Mattthias · @Mattthias
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"The caste system is opposed to the religion of the Vedanta. Caste is a social custom, and all our great preachers have tried to break it down. From Buddhism downwards, every sect has preached against caste [...]"

Swami Vivekananda

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Swami Vivekananda is not a Sangh Parivar icon. Liberal-progressives allowed his appropriation

Capturing Vivekananda's legacy was much easier for the Sangh Parivar. The average Indian relates to him largely as a saffron-clad sanyasi. That's all RSS would like them to know, writes Yogendra Yadav.

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Explained: Das criticized Swami Vivekananda for consuming fish, stating 'that a virtuous person should not harm any living being'

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Manish Vij · @vij
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‘Swami , who represented Hinduism at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago in 1893, took pains to depict his faith as monotheistic, in contrast to the stereotypes of its followers as “heathen” polytheists’

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I daresay that most Western philosophers and cognitive scientists studying do not know the full extent of the historical influences on their discipline

Many folks in modern Western consciousness studies trace their history back to William James but do not know that James was deeply influenced by Swami who was influenced by and his own guru, the great Bengali mystical saint Sri

Thus modern consciousness studies has a deeply origin story

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Last updated 2 years ago

“When I think of [Sri Ramakrishna], I feel like a fool, because I wanted to read books and he never did… . He was his own book.” ~ Swami Vivekananda

“[Sri Ramakrishna] taught them the technique of reading one’s life like a book rather than depending solely on the scriptures, or swallowing others’ ideas.” ~ Swami Chetenananda

How foolish we “intellectuals” are for thinking the answer to our spiritual problems lies in books!

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“The householder by digging tanks, by planting trees on the roadsides, by establishing rest-houses for men and animals, by making roads and building bridges, goes towards the same goal as the greatest Yogi.”

~ Swami Vivekananda, Karma Yoga

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“If you wish to draw profit, read with humility, simplicity, and faith, and never with the design of gaining a reputation for learning.”
~ The Imitation of Christ

In his period of wandering, Swami carried but two books: The Bhagavad Gita, and The Imitation of Christ

He had a prodigious memory, fierce intellect, voracious appetite for learning, and was widely read in traditions West and East

But he sailed far beyond the limitations of mere academic learning

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Modern Physics and Ancient Faith

Modern Physics and Ancient Faith amzn.eu/d/7DVTxI1
That's so reminiscent of
Religion and science
Essay by

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Dr. Kiran J Patel · @bansijpatel
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हे नरेंद्र, इस नरेंद्र का अर्पण स्वीकार्य करें..!!

आप के विचारों को विश्व स्तर पर ले जाने और आप के सपनों को साकार करके ही मानेंगे। आज के दिन हम ये दृढ़ संकल्प लेते हैं। आप की जयंती हम सभी को प्रेरणा देती है।

शत शत नमन




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Michael Zamot :verified: · @mzamot
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"All power is within you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in that, do not believe that you are weak; do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. You can do any thing and everything, without even the guidance of any one. Stand up and express the divinity within you."

#spirituality #vedanta #vivekananda #meditation #hinduism #mindfulness

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Saumyajit · @Saumyajit
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Her tweet came on me feed after a long long time. Has she transitioned to full blown bhakta by now?
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RT @sadhavi
If you get a chance to speak to a foreign audience in a foreign land about India and Indians, be a not a !
twitter.com/sadhavi/status/146

#vivekananda #virdas

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