Tuesday, October 11, 2011

EXERTS HIMSELF FOR THEM EVEN AT THE RISK OF INCURRING PERSONAL DAMNATION - OTHERS ARE VULGAR PEOPLE


Arise! Awake! and stop not till the goal is reached." Life is ever expanding, contraction is death. The self-seeking man who is looking after his personal comforts and leading a lazy life — there is no room for him even in hell. He alone is a child of Shri Ramakrishna who is moved to pity for all creatures and exerts himself for them even at the risk of incurring personal damnation — others are vulgar people.

- Swami Vivekananda
(Summer?) 1894.The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 6/Epistles - Second Series/LVI Dear and Beloved

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