This man was very smart , During a train journey, Swami Vivekananda wore a wristwatch that caught the attention of a few girls. They decided to play a prank on him and demanded the watch, threatening to complain to the police that he was harassing them. Unperturbed, Swami remained silent and pretended to be deaf. He gestured to the girls to write down their demands on a piece of paper. Unbeknownst to them, he could actually hear and understand their words. With the paper in his possession, he calmly called the police and declared, “I have a complaint to make.” His quick-witted response left the girls astounded and taught them a lesson about their own mischievousness.
“I think it should have been really edgy” he got a two minute standing ovation, it was in the chicago world convention, majority of the audience there were scientists, academics and rational thinkers
Chemistry would stop when it discovers one element out of which all others can be made! As a chemistry graduate, I am astounded by his knowledge. Always loved swami ji, but never thought he could have been the best science professor of the century. by the way, his prediction is becoming true, nowadays, we are splitting protons and neutrons to study quarks, and anti matter, through which all elements re made.
Do you know, many westerners claim at that time who have witnessed Swamiji's speach that his speach is sophisticated that new words were adding when he was presenting the speach. ❤
Thank you for reacting to this speech because it made me discover this amazing soul and I am now reading his works, truly enlightening. His views are resonating with me like nothing else before❤
@@bandhabindaas interesting question. it reminds of the famous riddle - who came first egg or chicken. Answer I can think of is that egg or chicken can not be produced out of nothing but they must have tranformed or evolved from something else. In the same way energy must be there somewhere in some other form. It might be present as matter as we now matter can be changed to energy or in something else but it can not be void. something should have been there from which all these have been evolved.
13:40 , I don't know about Abrahamic faiths but in the dharmic society, science has been evolved from philosophy and submerged into the culture and scriptures. Like literally, there are some scriptures like Brahm samhita and Surya Siddhanta in which there are first mentions of pi as a number and it's correct value to 6 decimal places . It also contains some basic kinematics, correct explanation of solar and lunar eclipse, distance between sun and earth , qualitative discription of Newtonian gravity and many mathematical substances , anyone can read these , they are online . India has been the epicentre of science and mathematics, before invasions. It was the richest country accounting for 31percent global GDP share . In classical Japanese, India is known as 'tenjiku', which translates as “the land of heaven”. This is only an indication of how Japanese culture appreciates the Indian civilization.
Only take way from his whole speech is to seek the truth with your eye's close just wonder about your existence beyond body and you will see you are not body but you are going somewhere else in a form of energy ❤❤that is what is trying to explain
By underdeveloped mind, he meant, any individual who's not a Rishi yet, ie. who doesn't know the truth. An "underdeveloped mind" can obviously pretend that "yeah, I know the truth/ only my religion teaches the truth, so I don't need idols" and so on, but in reality, he still doesn't know the truth, he's just ignorant or dogmatic. Moreover, if he puts his ego aside and uses an idol, he might be able to focus better on the truth (it doesn't work for everyone though).
@Prasannakumar-yk7bf As that Guru himself is an Enlightenment, and was that period of time Guru chose his disciples and led the path for Enlightenment
@@Prasannakumar-yk7bfGod is said to be the first ever Guru, which bestowed Vedic knowledge to Lord Brahma at the very beginning of the universe. That's what I've read anyway🙏
Swami vivekanda got super computer mind, there was an incident when vivenkanda used to visit libraray daily and bring 1 big book to read at home. One day librarian asked him do you study book properly or just take it for fun. Swami ji said if you have doubt you just ask anything from any chapter or page I will response that. When libraraian asked something from big book swamiji told everything him i.e. including page number and para line. Vivrkandana was a great philospher who was englihtnend ❤
My Soul is God God is like Sun, my Mind/Consciousness is like Mirror and my Soul is the Image of the Sun My Ego is like dust over that mirror, Therefore I cannot know Myself, and therefore I can't see God Aham Brahmasmi (I am The God) - The declaration by the Vedas
The main difference between the western religious and indian religious philosophy is the western concept believes in outer engineering and indian concept teaches or talks about inner engineering,or individual has to see inwards.
