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Prabuddha Bharata January 2009
The Official Journal of the Ramakrishna Order Started by Swami Vivekananda i...
January
Monastic Disciplesof Sri Ramakrishna
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A monthly journal of the Ramakrishna Orderstarted by Swami Vivekananda in
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RABUDDHA
B
HARATA
Rs .
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AWAKENED INDIA
Die like Heroes!
W
hen
death is inevitable, is it not betterto die like heroes than as stocks andstones? And what is the use of living a day ortwo more in this transitory world? It is betterto wear out than to rust out—specially for thesake of doing the least good to others. … I don’tfeel tired even if I talk for two whole nightsto an earnest inquirer; I can give up food andsleep and talk and talk. Well, if I have a mind, Ican sit up in Samadhi in a Himalayan cave. Andyou see that nowadays through the Mother’sgrace I have not to think about food, it comesanyhow. Why then don’t I do so? And why amI here? Only the sight of the country’s miseryand the thought of its future do not let meremain quiet any more!—even Samadhi andall that appear as futile—even the sphere of Brahma with its enjoyments becomes insipid!My vow of life is to think of your welfare. The
day that vow will be fulfilled, I shall leave this
body and make a straight run up!
Be Strong!
What we want is strength. We Indians,more than any other race, want strong andvigorous thought. We have enough of the su-
perfine in all concerns. For centuries we have
been stuffed with the mysterious; the result isthat our intellectual and spiritual digestion isalmost hopelessly impaired, and the race has
THE ROAD TO WISDOM
been dragged down to the depths of hopelessimbecility—never before or since experienced byany other civilised community. There must befreshness and vigour of thought behind to makea virile race. More than enough to strengthenthe whole world exists in the Upanishads. TheAdvaita is the eternal mine of strength. But it
requires to be applied. It must first be cleared
of the incrustation of scholasticism, and thenin all its simplicity, beauty and sublimity betaught over the length and breadth of the land,as applied even to the minutest detail of dailylife. “This is a very large order”; but we mustwork towards it, nevertheless, as if it wouldbe accomplished to morrow. Of one thing I amsure—that whoever wants to help his fellow
beings through genuine love and unselfishness
will work wonders.
Rise from sleep!
Now my one desire is to rouse the coun-try—the sleeping leviathan that has lost all faithin his power and makes no response. If I canwake it up to a sense of the Eternal Religionthen I shall know that Shri Ramakrishna’s ad-vent and our birth are fruitful. That is the onedesire in my heart: Mukti and all else appearof no consequence to me.
From
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
,
7.176
;
7.188
;
9.76.
Swami Vivekananda on
On His Work
Traditional Wisdom
Editorial
:
Fraternity of Love
Prabuddha Bharata—
100 Years AgoSwami Vivekananda’s Spiritual Mind
Swami Atmarupananda
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A monthly journal of the Ramakrishna Order started by Swami Vivekananda in
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Swami Brahmananda: A Spiritual Dynamo
Swami Sarvadevananda
Swami Premananda: Love Personied
Swami Atmeshwarananda
Swami Yogananda: Scepticism and Faith
Swami Ritananda
Swami Niranjanananda and Sri Hanuman
Swami Sukhananda
Bosepara Lane, Calcutta, (from left) Swamis Trigunatitananda, Shivananda, Vivekananda,Turiyananda, and Brahmananda; below: Swami Sadananda
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Prabuddha Bharata January 2009
The Official Journal of the Ramakrishna Order
Started by Swami Vivekananda in 1896
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