May He who is the Brahman of the Hindus, the Ahura-Mazda of the Zoroastrians, the Buddha of the Buddhists, the Jehovah of… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Buddha gave up his throne and renounced his position, that was true renunciation; but there cannot be any question of renunciation in… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Do I wish that the Christian would become Hindu? God forbid. Do I wish that the Hindu or Buddhist would become Christian?… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
For a warrior, nothing is higher than a war against evil. The warrior confronted with such a war should be pleased, Arjuna,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Buddha taught kindness towards lower beings; and since then there has not been a sect in India that has not taught charity… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The Buddhists or the Jains do not depend upon God; but the whole force of their religion is directed to the great… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Hinduism threw away Buddhism after taking its sap. The attempt of all the Southern Acharyas was to effect a reconciliation between the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Hinduism cannot live without Buddhism, nor Buddhism without Hinduism. Then realise what the separation has shown to us, that the Buddhists cannot… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Hindus believe in God positively. Buddhism does not try to know whether He is or not. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The Buddhist tenet, "Non-killing is supreme virtue", is very good, but in trying to enforce it upon all by legislation without paying… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“On the philosophic side the disciples of the Great Master dashed themselves against the eternal rocks of the Vedas and could not… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“The Christian is not to become a Hindu or a Buddhist, nor is a Hindu or a Buddhist to become a Christian.… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
From the high spiritual flights of the Vedanta philosophy, of which the latest discoveries of science seem like echoes, to the low… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Modern Hinduism, modern Jainism, and Buddhism branched off at the same time. For some period, each seemed to have wanted to outdo… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Where is fate and who is fate? We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. None else… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Present-day Hinduism and Buddhism were growths from the same branch. Buddhism degenerated, and Shankara lopped it off! — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Buddha and Christ were second-rate heroes. The greatest men that ever live pass away unknown. They put forth no claims for themselves,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The Hindus have a peculiar slovenliness in business matters, not being sufficiently methodical and strict in keeping accounts etc. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Let positive, strong, helpful thoughts enter into your brains from very childhood. Lay yourselves open to these thoughts, and not to weakening and paralysing… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
It is the free alone which never changes, and the unchangeable alone which is free; for change is produced by something exterior to a… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself - this is called life. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Though an atom is invisible, unthinkable, yet in it are the whole power and potency of the universe. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Nothing can be produced without a cause, and the effect is but the cause reproduced. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
