Swami Vivekananda — Spiritual Quotes

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Swami Vivekananda Quotes

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Swami Vivekananda

Spiritual Leader, Philosopher

Spiritual

“[Not parroting.] My old Master used to say, "It is all very good to teach the parrot to say, 'Lord, Lord, Lord' all the time; but let the cat come and take hold of its neck, it forgets all about it" [You may] pray all the time, read all the scriptures in the world, and worship all the gods there are, [but] unless you realise the soul there is no freedom. Not talking, theorising, argumentation, but realisation. That I call practical religion.”

Soul Talking Cat

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Swami Vivekananda

Spiritual Leader, Philosopher

Spiritual

“Too early religious advancement of the Hindus and that superfineness in everything which made them cling to higher alternatives, have reduced them to what they are. The Hindus have to learn a little bit of materialism from the West and teach them a little bit of spirituality.”

Religious Alternatives Advancement

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“Life in this world is an attempt to see God.”

World This World

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“The essence of our Faith consists simply in this freedom of the Ishta.”

Faith Essence

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“In everything, there are two kinds of development-analytical and synthetical. In the former the Hindus excel other nations. In the latter they are nil.”

Two Kind Development

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“Chemistry ceases to improve when one element is found from which all others are deductible. Physics ceases to progress when one force is found of which all others are manifestations. So religion ceases to progress when unity is reached, which is the case with Hinduism.”

Progress Elements Unity

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Spiritual

“Hindus believe Buddha to be an Avatara.”

Believe Hinduism

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“The Hindus progressed in the subjective sciences.”

Hinduism Subjective

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Spiritual

“I believe that the Hindu faith has developed the spiritual in its devotees at the expense of the material, and I think that in the Western world the contrary is true. By uniting the materialism of the West with the spiritualism of the East I believe much can be accomplished. It may be that in the attempt the Hindu faith will lose much of its individuality.”

Thinking Believe Spiritual

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“Well has it been said that man is the only animal that naturally looks upwards; every other animal naturally looks down. That looking upward and going upward and seeking perfection are what is called salvation; and the sooner a man begins to go higher, the sooner he raises himself towards this idea of truth as salvation.”

Men Ideas Animal

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“To be unselfish, perfectly selfless, is salvation itself; for the man within dies, and God alone remains.”

Men He Man Selfless

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“It is a good discipline to be forced to work for work's sake, even to the length of not being allowed to enjoy the fruits of one's labour.”

Discipline Sake Fruit

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