For Scholars
Deep philosophy and systematic thought
The dense philosophical lectures on Jnana Yoga, Patanjali's sutras, and Vedanta metaphysics. For readers comfortable with technical philosophical vocabulary.
Maya and the Evolution of the Conception of God
CHAPTER IV MAYA AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE CONCEPTION OF GOD ( Delivered in London, 20th October 1896 ) We have seen how the idea of Mâyâ, which forms, as it were, one of the basic doctrines of the A...
The Absolute and Manifestation
CHAPTER VI THE ABSOLUTE AND MANIFESTATION ( Delivered in London, 1896 ) The one question that is most difficult to grasp in understanding the Advaita philosophy, and the one question that will be a...
God in Everything
CHAPTER VII GOD IN EVERYTHING ( Delivered in London, 27th October 1896 ) We have seen how the greater portion of our life must of necessity be filled with evils, however we may resist, and that thi...
Prana
CHAPTER III PRANA Prânâyâma is not, as many think, something about breath; breath indeed has very little to do with it, if anything. Breathing is only one of the many exercises through which we get ...
Wednesday, June 19
(RECORDED BY MISS S. E. WALDO, A DISCIPLE) WEDNESDAY, June 19, 1895. (This day marks the beginning of the regular teaching given daily by Swami Vivekananda to his disciples at Thousand Island Park. ...
An Indian Yogi In London
Indian philosophy has in recent years had a deep and growing fascination for many minds, though up to the present time its exponents in this country have been entirely Western in their thought and tra...