See, idolatry is misunderstood. It doesn't say that any idol is god itself, but the mantras to invoke god are chanted to consecrate the idol. And since god is in every particle of this universe, strong belief reaches the formless, omnipresent god.
@stayspiritua JUST READ HIS BOOKS ON MANY WESTERN OR NON INDIAN TOPICS AS WELL .HE WAS A MIND Boggling HUMAM Spirituality AND YOGA Practitioner. HIS MIND POWER AND MEMORY TO REMEMBER . TRY KNOWING Vedanta AND UPANISHAD .WEST IS NOT EVEN A NAIL SIZE INFRONT OF INDIAN CIVILISATIONAL EXISTENCE . HEAR YURI BEZENOF(Maybe WRONG SPELLING IN LAST NAME) INTERVIEW IN USA ON INDIA HE WAS A KGB AGENT
@@stayspiritual Part of being one in Hinduism is explained this way in Vedas with water as metaphor... Imagine You r a drop of water ...there r millions of drops of water in different environments all around the world. We have to realise that we all r one just like when all water drops combine they loose their identity and becomes a big pool of water. When all water drops combine in that one ocean we realise each one drop and the ocean is one and the same in constitution. Ocean ( God) doesn't loose its identity when water drops evaporate and fall as rain in diff places. But ultimately all water wants to merge with the ocean whose identity is not different from the drop. When water is put in steel glass or a plastic tub or a pool only the external body is changing. ..water remains water. Some water is contaminated ..some just clean ..some cristal pure. Our completeness as souls lies in realising that we r all same and just desire to merge with God. We r part of the same universal soul whom we call God! Our aim of life is to realise this truth. As we take births we progress spiritually to the next up level till we get a birth where we r in complete knowledge of who we r and who is God. That's when we merge with the divine soul and it's this homecoming that we strive for birth after birth.
Thanks guys for not simply reacting but putting into words what you thoughts are. Its refreshing, and such deep content needs that kind of discussion. Happy and open to a discussion if youd like to have a session. I can bring the perspective of a practising Hindu to help you understand how hindus in India today practically react to spirituality. Good luck!
Regarding Idolatry, in Hinduism there is a philosophy of Nirakar ( formless) divinity wherein people attempt to attain realisation without worshiping idols. The followers of Vedant do not worship idols and are well accepted within Hindu society. That's why till date we Hindus have no conflict with Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism (God is formless in all these religions). Hinduism is a very fluid and flexible philosophy. That's why it still exists. We Hindus are allowed to walk on our own path of spirituality to attain the knowledge of ultimate truth. Some worship idols to reach there and some don't
The kind of stuff he had to endure once he landed in the USA was actually crazy. It was hellish due to his weird outfits and also because he ran out of money very quickly. Vivekananda's life story is actually very very inspiring and the amount of grace or luck as we simpletons like to call which he was bestowed upon is very interesting. But its always at the end of a long period of severe hardships that things would start working out for him.
Actually, this speech made Vivekanand famous - it also, introduced the Western world to Hinduism, as it is, not as portrayed by the colonisers. The scholars appreciated this speech. Those days the world was more open, I think.
This might be hard for some but the truth is that everything has its origins and every religion has originated from Sanatan Dharma. Hinduism is a recent religion but Sanatan Dharma is there from the beginning of human existence.
andbhakts? Aren't the Congressis and commies who say religion is opium giving definitions for Hinduism and Hindutva? All whilst their coalition leaders call for eradication of Sanatan Dharm and call it a disease? Hindutva means Hindu-ness. Anything that has '-tva' added to anything in Hindi and Sanskrit means 'characteristics', like 'nariyatva', 'purushatva'. Please don't fall into the words of people who want to destroy Sanatan Dharm in your political opposition of BJP. If anything, atleast BJP is stranding up for Sanatanis when Congress and the left wanted to destroy everything that's related to Sanatan, opposing Ram Mandir, claiming saffron terror, Hindu aatankwad, giving court affidavits that Lord Ram was an imaginary character from a book! Congress and left has through our education and social media has polluted our minds into parroting everything that they say, which is in turn proving to be detrimental to our own culture. Open your eyes before it's too late, my Hindu brother.
