The Complete Works

Volume VII

by Swami Vivekananda

Inspired Talks, conversations and dialogues, translated writings, notes of class talks, and the third series of letters.

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Epistles: Third Series54 · 1 hr 45 min
  1. NOTE1 min
  2. 1. Such courage is impossible in a lying and unchaste woman.2 min
  3. 2. The doctor is a noble soul, and they have got a brotherhood1 min
  4. 3. Of the few places I have recently visited, this is the healthiest.2 min
  5. 4. May the Lord ordain that your son becomes a man, and never a coward!2 min
  6. 5. Whoever takes the name of Ramakrishna, know him to be your Guru1 min
  7. 6. Any shortcoming in adopting remedial measures is to be considered as idleness—it is a fault and a guilt.1 min
  8. 7. How, O man, dost thou want satisfaction in such a world!1 min
  9. 8. You are a real Mahātmā (a great soul) and Mrs. Wright is nonpareil.1 min
  10. 9. All creeds do come from Thee; The Vedas, Bible, and Koran bold Sing Thee in harmony.3 min
  11. 10. He who was guiding me on the snow tops of the Himalayas and the burning plains of India is here to help me and guide me.5 min
  12. 11. Just now I am lecturing about Chicago—and am doing as I think very well1 min
  13. 12. America is the only place where there is a chance of success for everything.1 min
  14. 13. Dr. Momerie came to the Parliament in spite of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s denouncing of the Parliament of Religions.1 min
  15. 14. May your feet never touch the mud and dirt of this terrible world1 min
  16. 15. All religions are sacred to me.2 min
  17. 16. Your love and noble heart can convert the stone into down.1 min
  18. 17. The Lord is great, none can injure His children.3 min
  19. 18. I am a vegetarian …, because I prefer it when I can get it.2 min
  20. 19. It is unnecessary for me to say that I will be very happy to do as you say1 min
  21. 20. The way to God is the opposite to that of the world.2 min
  22. 21. I am bound, my dear friend, to give you every satisfaction of my being a genuine Sannyāsin, but to you alone.2 min
  23. 22. This is a queer place—this world of ours.1 min
  24. 23. Keeping aloof from the community of nations is the only cause for the downfall of India.10 min
  25. 24. May you have exceeding love for one another among yourselves6 min
  26. 25. Be the servant if you will rule. That is the real secret.6 min
  27. 26. It is character that can cleave through adamantine walls of difficulties. Bear this in mind.1 min
  28. 27. If you have the spirit within, you will never fail to attract others.1 min
  29. 28. It is a great work to bring this world into a spirit of sympathy with each other1 min
  30. 29. Teaching has become a part of my life, as necessary to my life as eating or breathing.1 min
  31. 30. The city is hot in summer, exactly like Calcutta.1 min
  32. 31. You must always remember that you are addressing the whole world, not India alone1 min
  33. 32. Obedience is the first duty9 min
  34. 33. The eternal, the infinite, the omnipresent, the omniscient is a principle, not a person.2 min
  35. 34. Our whole country is steeped in Tamas, and nothing but that.1 min
  36. 35. This is the world my brother—this illusion of Māyā—the Lord alone is true.1 min
  37. 36. I only say, awake, awake!1 min
  38. 37. No one of the types we call religious ought to die1 min
  39. 38. It is this yearning that gradually brings on a concentration of the mind on the eternal Brahman.2 min
  40. 39. India is already Ramakrishna’s whether I live a few years more or not.3 min
  41. 40. What we want are brave young men who will work, not tomfools.3 min
  42. 41. Lord bless you for your great self-sacrifice for the poor Indians.2 min
  43. 42. It is absolutely necessary to stand on one’s own feet.3 min
  44. 43. Love stops not for questions of birth. Nor the hungry man for stale food.2 min
  45. 44. Whosoever of you have given me a coat? Whosoever a cigar? Whosoever a bit of fish or flesh?6 min
  46. 45. Miss Noble is doing very well here, and working her way out.1 min
  47. 46. It is a grand sight to see a giant pine struggling against a cyclone. Is it not?1 min
  48. 47. It is the Saviour who should “go his way rejoicing, and not the saved”.2 min
  49. 48. Seeing such souls here and there repays for all the nonsense of this life.1 min
  50. 49. I am eternally thankful to you for all your kindness1 min
  51. 50. I do not mind at all whether people come round to help me or not1 min
  52. 51. It is human nature to ask for more favours (now that they have come) where it gets from.1 min
  53. 52. I just want a bit of peace badly—pray for me.1 min
  54. 53. Eternal faith in Self, in all The sight Divine in great in small1 min
Epistles - Third Series | Swami Vivekananda