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The Complete Works

Volume V

by Swami Vivekananda

The first series of letters, interviews, notes from lectures, questions and answers, conversations and sayings.

190 items · about 11.5 hours of reading

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Contents

Epistles: First Series124 · 3 hr 45 min
  1. NOTE1 min
  2. Be moral. Be brave.1 min
  3. We must travel, we must go to foreign parts2 min
  4. Calm and silent and steady work8 min
  5. Feel for the miserable and look up for help — it shall come13 min
  6. The Hindu must not give up his religion8 min
  7. Do you know who is the real “Shakti-worshipper”?3 min
  8. My whole ambition in life is to set in motion a machinery4 min
  9. Up, up, my boys, we are sure to win!3 min
  10. Whenever anyone of you is sick1 min
  11. Appreciation or no appreciation, sleep not, slacken not.4 min
  12. Fight on bravely! Life is short! Give it up to a great cause3 min
  13. XII2 min
  14. You will have to take charge of the whole movement, not as a leader, but as a servant5 min
  15. Asians are the most charitable race in the world2 min
  16. Wait, have patience, everything will come right in time1 min
  17. XVI1 min
  18. I care only for the Spirit—when that is right everything will be righted by itself1 min
  19. Hope and do not despair2 min
  20. XIX1 min
  21. XX1 min
  22. Look not at me, look to yourselves4 min
  23. The life of Shri Ramakrishna was an extraordinary searchlight3 min
  24. Preach Shri Ramakrishna. Pass the Cup that has satisfied your thirst. Preach Bhakti1 min
  25. Remember that "Never one meets with evil who tries to do good"1 min
  26. It is jealousy and want of combination which cause and perpetuate slavery4 min
  27. XXVI2 min
  28. Go to work, the rest will come4 min
  29. I owe much to the Hale family1 min
  30. Even after death I shall work for the good of the world4 min
  31. Work for the idea, not the person2 min
  32. 31. Coming and going is all pure delusion. The soul never comes nor goes3 min
  33. 32. One cannot serve the God of Truth who leans upon somebody6 min
  34. 33. Do not lose heart, do not lose faith in your Guru, do not lose faith in God1 min
  35. 34. All’s well that ends well1 min
  36. 35. Do not figure out big plans at first, but begin slowly, feel your ground, and proceed up and up1 min
  37. 36. Hoping you the best dreams (for that is the only way to be happy)2 min
  38. 37. Be cheerful.… Hold on to your own idea. Be the servant of all.1 min
  39. 38. Love makes the whole universe as one's own home.1 min
  40. 39. Be the servant of all, and do not try in the least to govern others.6 min
  41. 40. Men are more valuable than all the wealth of the world.1 min
  42. 41. A pestle must pound even if it goes to heaven.1 min
  43. 42. Work on, my boy. Rome was not built in a day.1 min
  44. 43. My disciples must not be cowards.2 min
  45. 44. I wish you a life that will be like a torch to generations to come1 min
  46. 45. May the Lord bless you and yours for ever and ever2 min
  47. 46. May all happiness be yours for ever1 min
  48. 47. Each work has to pass through these stages—ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance.1 min
  49. 48. It is unnecessary to repeat my everlasting love and blessings for you and yours.1 min
  50. 49. Truth is my God, the universe my country2 min
  51. 50. Man is the greatest of all beings.1 min
  52. 51. E. T. Sturdy1 min
  53. 52. God and truth are the only politics in the world, everything else is trash.2 min
  54. 53. So long as you are pure, and true to your principles, you will never fail.1 min
  55. 54. Any other Hindu would have died if he had to work as hard as I have to.1 min
  56. 55. Be perfectly pure in money dealings.1 min
  57. 56. The whole life is a succession of dreams.1 min
  58. 57. I am working a good deal now upon the cosmology and eschatology of the Vedānta5 min
  59. 58. The dry, abstract Advaita must become living2 min