@@youtubelover9209 Not just in Hindi or Sanskrit. Even in Telugu it is same.. మాతృత్వం Matrutvam, విష్ణుతత్వం Vishnutatvam meaning 'of the Subject' The chouti fail Leftists and their ilk are not just ignorant but rabid too.. they will not get it, so it is better for us to either ignore what they say, completely or respond in such a way that all their teeth are on ground.
I haven't checked the other comments to see if someone already brought it up but the part he says about learning through science when modern science only accepts what can be measured is to understand it in the traditional meaning of science which is "knowledge".
Whatever he spoke is true for me as a hindu. Even if u create a world only for christianss or muslimss, there will be a time in future when some men and women wd attain enlightenment and Sanatan dharma would appear again, as if it was never lost. The spiritual laws cant be stopped. Its a more profound science that a young religion cant understand. Sanatan/hinduism is sum total of thousands of self realised beings who experienced the truth via direct experience. Thats why a hindu is so accepting and non-petty. We see humans as humans. Our scriptures see humans as humans. We see life as life. We r busy in perfecting ourselves, meanwhile christianss and muslimss are busy converting. The whole concept of conversion is lower and unspiritual. We r aiming to the top of the mountain. There r many paths, choose one and quit crying becoz the journey begins after u choose the path . Walking up the mountain is religion. It symbolises a man going beyond his body and mind limitations and experiences. Its none of ur business to decide which path is right ir wrong, ur business is to choose ur path and WALK.
One comment in passing - the declamation in this present video is not by Swami Vivekananda himself, as there is no known record of his voice. Of course the text is his. Great to see you guys appreciating Swami Vivekananda, having the broadness of mind and discernment to do it. Much appreciated. Love from India ❤
Soul is drop, God is Ocean This entire Universe is like an Image of God BUT Both are ONE and Not different Both are Infinite, Undefined, Unborn & Divine God is like Sun and Soul is its Rays HARI 🕉️-TAT-SAT 🙏🚩
. Good selection of video. "I dont need an idol now, I have graduated".... It is not any negative. It is a tool. A pole vaulter uses a pole to reach the bar but has to NECCESSARILY drop the pole at the bar or land in a mess. You leave the boat at the shore, you don't drag it around with you on land. As many paths to the goal, so many religions. You can reach point B from point A via an infinite number of paths. YET, if you want a straight line path, it is called Non Duality, Advaita. Advaita is the ultimate, the Quintessence of Hinduism. The contradictions are only apparent. The same One Light of Non Duality shining through glasses of different colours. Swami uses the word Effulgent here to mean self shining. Our senses, mind, intellect, memories, imaginations, emotions, sensations, etc are not self shining, rather they depend on the self shining light of consciousness to illumine them. That which is self shining and self revealed and reveals others is called the Effulgent here. The sanskrit word used for it is "Swaprakasha" / Swaprabha which literally means self- light. "Sad that the process is slow", - the Hindu is not sad about this. This knowledge has been there in this earth for about 10-15 thousand years and yet has been subdued and muted, risen and set on the world many times over and it will wane again before it can wax. Perhaps it may never get a chance to fully liberate mankind before the next meteorite will vaporize us, and it is ok. This universe has no beginning and end, and none of this knowledge is a creation, but an ever present reality from which we borrow for a time. .
What he means by experiencing universal consciousness is samadhi, a yogi experiences a state in which whole physical world is part of him and he is in everything like literally. The full potential of yoga is unknown ti even greatest of yogis.
If you are interested in swami Vivekananda then these videos are hidden gems for you guys please do check out 1. Title- Swami Vivekananda: The Power and the Glory | Swami Sarvapriyananda 2. A Documentary on Swami Vivekananda's Swadesh Chetana 3. Swami Vivekananda--The Greatest Teacher of Advaita Vedanta, by Swami Shuddhidananda
Someone with undeveloped leg can go faster than a Usain bolt with the help of a tool. But someone going faster than a car on his legs must have something great working within him That what we see as devine being, and The Great Vivekananda was an example of it
Unless you already know, I would suggest you guys to follow the speeches of Swami Sarvapriyananda of the Vedanta Society of New York or the resident Swami of Arsha Bodha Centre.
