Swami Vivekananda was an Indian Hindu monk chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna.
Swami Vivekananda birthday is also observed as National Youth Day in the country.
Born into an aristocratic Bengali family of Calcutta, Vivekananda was inclined towards spirituality.
“We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.” – Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda Quotes are so popular because they are so much towards about spirituality and motivational towards life.
He was one of the key person that introduced Indian philosophies like Vedanta and yoga to the western world. He is also the person that is majorly credited for raising that status of Hinduism as a major world religion during the 19th century.
He is best known for his iconic speech at the Parliament of World’s religions in Chicago in 1893 which began with “Sisters and Brothers of America.”
In America Vivekananda’s mission was the interpretation of India’s spiritual culture, especially in its Vedantic setting. He also tried to enrich the religious consciousness of the Americans through the rational and humanistic teachings of the Vedanta philosophy.
In America he became India’s spiritual ambassador and pleaded eloquently for better understanding between India and the New World in order to create a healthy synthesis of East and West, of religion and science.
The Swami’s mission was both national and international. A lover of mankind, he strove to promote peace and human brotherhood on the spiritual foundation of the Vedantic Oneness of existence. A mystic of the highest order, Vivekananda had a direct and intuitive experience of Reality. He derived his ideas from that unfailing source of wisdom and often presented them in the soulstirring language of poetry.
Swami Vivekananda Quotes
- We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
- Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.
- The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.
- Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth.
- Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
- You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.
- In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.
- If we both exchange one rupee, we each have one rupee.But if we both exchange one good thought, we each have two good thoughts.
- In a day, when you don’t come across any problems – you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path.
- All power is within you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in that.
- The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.
- They alone live, who live for others.
- Arise,Awake,Stop not until your goal is achieved.
A Blessing : Poem
The Mother’s heart, the hero’s will,
The softest flowers’ sweetest feel;
The charm and force that ever sway
The altar-fire’s flaming play;
The strength that leads, in love obeys;
Far-reaching dreams, and patient ways,
Eternal faith in Self, in all,
The light Divine in great, in small;
All these and more than I could see,
Today may ‘Mother’ grant to thee!
3 Golden Rules from Swami Vivekananda:
Who is helping you, don’t forget them.
Who is loving you, don’t hate them.
Who is believing you, don’t cheat them.
Famous speech of Swami Vivekananda at Chicago: