The embodiment of freedom, the Master of nature, is what we call God. You cannot deny God, because you cannot move or live without the idea of freedom.
From a lecture on "What Is Religion?". Complete Works, 1.336.
Have a kind word for all--it spoils work to show temper. Let people say whatever they like, stick to your own convictions, and rest assured, the world will be at your feet.
Letter to his brother-disciples. Written in Bengali from New York on September 25, 1894. Complete Works, 6.274.
Without worshiping the Divine Mother, we can never know ourselves. All-merciful, all-powerful, omnipresent are attributes of Divine Mother. She is the sum total of the energy in the universe. Every manifestation of power in the universe is "Mother." She is life, she is intelligence, she is love. She is in the universe yet separate from it. She is a person and can be seen and known (as Sri Ramakrishna saw and knew her). Established in the idea of Mother, we can do anything. She quickly answers prayers.
Retreat given at the Thousand Island Park, USA. June 30, 1895. Complete Works, 7.26-27.
They say, "Have faith in this fellow or that fellow," but I say, "Have faith in yourself first," that's the way. Have faith in yourself--all power is in you--be conscious and bring it out.
Letter to his brother-disciples. Written in Bengali from New York on September 25, 1894. Complete Works, 6.274.
The Divine Mother can show herself to us in any form at any moment. She can have form and name, or name without form. As we worship her in these various aspects we can rise to pure Being, having neither form nor name.
Retreat given at the Thousand Island Park, USA. June 30, 1895. Complete Works, 7.27.
The whole of nature is worship of God. Wherever there is life, there is the search for freedom--and this freedom is the same as God.
From a lecture on "What Is Religion?". Complete Works, 1.337.
Say, "I can do everything." "Even the poison of a snake is powerless if you can firmly deny it." Beware! No saying "nay," no negative thoughts! Say, "Yea, yea," So'ham, So'ham, "I am he! I am he!"
Letter to his brother-disciples. Written in Bengali from New York on September 25, 1894. Complete Works, 6.274.
The scientist does not tell you to believe in anything, but he has certain results which come from his own experiences, and reasoning on them when he asks us to believe in his conclusions, he appeals to some universal experience of humanity. In every exact science there is a basis which is common to all humanity, so that we can at once see the truth or the fallacy of the conclusions drawn therefrom.
From Swamiji's book "Raja Yoga," Chapter One, "Introductory." Complete Works, 1.125.
God is Mother and has two natures, the conditioned and the unconditioned. As the former, she is God, nature and soul. As the latter, she is unknown and unknowable. Out of the unconditioned came the trinity--God, nature and soul, the triangle of existence. This is the Visishtadvaita idea.
Retreat given at the Thousand Island Park, USA. June 30, 1895. Complete Works, 7.27
On you lie the future hopes of our country. I feel extreme pain to see you leading a life of inaction. Set yourself to work--to work! Do not tarry--the time of death is approaching day by day. Do not sit idle, thinking that everything will be done in time, later on. Mind--nothing will be done that way!
Conversations recorded in Bengali. From the diary of Sarat Chandra Chakravarty. Complete Works, 5.384.
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