  60. 59. The greatness of a teacher consists in the simplicity of his language.1 min
  61. 60. So long as you have faith in your Guru, nothing will be able to obstruct your way.1 min
  62. 61. Be obedient and eternally faithful to the cause of truth, humanity, and your country2 min
  63. 62. The lotus is a symbol of regeneration.2 min
  64. 63. Nothing can resist truth.1 min
  65. 64. Work on! Hold on! Be brave! Dare anything and everything!2 min
  66. 65. E.T. Sturdy1 min
  67. 66. Work unto death—I am with you, and when I am gone, my spirit will work with you.2 min
  68. 67. Work on with all energy.2 min
  69. 68. I wish at least that a million Hindus had travelled all over the world!4 min
  70. 69. We Hindus are so slow that when we have done a work, the opportunity has already passed away, and thus we are the losers.2 min
  71. 70. We must remember that gratitude and hospitality are the peculiar characteristics of Indian humanity1 min
  72. 71. Goodwin is an Englishman, through whose shorthand notes it has been possible for the pamphlets to be published.1 min
  73. 72. You must not forget that my interests are international and not Indian alone2 min
  74. 73. We have to learn that evil is destroyed by the growth of good.1 min
  75. 74. Good motives, sincerity, and infinite love can conquer the world.3 min
  76. 75. In Darjeeling I always felt that I was not the same man. Here I feel that I have no disease whatsoever2 min
  77. 76. The word Vedas includes the three parts, the Samhitās, the Brāhmanas, and the Upanishads1 min
  78. 77. For us, it is not to pity but to serve. Ours is not the feeling of compassion but of love4 min
  79. 78. May I be born again and again, and suffer thousands of miseries so that I may worship the only God that exists6 min
  80. 79. I am going down to the plains to be harnessed once more for work.1 min
  81. 80. The work of the Mother will not suffer; because it has been built and up to date maintained upon truth1 min
  82. 81. I have no more faith in all this noise and humbug which brings no practical good.1 min
  83. 82. Our Teacher and Lord was so original, and each one of us will have to be original or nothing.1 min
  84. 83. I want a couple of tiger skins, if I can, to be sent to the Math as present to two European friends1 min
  85. 84. I have no shame to beg of one person in the world and that is yourself.1 min
  86. 85. For the last ten years or so I have not seen the Pujā of Shri Durgā in Bengal which is the great affair there.1 min
  87. 86. Do not lose heart if anything befalls, the “Mother” is your protection.1 min
  88. 87. There is only one element in life which is worth having at any cost, and it is love.1 min
  89. 88. Ever praying for you and yours1 min
  90. 89. Those institutions should be encouraged by which men advance in the path of freedom.5 min
  91. 90. My last breath will be on the battlefield.1 min
  92. 91. May you be protected from all dangers and may all blessings ever attend you!1 min
  93. 92. The secret of life is not enjoyment, but education through experience.1 min
  94. 93. Give my love to all. Don’t work too hard.1 min
  95. 94. Kāli has taken two sacrifices; the cause has already two European martyrs. Now, it is going to rise up splendidly.2 min
  96. 95. This life is full of shocks, but the effects pass away anyhow, that is the hope.1 min
  97. 96. I am going to take my mother on pilgrimage next week.1 min
  98. 97. I am going with my mother to Rameswaram1 min
  99. 98. Everybody is praising Margot's Kali the Mother; but alas! they can't get a book to buy1 min
  100. 99. I am ever so glad to hear that Bois is coming to Calcutta.1 min
  101. 100. I am so glad you saw Mr. Tata and find him so strong and good.1 min
  102. 101. Good solid work must wait.1 min
  103. 102. I have just returned from my tour through East Bengal and Assam.1 min
  104. 103. The subtle Hindu's gratitude runs through generations.2 min
  105. 104. Know this for certain that my love can never cease.1 min
