 
Feel like
Christ and you will be a Christ; 
feel like Buddha and
you will be a Buddha. 
It is feeling that is the life, 
the strength, the vitality,
without which no amount 
of intellectual activity 
can reach God.

Life is Beautiful

Life is Beautiful:
First, believe in this world -
that there is meaning behind 
everything. 
Everything in the world is good,
is holy and beautiful. 
If you see something evil, 
think that you
do not understand
it in the right light. 
Throw the burden on yourselves!

Attitude

It's Your Outlook 
That Matters: It is our 
own mental attitude,
which makes the world 
what it is for us. 
Our thoughts make 
things beautiful, 
our thoughts make
things ugly. 
The whole world
 is in our own minds.
Learn to see things in the 
proper light.

Friday, February 3, 2012

Law of life

Love Is The Law Of Life: 
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.