Geburtsdatum | Montag, 12. Januar 1863 |
Todesort | Belur_Math |
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Beschreibung | Swami Vivekananda (/ˈswɑːmi ˌvɪveɪˈkɑːnəndə/; Bengali: [ʃami bibekanɔndo]; 12. Januar 1863 - 4. Juli 1902), geboren als Narendranath Datta (Bengali: [nɔrendronatʰ dɔto]), war ein indischer Hindu-Mönch, Philosoph, Autor, Religionslehrer und der Hauptschüler des indischen Mystikers Ramakrishna. Er war eine Schlüsselfigur bei der Einführung von Vedanta und Yoga in die westliche Welt. Ihm wird zugeschrieben, dass er das Bewusstsein für interreligiöse Fragen schärfte und den Hinduismus zu einer wichtigen Weltreligion machte. Vivekananda wurde nach dem Parlament der Religionen 1893 in Chicago, wo er seine berühmte Rede mit den Worten "Schwestern und Brüder Amerikas..." begann, bevor er den Amerikanern den Hinduismus vorstellte, zu einer populären Figur. Seine Rede auf dem Parlament war so eindrucksvoll, dass eine amerikanische Zeitung ihn als "einen Redner von Format" bezeichnete. |
As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to God.
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished.
You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.
The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.
If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.
