Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Hence this life of yours which you are living is not merely a piece of the entire existence, but is in a… — Erwin Schrödinger 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
Everything that has name and form must begin in time, exist in time, and end in time. These are settled doctrines of… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
My personal, metaphysical belief is Vedanta, which is that ultimately there is a singular consciousness. It's like a Hindu metaphysics, that basically… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
There is no help for you, outside yourself; You are the creator of the universe. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Om is not just a sound or vibration. It is not just a symbol. It is the entire cosmos, whatever we can… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
Vedanta teaches that consciousness is singular, all happenings are played out in one universal consciousness and there is no multiplicity of selves… — Erwin Schrodinger Copy Share Image
“It [realization of Oneness] means being constantly open to the possibility that we are like two flowers looking at each other from… — Francis Lucille Copy Share Image
Our first duty is not to hate ourselves, because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God.… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Among Hindu groups, none has made as great an impact on America as the Vedanta Society. — J. Gordon Melton Copy Share Image
"Comfort" is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often far from being "comfortable". — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“In a heart that has drowned itself in the awareness of true jñāna, which is wholly love, bliss in its fullness will… — Muruganar Copy Share Image
The one theme of the Vedanta philosophy is the search after unity. The Hindu mind does not care for the particular; it… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Prana, according to the Vedanta, is the principle of life. It is like ether, an omnipresent principle; and all motion, either in… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Vairâgya or renunciation is the turning point in all the various Yogas. The Karmi (worker) renounces the fruits of his work. The… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Freedom can never be reached by the weak. Throw away all weakness. Tell your body that it is strong, tell your mind… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Not believing in the glory of our own soul is what the Vedanta calls atheism. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
This is a world of good and evil. Wherever there is good, evil follows, but beyond and behind all these manifestations, all… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“When the jīva, reflected consciousness, has its inert association with the body totally destroyed and ignited by the fire of jñāna, it… — Muruganar Copy Share Image
Perfection does not come from belief or faith. Talk does not count for anything. Parrots can do that. Perfection comes through the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
When I read the Upanishads, which are part of Vedanta, I found a profundity of worldview that made my Christianity seem like… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
