INDIA WILL BE RAISED, NOT WITH THE POWER OF THE FLESH, BUT WITH THE POWER OF SPIRIT.

 

India will be raised, not with the power of the flesh, but with this power of the spirit; not with the flag of destruction but with the flag of peace and love, the garb of the Sannyasin; not by the power of wealth, but by the power of the begging bowl. Say not that you are weak. The spirit is omnipotent.

- Swami Vivekananda

THERE SHOULD NOT BE BREATH OF IMMORALITY, NOR A STAIN OF POLICY WHICH IS BAD.

I want that there should be no hypocrisy, no Jesuitism, no roguery. I have depended always on the Lord, always on Truth broad as the light of day. Let me not di...e with stains on my conscience for having played Jesuitism to get up name or fame, or even to do good. There should not be a breath of immorality, nor a stain of policy which is bad.

- Swami Vivekananda
TO MY BRAVE BOYS
(Written to Alasinga Perumal from New York on 19th November, 1894.)See More

...AND NOTHING CAN PREVENT OUR DEATH UNLESS WE COME BACK TO EXPANSION, WHICH IS LIFE

 

“Whatever cloak ancient or modern sophistry may try to throw over it, the inevitable result — the vindication of the moral law, that none can hate others... without degenerating himself — is that the race that was foremost amongst the ancient races is now a byword, and a scorn among nations. We are object-lessons of the violation of that law which our ancestors were the first to discover and disseminate.

Give and take is the law; and if India wants to raise herself once more, it is absolutely necessary that she brings out her treasures and throws them broadcast among the nations of the earth, and in return be ready to receive what others have to give her. Expansion is life, contraction is death. Love is life, and hatred is death. We commenced to die the day we began to hate other races; and nothing can prevent our death unless we come back to expansion, which is life”

- Swami Vivekananda
REPLY TO THE CALCUTTA ADDRESS
(Written from New York on Nov. 18, 1894, to Raja Pyari Mohan Mukherji, President of the public meeting held on Sept. 5, 1894 at the Calcutta Town Hall in appreciation of Swami Vivekananda's work in the West.)See More

...AND MORE LIGHT TO THE EDUCATED, FOR THE VANITIES OF THE EDUCATION OF OUR TIME ARE TREMENDOUS!

 Bring all light into the world. Light, bring light! Let light come unto every one; the task will not be finished till every one has reached t...he Lord. Bring light to the poor and bring more light to the rich, for they require it more than the poor. Bring light to the ignorant, and more light to the educated, for the vanities of the education of our time are tremendous! Thus bring light to all and leave the rest unto the Lord, for in the words of the same Lord "To work you have the right and not to the fruits thereof." "Let not your work produce results for you, and at the same time may you never be without work."

May He who taught such grand ideas to our forefathers ages ago help us to get strength to carry into practice His commands!

- Swami Vivekananda
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 3/Lectures from Colombo to Almora/Vedanta in its Application to Indian Life

IF YOU DARE OPPOSE THEM, TAKE IT UP; PUT THEIR TEACHINGS TO THE TEST.

When a Westernized Hindu spoke in a belittling manner of the " meaningless teachings " of the Vedic seers, the Swami { Swami Vivekananda } fell upon him with thunderbolt vehemence, crying out,

" How dare you criticize your venerable forefathers in such a fashion! A little learning has muddled your brain. Have you tested the science of the Rishis ? Have you even as much as read the Vedas ? There is the challenge thrown by the Rishis! If you DARE oppose them, take it up: put their teachings to the test. "

- Swami Vivekananda
[ Source: Alasinga Perumal - An illustrious disciple of Swami Vivekananda ]See More