For Spiritual Seekers
Meditation, devotion, and inner life
Teachings on prayer, meditation, and devotion — the contemplative heart of Vivekananda's work. Start here if you are drawn to spiritual practice rather than philosophy.
Unity, the Goal of Religion
UNITY, THE GOAL OF RELIGION (Delivered in New York, 1896) This universe of ours, the universe of the senses, the rational, the intellectual, is bounded on both sides by the illimitable, the unknowab...
Spiritual Realisation, the aim of Bhakti-Yoga
CHAPTER III SPIRITUAL REALISATION, THE AIM OF BHAKTI-YOGA To the Bhakta these dry details are necessary only to strengthen his will; beyond that they are of no use to him. For he is treading on a pa...
Introduction
PATANJALI'S YOGA APHORISMS INTRODUCTION Before going into the Yoga aphorisms I shall try to discuss one great question, upon which rests the whole theory of religion for the Yogis. It seems the cons...
Bhakti or Devotion
The idea of a Personal God has obtained in almost every religion, except a very few. With the exception of the Buddhist and the Jain, perhaps all the religions of the world have the idea of a Personal...
The Importance of Psychology
THE IMPORTANCE OF PSYCHOLOGY The idea of psychology in the West is very much degraded. Psychology is the science of sciences; but in the West it is placed upon the same plane as all other sciences; t...
Women Of India
Swami Vivekananda: "Some persons desire to ask questions about Hindu Philosophy before the lecture and to question in general about India after the lecture; but the chief difficulty is I do not know w...