He took the glory of Hindu philosophies to the international platform.
Swami Vivekananda (popularly called Swami Ji) was a great spiritual leader during the 19th century. The chief disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna, Swami Ji had a significant role in the reform movements in contemporary India. He took Vedanta and Yoga to the Western World, raised interfaith awareness, and brought Hinduism to the status of a major world religion.
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Without an iota of doubt, Swami Ji is one of the most influential figures in India's modern history. Today, he is still worldwide remembered for his speech (“Sisters and brothers of America …,”) at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago in 1893.
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To mark Swami Ji's death anniversary, we have compiled some of his quotes that will change the way you perceive the world.
Swami Vivekananda's Death Anniversary: Here Are Some Inspiring Quotes of The Great Spiritual Leader
"Arise, awake, and don’t stop till you reach your goal.”
"Take up an idea, devote yourself, struggle in patience, and the sun will rise."
"We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.”
"In a day, when you don’t come across any problems – you can be sure that you are traveling the wrong path."
"Talk to yourself once a day, otherwise, you may miss meeting an excellent person in this world."
"The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person is the most successful."
"If anything turns you weak physically, intellectually, and spiritually, reject it like it’s poison."
"Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true."
"Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth."
"Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin; to say that you are weak, or others are weak."
"All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark."
"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."
