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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Swami Vivekananda


12th January was Swami Vivekananda's Birth Day, disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahansa. He is the only monk, who taught world what actually Hindutva means...His famous address in Chicago was a mesmerized one.
Let us see some of his teachings.....
"If you really want to judge the character of a man, look not at his great performances . Every fool may become a hero at one time or another. Watch a man do his most common actions;those are indeed the things which will tell you the real character of a great man".

"Truth, purity, and unselfishness - wherever these are present, there is no power below or above the sun to crush the possessor thereof. Equipped with these, one individual is able to face the whole universe in opposition".

"Three things are necessary to make every man great, every nation great:
  • conviction of the powers of goodness.
  • Absence of jealousy and suspicion.
  • Helping all who are trying to be and do good.
"Each soul is potentially divine. The goal is to manifest this divinity within by controlling nature, external and internal. Do this either by work or worship or psychic control, or philosophy -by one or more or all of these -and be free. This is the whole of religion. Doctrines or dogmas or rituals or books or temples or forms are but secondary details".

Let us pay a great homage to a saint..who stood as true Indian...

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