Pious thought of Swami Vivekananda
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Dr. Sunita Pamnani presents the teachings of Swami Vivekananda, emphasizing that true education uncovers inner perfection and character manifests this potential. The document stresses the importance of concentration and positive thinking in achieving success, along with the necessity of persistent effort and practical application of principles. Ultimately, it conveys that we shape our own realities and must engage in self-reflection to recognize our true selves and potential.
Pious thought of Swami Vivekananda
- 1. Golden Views of Swami Vivekananda Dr. Sunita Pamnani
- 2. “Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man, and character is the test of that manifestation.
- 3. “We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute.
- 4. We came to enjoy; we are being enjoyed. We came to rule; we are being ruled We came to work; we are being worked. All the time, we find that. And this comes into every detail of our life
- 5. All search is vain, until we begin to perceive that wisdom is within ourselves ... then we may know the sun is rising, that the morning is breaking for us.
- 6. The world is ready to give up its secrets if we only know how to knock, how to give it the necessary blow. The strength and force of the blow come through concentration
- 7. It is our mental attitude which makes the world what it is for us. Our thoughts make things beautiful, our thoughts make things ugly. The whole world is in our own minds
- 8. Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of i dream of it, live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leav every other idea alone. This the way to success
- 9. “Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it were after his or her heart. But the intelligent ones are those who can convert every work into one that suits their taste.
- 10. . “We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live they travel far.
- 11. . “God is merciful to those whom He sees struggling heart and soul for realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that His grace will never come.
- 12. . “This life is a hard fact; work your way through it boldly, though it ma be adamantine; no matter, the sou is stronger.
- 13. . “Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.
- 14. . You are the makers of your own fortunes. You make yourselves suffer, you make good and evil, and it is you who put your hands before your eyes and say it is dark. Take your hands away and see the light.
- 15. It will not do merely to listen to great principles. You must apply them in the practical field, turn them into constant practice.
- 16. Practice is absolutely necessary. You may sit down and listen to me by the hour every day, but if you do not practice, you will not get one step further.
- 17. It is impossible to find God outside of ourselves. We are the greatest temple
- 18. The teachings of Krishna as taught by the Gita are the grandest the world has ever known. He who wrote that wonderful poem was one of those rare souls whose lives send a wave of regeneration through the world.
- 19. “Talk to yourself once in a day… otherwise you may miss meeting an excellent person in this world” ~ Swami Vivekananda
- 20. “Talk to yourself once in a day… otherwise you may miss meeting an excellent person in this world” ~ Swami Vivekananda
- 21. • Every thought is a little hammer blow on the lump of iron which our bodies are, manufacturing out of it what we want to be.
- 22. . It is thought which is the propelling force in us. Fill the mind with the highest thoughts, hear them day after day, think them month after month
- 23. Don't look back—forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience—then alone can great deeds be accomplished.
- 24. When the mind is free from activity or functioning, it vanishes and the Self is revealed This state has been described b the commentator Shankara as ...supersensuous state.
- 25. “However we may receive blows, and however knocked about we may be, the Soul is there and is never injured. We are tha Infinite.