Swami Vivekananda — Spiritual Quotes

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Swami Vivekananda Quotes

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Swami Vivekananda

Spiritual Leader, Philosopher

Spiritual

“Get away from all books and forms and let your soul see its Self. "We are deluded and maddened by books", Shri Krishna declares.”

Book Self Soul

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Swami Vivekananda

Spiritual Leader, Philosopher

Spiritual

“A Sannyasin cannot belong to any religion, for his is a life of independent thought, which draws from all religions; his is a life of realisation, not merely of theory or belief, much less of dogma.”

Independent Belief Dogma

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Spiritual

“No more materialism, no more this egoism, I must become spiritual.”

Spiritual Materialism Egoism

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Spiritual

“There is nothing so high as renunciation of self.”

Self Renunciation

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Spiritual

“...oneness is the secret to everything.”

Secret Awareness

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Spiritual

“As soon as extreme attachment comes, a man loses himself, he is no more master of himself, he is a slave.”

Men Masters Slave

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Spiritual

“The greatest help to spiritual life is meditation. In meditation we divest ourselves of all material conditions and feel our divine nature. We do not depend upon any external help in meditation. The touch of the soul can paint the brightest color even in the dingiest places; it can cast a fragrance over the vilest thing; it can make the wicked divine-and all enmity, all selfishness is effaced.”

Spiritual Color Meditation

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Spiritual

“This little separate self must die. Then we shall find that we are in the Real, and that Real is God, and He is our own true nature, and He is always in us and with us. Let us live in Him and stand in Him. It is the only joyful state of existence. Life on the plane of the Spirit is the only life, and let us all try to attain to this realization.”

Real Trying Self

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Spiritual

“The greatest help to spiritual life is meditation. In meditation we divest ourselves of all material condition and feel our divine nature.”

Spiritual Meditation Mindfulness

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Spiritual

“Even the lowest of the low have the Atman (Soul) inside, which never dies and never is born, immortal, without beginning or end, the all pure, omnipotent and omnipresent Atman!”

Spiritual Soul God

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Spiritual

“As the different streams, having their sources in different places, all mingle their water in the sea; O Lord, so the different paths which men take through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee.”

Different Water Sea

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Spiritual

“That intense faith in another world, that intense hatred for this world, that intense power of renunciation, that intense faith in God, that intense faith in the immortal soul, is in you. I challenge anyone to give it up. You cannot. You may try to impose upon me by becoming materialists, by talking materialism for a few months, but I know what you are; if I take you by the hand, back you come as good theists as ever were born. How can you change your nature?”

Giving Hands Talking

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