Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda
Swami VivekanandaBengali: , Shāmi Bibekānondo; 12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta, was an Indian Hindu monk, a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion during the late 19th century. He was a major force in the revival of Hinduism in...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth12 January 1863
CountryIndia
When I see an object there is no will; when its sensations are carried to the brain, there comes the reaction, which says "Do this", or "Do not do this", and this state of the ego-substance is what is called will
To give up the world is to forget the ego, to know it not at all - living in the body, but not of it.
This rascal ego must be obliterated.
This intelligence itself is modified into what we call egoism, and this intelligence is the cause of all the powers in the body. It covers the whole ground, sub-consciousness, consciousness, and super-consciousness.
This ego - the less there is of it, the nearer I am to that which I really am: the universal body.
There is no good in store so long as malice and jealousy and egotism will prevail.
The world is a demon. It is a kingdom of which the puny ego is king. Put it away and stand firm.
The ego of man and woman is the soul. If the soul is independent, how then can it be isolated from the infinite whole?
Out of Mahat comes universal egoism.
One possessing Vairagya does not understand by Atman the individual ego but the All-pervading Lord, residing as the Self and Internal Ruler in all. He is perceivable by all as the sum total.
It will be a great pity if any feeling of jealousy or egotism gain ground amongst you.
In everything we do, the serpent ego is rising up.
I am neither the mind, nor the intellect, nor the ego, nor the mind-stuff
Egotism, pride, etc. must be given up.