GREAT MINDS MAKE A GREAT NATION - by Swami Chinmayananda - Chinmaya Upahar

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Swami Chinmayananda addressed the
students of Somaiya College, Bombay, on the

techniques of success. This series of three
talks are being published as three separate
blogs – Knowing is not Enough, Master the
Mind and Great Minds make a Great Nation.
GREAT MINDS
SAINTS & MAS T ERS Mahatma Gandhi was respected not
because of his dress, but because of
GREAT his mind and the power of his

thoughts. The biographies of all great
MINDS persons, admired generation after

generation, show that it is only those
MAKE A who had the right kind of mind who

became great in life, not those who
GREAT
had bigger buildings and longer cars.
You may work in whatever profession
NATION – you like, your greatness in society,

your contribution to the world, all
By Swami depends upon the quality of your

mind. Out of these observations, the
Chinmayan great acharyas concluded that a man

is only what his mind is. It is a truth
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that has been demonstrated by
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thousands of mighty men. See the life

Chinmaya of Buddha.
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From a useless prince, he became a

prince of compassion. How did it
happen? His mind changed it was not
an external physical change. Thus did
Siddhartha become Buddha. There
SAINTS & MAS T ERS are people who say that it is the
historical conditions that give rise to
GREAT great people. Out of the millions of

people of his generation, why was it
MINDS that Gandhi alone became a

mahatma? He was one in a million. He
MAKE A
was not a historical accident.
There must have been in him some
GREAT great qualities to attract the blessings

of the country. Those qualities were
NATION – not in him when he was born. New

qualities were created in him. By
By Swami changing his thoughts, he changed his

mind, and when the mind changed,
Chinmayan the man also changed. In order to

have an attractive personality, there
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must be beauty in our actions.
There cannot be beauty in our

Chinmaya actions, unless
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we are unable to express them. Since
the mind is constituted of thoughts, I
can transform my mind by
transforming my thoughts. Then I can
change my present narrow and
limited personality to create a greater
destiny for myself. These are not my
own ideas. These are truths from the
Upanishads.
The ancient masters discovered these

truths and dynamically brought them
out in the world. It is not like a theory
given in the science class. Even there,
your professor is not giving his theory
SAINTS & MAS T ERS it is not a personal theory. Similarly, I
am not giving you my ideas, I am only
GREAT giving the ideas revealed by Christ in

the Bible, by Mohammed in the
MINDS Koran, Krishna in the Gita, the Rishis

the Upanishads, by all the mighty
MAKE A masters in their speeches and

discourses. I have studied them and
GREAT am giving you the essence from them.
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A GREAT NATION
A country is not great because of its

Chinmaya geography
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things that make a country great. A
country is great because of the
greatness of the people in it. It is not
five hundred million people who will
make the country great. It is great
scientists, great philosophers and
great spiritual masters who make the
country great. One Ramana
Maharshi, one Ramakrishna
Paramahamsa made India great.
A great scientist, a great explorer, a

great astronaut is sufficient to make a
country great. We are more
intelligent than the past generation.
SAINTS & MAS T ERS But what about the mind? We have
wonderful ideas, but we do not know
GREAT how to execute them. The mind is not

under our control.
MINDS I can give you great lectures, but I
MAKE A cannot express my ideas if I am

stammering and the instrument of
GREAT
speech is not in my control. Similarly,
we have become paralysed in our
mind. What is the method of exercise
NATION – and rehabilitation? Rehabilitation

techniques are described in the
By Swami various religions of the world.
Chinmayan It does not matter whether it is in a

church, a mosque or a temple,
anda whether it is from a photo, wooden

cross or an idol it does not matter.
Symbols and instruments are not
important. We must understand the

Chinmaya crux the essence
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The other two parts of this series of talks –

Knowing is not Enough & Master the Mind
are already published.
Reference: Tapovan Prasad 1968
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21/01/2024, 19:28 GREAT MINDS MAKE A GREAT NATION - By Swami Chinmayananda - Chinmaya Upahar

Chinmaya HOME SHOP CONTACT ABOUT US

Swami Chinmayananda addressed the

students of Somaiya College, Bombay, on the

Mind and Great Minds make a Great Nation.

GREAT his mind and the power of his

MINDS persons, admired generation after

MAKE A who had the right kind of mind who

You may work in whatever profession

NATION – you like, your greatness in society,

By Swami depends upon the quality of your

Chinmayan great acharyas concluded that a man

thousands of mighty men. See the life

From a useless prince, he became a

GREAT great people. Out of the millions of

MINDS that Gandhi alone became a

There must have been in him some

GREAT great qualities to attract the blessings

NATION – not in him when he was born. New

By Swami changing his thoughts, he changed his

Chinmayan the man also changed. In order to

There cannot be beauty in our

The ancient masters discovered these

GREAT giving the ideas revealed by Christ in

MINDS Koran, Krishna in the Gita, the Rishis

MAKE A masters in their speeches and

GREAT am giving you the essence from them.

A country is not great because of its

A great scientist, a great explorer, a

GREAT how to execute them. The mind is not

MINDS I can give you great lectures, but I

MAKE A cannot express my ideas if I am

NATION – and rehabilitation? Rehabilitation

By Swami various religions of the world.

Chinmayan It does not matter whether it is in a

anda whether it is from a photo, wooden

important. We must understand the

The other two parts of this series of talks –

Reference: Tapovan Prasad 1968

Great Mind Mahatma Gandhi

Guru By Swami Sivananda

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