He introduced yoga, was a modern Indian thinker. Vivekananda ji believed that social services are the best services presented to God.
Swami Vivekananda was a renowned Indian Monk and philosopher, he has led Indians towards spiritual practices. Swami Vivekananda contributed a lot on the Vedanta Philosophy.
He introduced yoga, was a modern Indian thinker. Vivekananda ji believed that social services are the best services presented to God. He had played a significant role in shaping youth by his great sayings that significant till date.
Some Inspirational Statements of Swami Vivekananda
“All power is within you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in that, do not believe that you are weak; do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. You can do anything and everything, without even the guidance of anyone. Stand up and express the divinity within you.”
Explanation: In this statement , Vivekananda tried to convey a strong message to the citizens to believe in themselves and to be courageous towards what you want to do as all the potential lies within a human being.
“We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in the future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.”
Explanation: The above statement has two meaningful concepts as in this the first message conveyed is that whatever we face or we go through , the responsibility is ours. Means we are responsible for our own self. The second message is that we should take care of how we act now as the present decides our future.
“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life; dream of it; think of it; live on that idea. Let the brain, the body, muscles, nerves, and every part of your body be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, and this is the way great spiritual giants are produced.”
Explanation: The youth of today is much inspired by having an Ikigai (the purpose in life),but the Indian culture has that power the years back as the above stated words means to have a purpose in life and do everything for that purpose.
“All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only law of life. He who loves lives, he who is selfish is dying. Therefore love for love’s sake, because it is the only law of life, just as you breathe to live.”
Explanation: The law of life is love. Where there is love, there resides life, the life when has selfish motives, it just finishes within a span. Selfish life has a quantity whereas a life of love is a life of quality.
“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.”
Explanation: It states that God lives in every human body , so we should treat and serve every human with love and humanity as it is the actual service towards God. When one is free from all the bonds, all the ropes that bind one in limitation are cut.