When he said undeveloped minds it means people of all humanity not just Hindus. even Islam which is anti-image has a symbol of Islam, maccah stone in kabba which they kiss and bown down to 5 times a day. no religion is pure non-idolator unless we are in Nirvikalpa Samadhi/Nirvana, in Propertyless/ Zero/Shunya state where subjective consciousness and objective perception(manifested universe) is in Yoga/Union/Nondual. Shivoham🙏
The deeper you go into idolotry in hinduism, you will only realise the oneness of all different idols, so its not offensive…. It is not offensive to state a fact respectfully… looking down upon it is..
You are the consciousness, the pure consciousness, the same supreme consciousness that was, is and will always be there. You are not this body. Your true self is hiding behind this body because you are attached to the ego, joys, sorrows, pain and happiness of this body. The moment you detatch yourself from these, you will see yourself standing far away from this body because the ultimate truth is that your true self is something other than this body i.e. your pure consciousness.
@@stayspiritualCURRENT PRIME Minister OF INDIA Studies HIM ITS HIS GUIDING GURU.YOU SEE HIM SPEAKE AND HIS WORK AND LIFE STYLE PRACTICES YOU WILL FIND VIVEK ANANDA INSPIRATION IN HIM
Did you find the seed of the thought happiness is a choice. You are what you think and do. This is Vedic philosophy. Humanity with maturity will eventually stumble upon Vedic philosophy / belief systems. Shri Shri Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Swami Vivekananda's Guru, was the soul he describes.
There are two school of thought in Hinduism. One is sagun and nirguna. Nirguna believes not it idol worship and claim that it is for undeveloped minds. Though I am lazy to do idol worship and according to Hinduism time period on earth is divided in 4 yugas. Each yuga has different ways to achieve love for god. Previous yug's dharma/way was idol worship... This yug's way is taking lords name or chanting. I take Krishna's name.. you guys can decide what to take. But that doesn't mean one cannot attain perfection through idol worship. We have a ritual called pran pratishtha which makes idol inhabits the deity which is made for. Deity literally comes to idol. People have seen the process and confirm. But that deity is in vulnerable form. It gives you opportunity to engage with him. Bathe him, feed him , protect etc. There are many activities related to god which can fulfill one's material need to do distorted things. Like hearing lord's glories, stories will help your ears, eating prasad( food which was offered to lord) for tongue... Similarly properly doing idol worship can prevent your lusty desires ...
Just FYI, this is not Swami Vivekananda's original voice, this is recorded by someone else, Swami Vivekananda was 28Y.O when he gave this speech at the P.o.R. In fact no recording of Swami Vivekanand's voice available right now.
I can just tell you something, when a hindu child is born when is he taught the first thing he used to ne taught in India is to take an universal identity that is " Aham Brahmasmi" which means i take my Identity as one with the universe when one takes such an identity all species, all vegetation all stars and galaxies are mine meaning anything destroyed is me being destroyed anything killed is me myself getting killed hence u can see a hindu feeding the ants, wetting mother earth with water or milk as even the earth has to get its share, it might boggle a western mind but thats how we perform duties, theres a lot to say however this comment section would be too less a space to write everything. May god bless all of us and lead us all to absolute truth.❤
By the way, this is not Swami Vivekananda's original voice. His speech wasn't recorded in Chicago as people say. (That's the reason it sounds weird at parts) Though the words of this speech are truly his.
‘You’ never were, ‘you’ never are and ‘you’ never will be, in the whole of existence. ‘You’ is just a kind of ‘ahankara’ or an idea which can also be called, an ego.
At 30:47 the way I try to think about it is that each of us observes one perspective of consciousness so to speak. That crazy guy is expressing one perspective of consciousness, he lacks your perspective or mine or someone else’s to behave differently. You don’t understand his behavior because you lack his perspective that makes it feel natural to him. Under the right circumstances we can shares our perspectives with each other in some form of expression (ie: direct communication/conversation, visual art, music, etc.). Now, if you take sum total of all of our individual perspectives, you have the totality of consciousness, which is the “Unity” I believe you speak of, and ultimately the “Brahman” that is spoken of in Advaita Vedanta (not to say that this is an authoritative description of Vedanta, just my way of wrapping my head around it).
