Swami Vivekananda ✓

(1863–1902) spiritual leader British Raj

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[Wikidata] Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863–1902)... | [Wikipedia] Swami Vivekananda, born Narendranath Datta, was an Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, author, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. Vivekananda was a major figure in the introduction of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world, and is credited with raising interfaith

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• Man is guided by the stomach. He walks and the stomach goes first and the head afterwards. Have you not seen that? It will take… Afterwards
• Man is man so long as he is struggling to rise above nature, and this nature is both internal and external. Both
• Man is not mind, he is soul. Inspirational
• Man is really free, the real man cannot but be free. Free
• Man is the apex of the only world we can ever know. Apex
• Man is the best mirror, and the purer the man, the more clearly he can reflect God. Best
• Man is the epitome of all things and all knowledge is in him. All
• Man is the greatest being that ever can be. Funny
• Man is the highest being in creation, because he attains to freedom. Attains
• Man is the highest being that exists, and this is the greatest world. Exists
• Man is the nearest approach to Brahman. Approach
• Man is the product of two forces, action and reaction, which make him think. Action
• Man makes the mistake of separating himself from God and identifying himself with the body. Body
• Man, therefore, according to the Vedanta philosophy, is the greatest being that is in the universe. According
• Man will have to go beyond intellect in the end. Beyond
• Man's experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool. Enable
• Man's free agency is not of the mind, for that is bound. There is no freedom there. Agency
• Man the infinite dreamer, dreaming finite dreams! Dream
• Manushya (man) is a being with Manas (mind); and as soon as his thinking power goes, he becomes no better than an animal. Animal
• Never say any man is hopeless, because he only represents a character, a bundle of habits, which can be checked by new and better ones.… Alone
• Only man makes Karma. Inspirational
• The animal man lives in the senses. If he does not get enough to eat, he is miserable; or if something happens to his body,… Animal
• The apparent man is only a limitation of that Real Man. Apparent
• The calm man is not the man who is dull. You must not mistake Sattva for dullness or laziness. The calm man is the one… Activity
• The happiest is the man who is not at all selfish. All

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