THAT THERE IS NO OTHER OBJECT IN WORK EXCEPT THE PURIFICTION OF THE SOUL

"If you have known the Atman as the one existence and that nothing else exists, for whom, for what desire, do you trouble yourself?" Through Maya all this doing good etc. came into my brain--now they are leaving me. I get more and more convinced that there is no other object in work except the purification of the soul--to make it fit for

knowledge. This world with its good and evil will go on in various forms. Only the evil and good will take new names and new seats. My soul is hankering after peace and rest eternal undisturbed. "Live alone, live alone. He who is alone never comes into conflict with others--never disturbs others, is never disturbed by others." - Swami Vivakananda Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Volume - 6, Page 356

THE POOR, THE ILLITERATE, THE IGNORANT, THE AFFLICTED - LET THESE BE YOUR GOD - KNOW THAT SERVICE TO THESE ALONE IS THE HIGHEST RELIGION

Work, worship, and Jnana (knowledge) — first work, and your mind will be purified; otherwise everything will be fruitless like pouring oblations on a pile of ashes instead of in the sacred fire. When Gunanidhi comes, move from door to door of the poor and the destitute in every village of Rajputana. If people object to the kind of food you take, give it up immediately. It is preferable to live on grass for the sake of doing good to others. The Geruâ robe is not for enjoyment. It is the banner of heroic work. You must give your body, mind, and speech to “the welfare of the world”. You have read — “मातृदेवो भव, पितृदेवो भव — Look upon your mother as God, look upon your father as God” — but I say “दरिद्रदेवो भव, मूर्खदेवो भव — The poor, the illiterate, the ignorant, the afflicted — let these be your God.” Know that service to these alone is the highest religion. Swami Vivekananda Page 288, Epistles, Volume 6, Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

SUPREME CALMNESS

" A bird, in the course of its flight, reaches a spot whence it looks on the ground below with supreme calmness, have you reached that spot? He who has not reached there has no right to teach others. Relax your limbs, and float with the current, and you are sure to reach your destination "

- Swami Vivekananada Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Volume 6, Epistles, Page 286

ESTABLISHED IN WHICH STATE A MAN IS NOT MOVED EVEN BY GREAT MISFORTUNE

Never mind, उपेक्षितव्यं तद्वचनं भवत्सट्टशानां महात्मनाम्। अपि कीटदंशनभीरुका वयं रामकृष्ण तनयास्तदूहृदयरुधिरपोषिताः। "अलोकसामान्यमचिन्त्यहेतुकं हिन्दन्ति मन्दाश्चरितं महात्मनाम्" — Great men like you should pay no heed to what he says. Shall we, children of Shri Ramakrishna, nourished with his heart's blood, be afraid of worm-bites? "The wicked criticise the conduct of the magnanimous, which is extraordinary and whose motives are difficult to fathom" (Kalidasa's Kumârasambhavam.) — remember all this and forgive this fool. It is the will of the Lord that people of this land have their power of introspection roused, and does it lie in anybody to check His progress? I want no name — I want to be a voice without a form. I do not require anybody to defend me — — who am I to check or to help the course of His march? And who are others also? Still, my heartfelt gratitude to them. — "Established in which state a man is not moved even by great misfortune" (Gita) — that state he has not reached; think of this and look upon him with pity. Through the Lord's will, the desire for name and fame has not yet crept into my heart, and I dare say never will. I am an instrument, and He is the operator. Through this instrument He is rousing the religious instinct in thousands of hearts in this far-off country. Thousands of men and women here love and revere me. . . . " the lame cross mountains." I am amazed at His grace. Whichever town I visit, it is in an uproar. They have named me "the cyclonic Hindu". Remember, it is His will — I am a voice without a form. - Swami Vivekananda | The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Volume 6 Epistles - Second Series