Teachings of Swami Vivekananda

It is an undoubted fact that the message of Swami Vivekananda has influenced, inspired, and transformed hundreds of lives. Here in the following pages are given some quotations from the great Swami for the benefit of those who have not read him or who cannot make time to go through his voluminous writings and speeches, so that they may get at least a partial glimpse of the strength and sublimity of his teachings. These quotations may be helpful even to those who have studied his works. For sometimes one or two words of this great dynamic personality are sufficient to invigorate a drooping spirit, or to awaken one to a new sense of hope and courage when everything seems dark and circumstances appear insurmountable. When one reads the writings of a person like Swami Vivekananda who has touched on so many topics of our individual and national life, one is sure to have one's own choice of his sayings or preference for particular passages. It is but natural. So any selection, however careful, will be found incomplete. The compiler will consider his labour fruitful, if the following selections will create in one a desire to read Swami Vivekananda more thoroughly and find out for oneself what phase of his message appeals to him most. Table of Contents ;PrefaceIntroduction1. Atman or the Self2. Bhakti or the Love of God3. Brahman or the Supreme Reality4. Buddha5. Buddhism6. Christ7. Christianity8. Concentration9. Duty10. Education11. Ethics12. Faith13. Food14. Freedom and Mukti (Salvation)15. Gita16. God17. Guru or the Spiritual Guide18. Happiness19. Hinduism20. Hindus21. The Householder's Life22. Ideal Womanhood23. Image Worship24. Incarnation25. India-cause of Her Degenera-tion26. India-her Characteristics27. India - the Way to her Regene-Ration28. Krishna and Karma-yoga29. Knowledge and Ignorance30. Man31. Maya32. Meditation33. Mind and Thought34. Mohammed and Islam35. Non-injury36. Oneness37. Ramakrishna38. Religion39. Sannyasa or the Monastic Life40. Service41. Strength42. Upanishads43. Vedanta : Its Theory & Practice44. Yoga