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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.

6 chapters · 90 min read

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Maya and the Evolution of the Conception of God

Volume 2 · lecture · 18 min read

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...

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The Absolute and Manifestation

Volume 2 · lecture · 20 min read

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...

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God in Everything

Volume 2 · lecture · 16 min read

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...

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Prana

Volume 1 · lecture · 19 min read

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 ...

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Wednesday, June 19

Volume 7 · lecture · 4 min read

(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. ...

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An Indian Yogi In London

Volume 5 · conversation · 4 min read

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...


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