Hinduism is inherently scientific.There is no religion vs science debate in Hinduism. Thats more an abrahamic thing. Also about the idolatry, the word itself is a derogatory one often used by missionaries and people who wish to convert others. The word is idol worship .There is an entire philosophy about Idol worship and it’s not some sort of underground,vague,cultish or sinister practice as a perceived in the west. Idol worship is about using a portal that best allows you to reach a higher level of being. That is why idols are so varied and the whole concept is so pluralistic. One has to understand that there is a basic difference between how organic native faiths think about existence and how founder organized religions, especially proselytizing ones think about existence. And since Hinduism is all about experience, it allows for experience at different levels, depending on the capacity and the desire of the individual. If an individual is happy with his existence on earth with no desire to explore any further, he or she still deserves happiness of the soul. Worshiping an idol of choice offers that. At the highest level where the soul becomes part of cosmic existence no such thing is required. The Rishis are the ones who have realized this and can only offer their guidance to anyone who wishes to listen. Even they cannot live somebody else’s life for them. They cannot experience what another individual experiences. In many ways, it is probably the most democratic and individualistic of concepts that ever existed.
VEDAS WERE WRITTEN AROUND 1500-2000 BC, IN VEDAS U WOULD FIND VALUE OF PI (A MATH TERM) , FORMULA TO MAKE SMALL BATTERY, DETAILS ABOUT OUR SOLAR SYSTEM LIKE DISTANCES BETWEEN EARTH MOON AND SUN ETC, ASTROLOGY MATH AND ARCHITECTURE. HINDUISM OR SANATAN IS THE ONLY RELIGION OR WAY OF LIFE WHICH DEEPLY CONNECTED TO SPIRITUALITY AND SCIENCE.
If you really really really Want to Know the depth of Indian Spirituality and Learn about the Indian Spiritual Masters Lineage the you need to read only one book “ Autobiography of a Yogi” by Swami Parmahansa Yogananda - ( Blue Cover book only not orange book)
@Stayspiritual Here's the perspective on Idolatry. As SwamiV said every Soul bears a body it can contain. The mind in the body tries to enrich its soul by trying to know, worshipping and idolize the SUPREME. While it depends on the intellect of the soul at that stage to understand the supreme is Omnipresent, it starts with an imagery/Idol form to relate it to the mind. It should reach maturity and leave the idolatry to understand that every form surrounded by self is Supreme Energy. At that stage one sees god in every form.. in other Human, Tree, Animal, every element of Earth and the visible universe. At this matured stage the mind tends to look Inwards in to the soul in search of supreme.. DHYANAM (Meditation through Penance) where Idolatry is VOID 🙏
This man was very smart , During a train journey, Swami Vivekananda wore a wristwatch that caught the attention of a few girls. They decided to play a prank on him and demanded the watch, threatening to complain to the police that he was harassing them. Unperturbed, Swami remained silent and pretended to be deaf. He gestured to the girls to write down their demands on a piece of paper. Unbeknownst to them, he could actually hear and understand their words. With the paper in his possession, he calmly called the police and declared, “I have a complaint to make.” His quick-witted response left the girls astounded and taught them a lesson about their own mischievousness.
I have gone through the whole biography of Swami Vivekananda.He is just inexplicable ❤
Women have been indulging in false accusations since time immemorial.
That is simply badass brilliant dude 😎🙏
They were not pranking him, rather they were robbers who tried to rob Swami Ji of his watch.
@@RajGoyal108exactly! If I play a prank on a bank and rob it, will the judge play a prank on me and sentence me to 30 years?😂😂😂
Only Indians can think like Swami Vivekananda, unfortunately he died in a youger age. Om Namasyiwaya ❤❤❤
Jay Sanatan Dharma
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Arise, awake and do not stop until the goal is reached.
-swami viveka nanda
One of My ideal from school time.. This quote is my fav. From school
Actually a quote from Katha Upanishad..