  106. 105. Certainly it is very desirable to establish a connection between India and Japan.3 min
  107. 106. Never mind, I am trying my best. Only my terribly poor health1 min
  108. 107. I can’t even in imagination pay the immense debt of gratitude I owe you.1 min
  109. 108. The snake represents mysticism; the sun knowledge; the worked up waters activity; the lotus love; the swan the soul in the midst of all.2 min
  110. 109. I have dedicated you to the Mother. She is your shield, your guide.1 min
  111. 110. Meeting or no meeting, I remain, Ever your loving brother2 min
  112. 111. “Mother” knows best. That is all I know too.1 min
  113. 112. The idea of taking a house for a whole year must be worked out with deliberation.1 min
  114. 113. Lord Curzon was not allowed inside.1 min
  115. 114. A total revolution has occurred in my mind about the relation of Buddhism and Neo-Hinduism2 min
  116. 115. The reception Nivedita had in Madras was for the good of both Nivedita and Madras.3 min
  117. 116. If there was any truth in Shri Ramakrishna, may He take you into His leading1 min
  118. 117. Continue doing your work as the Lord guides. Why bother about the opinion of this man and that?1 min
  119. 118. Give a little money—whatever is needed.1 min
  120. 119. Write me in detail about the matter of the Nepal Minister.1 min
  121. 120. Now I shall be relieved if I get the accounts.1 min
  122. 121. How did you like Mayavati? Write me a line about it.1 min
  123. 122. A great idea of quiet has come upon me.1 min
  124. 123. A race must first cultivate a great respect for motherhood, through the sanctification and inviolability of marriage1 min
Interviews11 · 1 hr 10 min
  1. Miracles3 min
  2. An Indian Yogi in London4 min
  3. India's Mission8 min
  4. India and England10 min
  5. Indian Missionary's Mission to England4 min
  6. With the Swami Vivekananda at Madura7 min
  7. The Abroad and the Problems at Home12 min
  8. The Missionary Work of the First Hindu Sannyasin to the West10 min
  9. Reawakening of Hinduism on a National Basis3 min
  10. On Indian Women — Their Past, Present and Future6 min
  11. On the Bounds of Hinduism3 min
Notes from Lectures and Discourses23 · 1 hr 20 min
  1. On Karma-Yoga5 min
  2. On Fanaticism4 min
  3. Work Is Worship2 min
  4. Work Without Motive4 min
  5. Sadhanas or Preparations for Higher Life9 min
  6. The Cosmos and the Self4 min
  7. Who Is a Real Guru?1 min
  8. On Art1 min
  9. On Language1 min
  10. The Sannyasin1 min
  11. The Sannyasin and the Householder3 min
  12. The Evils of Adhikarivada3 min
  13. On Bhakti-Yoga6 min
  14. Ishvara and Brahman1 min
  15. On Jnana-Yoga9 min
  16. The Cause of Illusion2 min
  17. Evolution3 min
  18. Buddhism and Vedanta3 min
  19. On the Vedanta Philosophy8 min
  20. Law and Freedom8 min
  21. The Goal and Methods of Realisation2 min
  22. World-Wide Unity1 min
  23. The Aim of Raja-Yoga1 min
Questions and Answers7 · 38 min
  1. I. A Discussion20 min
  2. II. At the Twentieth Century Club of Boston, U. S. A.1 min
  3. III. At the Brooklyn Ethical Society, Brooklyn, U. S. A.3 min
  4. IV. Selections from the Math Diary6 min
  5. V. Yoga, Vairagya, Tapasya, Love1 min
  6. VI. in Answer to Nivedita2 min
  7. VII. Guru, Avatara, Yoga, Japa, Seva5 min
Conversations and Dialogues15 · 1 hr 48 min
  1. I4 min
  2. II4 min
  3. III7 min
  4. IV6 min
  5. V7 min
  6. VI15 min
  7. VII3 min
  8. VIII4 min
  9. IX17 min
  10. X4 min
  11. XI8 min
  12. XII9 min
  13. XIII8 min
  14. XIV6 min
  15. XV8 min
Sayings and Utterances1 · 19 min
  1. Sayings and Utterances19 min
Writings: Prose and Poems9 · 2 hr 39 min
  1. Reason, Faith and Love2 min
  2. Six Sanskrit Mottoes1 min
  3. The Message of Divine Wisdom8 min
  4. The Belur Math: an Appeal1 min
  5. The Advaita Ashrama, Himalayas1 min
  6. The Ramakrishna Home of Service Varanasi: an Appeal2 min
  7. Who Knows How Mother Plays!1 min
  8. To the Fourth of July1 min
  9. The East and the West2 hr 22 min