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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• The ignorant man never enjoys. Enjoy
• The glory of man is that he is a thinking being. It is the nature of man to think and therein he differs from animals Animal
• The perfect man sees nothing but God. God
• The real man is the one Unit Existence. Existence
• There is no end to the power a man can obtain. End
• We can have no conception of God higher than man, so our God is man, and man is God. Conception
• Well has it been said that man is the only animal that naturally looks upwards; every other animal naturally looks down. Animal
• What is this universe but name and form? Form
• A form comes out of a combination of force and matter. Combination
• A wave in the ocean is a wave, only in so far as it is bound by name and form. Bound
• All forms are transitory, that is why all religions say, "God has no form". All
• Anything that is in space has form. Space itself has form. Either you are in space, or space is in you. The soul is beyond… All
• Change is inherent in every form. Change
• Differentiation is in name and form only. Differentiation
• Everything is substance plus name and form. Name and form come and go, but substance remains ever the same. Form
• Everything that has form, everything that is the result of combination, is evolved out of this Akasha. Akasha
• Everything that has form must have a beginning and an end. Beginning
• Everything that has name and form must begin in time, exist in time, and end in time. These are settled doctrines of the Vedanta, and… Begin
• Everything that occupies space has form. The formless can only be infinite. Form
• Everything which has name and form must die. If there are heavens with forms, these heavens must vanish in course of time; they may last… Course
• Form and formless are intertwined in this world. The formless can only be expressed in form and form can only be thought with the formless. Expressed
• Freedom can never be true of name and form; it is the clay out of which we (the pots) are made; then it is limited… All
• From Him are all name and form; all the animals and men are from Him. He is the one Supreme. He who knows Him becomes… All
• In nature alone are forms. That which is not of nature cannot have any forms, fine or gross. It must be formless. Alone
• Space-time-causation, or name-and-form, is what is called Maya. Called

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