Me too🙏
The quote is used by every single parents in India
Swami ji was given only 5 mins only but the crowd demanded for more and all this happened ❤❤❤❤
“I think it should have been really edgy” he got a two minute standing ovation, it was in the chicago world convention, majority of the audience there were scientists, academics and rational thinkers
Chemistry would stop when it discovers one element out of which all others can be made!
As a chemistry graduate, I am astounded by his knowledge. Always loved swami ji, but never thought he could have been the best science professor of the century.
by the way, his prediction is becoming true, nowadays, we are splitting protons and neutrons to study quarks, and anti matter, through which all elements re made.
His wisdom and knowledge were like never seen anywhere in the world
It sounds very normal in the 21st century. But when you think about he made the speech in the eighteenth century , then it really opens up your mind
Do you know, many westerners claim at that time who have witnessed Swamiji's speach that his speach is sophisticated that new words were adding when he was presenting the speach. ❤
Thank you for reacting to this speech because it made me discover this amazing soul and I am now reading his works, truly enlightening. His views are resonating with me like nothing else before❤
I love comments like this. Thanks so much for watching. 🙏
👍🏼🙏🏼Jai Swami Vivekanand❤️🇮🇳
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Energy can neither be created nor destroyed but it can be transformed from one form to another-first law of thermodynamics
But this brings an interesting point as without creation or source of energy, how can it be transformed?
@@bandhabindaas interesting question. it reminds of the famous riddle - who came first egg or chicken. Answer I can think of is that egg or chicken can not be produced out of nothing but they must have tranformed or evolved from something else. In the same way energy must be there somewhere in some other form. It might be present as matter as we now matter can be changed to energy or in something else but it can not be void. something should have been there from which all these have been evolved.
13:40 , I don't know about Abrahamic faiths but in the dharmic society, science has been evolved from philosophy and submerged into the culture and scriptures. Like literally, there are some scriptures like Brahm samhita and Surya Siddhanta in which there are first mentions of pi as a number and it's correct value to 6 decimal places . It also contains some basic kinematics, correct explanation of solar and lunar eclipse, distance between sun and earth , qualitative discription of Newtonian gravity and many mathematical substances , anyone can read these , they are online . India has been the epicentre of science and mathematics, before invasions. It was the richest country accounting for 31percent global GDP share . In classical Japanese, India is known as 'tenjiku', which translates as “the land of heaven”. This is only an indication of how Japanese culture appreciates the Indian civilization.
Well amaging fact thannks, I read these before thanks for sharing ❤
Thanks to you The Great Son Of India
Dude, this is eye opening. So scientific and transparent !!
Swami Vivekananda.. 🙏
Only take way from his whole speech is to seek the truth with your eye's close just wonder about your existence beyond body and you will see you are not body but you are going somewhere else in a form of energy ❤❤that is what is trying to explain
Complete 12 years of brahmcharya by Swami Vivekananda Ji
Swami Vivekananda is very very very genius men❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊
Idol Worship in India simply means Meditating/Concentrating on that particular Idol.
It's the Journey from an Image of God to the Formless God.
Science says about more materials
But Spirituality,is super science,which says beyond
Very impressive speach
Agreed
when u say I like this MAN wht he is speaking
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The Speech is More that 130 Years Old
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Jay Swami Vivekananda ❤❤🙏
One has to move away from labels, identity, and beliefs, conclusions which are all just side effects of individuality to realise spirituality.
The idea of digging into memories of past life is so personal. That it can not be anyone but yourself. It puts you at the centre of this universe.
Swami ji 🙏🇮🇳
Swami Vivekananda used to read 700 pages/1hr.
By underdeveloped mind, he meant, any individual who's not a Rishi yet, ie. who doesn't know the truth. An "underdeveloped mind" can obviously pretend that "yeah, I know the truth/ only my religion teaches the truth, so I don't need idols" and so on, but in reality, he still doesn't know the truth, he's just ignorant or dogmatic. Moreover, if he puts his ego aside and uses an idol, he might be able to focus better on the truth (it doesn't work for everyone though).
There is a saying in Hindu philosophy that you cannot reach the enlightened state yourself. You always need a Guru to teach you.
