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Love is expansion

Posted by Sita Chaitanya on October 10, 2010 at 1:26am

"All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only law of life. He who loves lives, he who is selfish is dying. Therefore love for love's sake, because it is law of life, just as you breathe to live." Swami Vivekananda.

Mind of a Sannyasin - Vivekananda

Posted by Sita Chaitanya on May 19, 2010 at 8:40pm

Lately I have been reading "Vivekananda - A Biography" by Swami Nikhilananda. It's a really good book, and if you are interested in knowing about the great yogi and sannyasin Swami Vivekananda and how he did a lot to bring eastern thinking and vedanta to America, this is the book for you.

I especially like this quote from the book which is a story about an event that happened with Swami Vivekananda and which I think demonstrates the detachment of a true sannyasin's mind:

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Swami Vivekananda's Biography in Comics

Posted by Eduardo Mendoza on October 19, 2009 at 2:08pm

Swami Vivekananda, the chief disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa, is one of the great yoga masters who shared his teachings in the West. The link below is about his life as it is shown in comics. Language: Spanish.http://scenia.jalbum.net/swami%20vivekananda/

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Love is expansion

Mind of a Sannyasin - Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda's Biography in Comics

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