The first sign of your becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful
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From the high spiritual flights of the Vedanta philosophy, of which the latest discoveries of science seem like echoes, to the low ideas of idolatry with its multifarious mythology, the agnosticism of the Buddhists and the atheism of the Jains, each and all have a place in the Hindu's religion.Swami Vivekananda
GOD is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
Swami Vivekananda
PRAYER is divine love alone. When this highest ideal of love is reached, philosophy is thrown away. Who will then care of it Freedom, salvation, nirvana- all are thrown away. Who cares to become free while in the enjoyment of divine love
Swami Vivekananda
A man may be the greatest philosopher in the world but a child in RELIGION. When a man has developed a high state of spirituality he can understand that the kingdom of heaven is within him.
Swami Vivekananda
BY the study of different RELIGIONS we find that in essence they are one.
Swami Vivekananda
You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.
Swami Vivekananda
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