The Vedic Verse
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The Vedic Verse
Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached."
Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Volume 3, Page 193. (Originally from the Katha Upanishad, he made it his life's motto).
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Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Volume 1, Page 177.
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Strength is life, weakness is death. Expansion is life, contraction is death. Love is life, hatred is death.
Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Volume 4, Page 366.
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You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.
Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Volume 4, Page 302.
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"We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion. Religion is the most joyful thing in the world... Out of Mother's heart we have come, into Her heart we must go. Therefore, let us not worry, let us not plan, let us not look back, but ever forward."
— Lecture: "The Ideal of a Universal Religion". Complete Works, 2.396
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"The infinite power of the spirit, brought to bear upon matter, evolves material development, made to act upon thought, evolves intellectuality, and made to act upon itself, makes of man a God. First, kill the desire to distinguish yourself from others; then, kill the fear of your own destiny."
— Inspired Talks, Thousand Island Park, July 1895. Complete Works, 7.15
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Sri Ramakrishna told M. (The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, 1882):
“The world is like an ocean of poison. One or two boatloads of people get across it safely, while thousands are drowned. Your boat must be strong; it must be equipped with the mast of detachment, the sail of devotion, and the rudder of knowledge.”
👉 Life’s challenges are like a stormy sea. Build your “boat” strong with devotion, detachment, and wisdom. Then no storm can sink you.
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One must dive deep into the ocean of God's existence. The pearls are not on the surface.
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, conversation dated October 27, 1882
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God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole."
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, conversation dated March 11, 1883.
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Live in the world like a maidservant in a rich man's house. She does all the household work, but her thoughts are fixed on her own home in her native village.
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, conversation dated October 27, 1882. (This is his famous teaching on non-attachment).
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