How did the first guru got enlightened.
@@Prasannakumar-yk7bf What I told is not absolute. But that is very very rare and extremely difficult.
@Prasannakumar-yk7bf As that Guru himself is an Enlightenment, and was that period of time Guru chose his disciples and led the path for Enlightenment
@@Prasannakumar-yk7bfGod is said to be the first ever Guru, which bestowed Vedic knowledge to Lord Brahma at the very beginning of the universe. That's what I've read anyway🙏
Swami vivekanda got super computer mind, there was an incident when vivenkanda used to visit libraray daily and bring 1 big book to read at home. One day librarian asked him do you study book properly or just take it for fun. Swami ji said if you have doubt you just ask anything from any chapter or page I will response that. When libraraian asked something from big book swamiji told everything him i.e. including page number and para line.
Vivrkandana was a great philospher who was englihtnend ❤
स्वामीजी को मैने अपना गुरु माना है 🎉❤
My Soul is God
God is like Sun, my Mind/Consciousness is like Mirror and my Soul is the Image of the Sun
My Ego is like dust over that mirror,
Therefore I cannot know Myself, and therefore I can't see God
Aham Brahmasmi (I am The God) - The declaration by the Vedas
hinduism needs to reborn in the world its most scientifc and logical religion unlike the so called faiths
Sanatan must prevail
The main difference between the western religious and indian religious philosophy is the western concept believes in outer engineering and indian concept teaches or talks about inner engineering,or individual has to see inwards.
I listened to it 100 of times
I love idolatry. It brightens up my whole life. I do it everyday.
there is a sect of Hinduism that demotes idol worship...it's Neo vaishnavite religion of Assam...so not all Hindus are bound to be idol worshippers
@@sunflowermist23 I know. It should be a personal choice. Nothing should be mandatory or prohibited.
@@sunflowermist23 You are talking about Srimanta Shankar Dev right? I am a follower of that sect propounded by him.
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See, idolatry is misunderstood. It doesn't say that any idol is god itself, but the mantras to invoke god are chanted to consecrate the idol. And since god is in every particle of this universe, strong belief reaches the formless, omnipresent god.
That's Swami Vivekanada's 3rd and not 2and language. See how impressive it is now
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@@stayspiritual thank you!
@stayspiritua JUST READ HIS BOOKS ON MANY WESTERN OR NON INDIAN TOPICS AS WELL .HE WAS A MIND Boggling HUMAM Spirituality AND YOGA Practitioner.
HIS MIND POWER AND MEMORY TO REMEMBER .
TRY KNOWING Vedanta AND UPANISHAD .WEST IS NOT EVEN A NAIL SIZE INFRONT OF INDIAN CIVILISATIONAL EXISTENCE . HEAR YURI BEZENOF(Maybe WRONG SPELLING IN LAST NAME) INTERVIEW IN USA ON INDIA HE WAS A KGB AGENT
@@stayspiritual Part of being one in Hinduism is explained this way in Vedas with water as metaphor... Imagine You r a drop of water ...there r millions of drops of water in different environments all around the world. We have to realise that we all r one just like when all water drops combine they loose their identity and becomes a big pool of water.
When all water drops combine in that one ocean we realise each one drop and the ocean is one and the same in constitution. Ocean ( God) doesn't loose its identity when water drops evaporate and fall as rain in diff places. But ultimately all water wants to merge with the ocean whose identity is not different from the drop. When water is put in steel glass or a plastic tub or a pool only the external body is changing. ..water remains water. Some water is contaminated ..some just clean ..some cristal pure.
Our completeness as souls lies in realising that we r all same and just desire to merge with God. We r part of the same universal soul whom we call God! Our aim of life is to realise this truth. As we take births we progress spiritually to the next up level till we get a birth where we r in complete knowledge of who we r and who is God. That's when we merge with the divine soul and it's this homecoming that we strive for birth after birth.
Thanks guys for not simply reacting but putting into words what you thoughts are. Its refreshing, and such deep content needs that kind of discussion. Happy and open to a discussion if youd like to have a session. I can bring the perspective of a practising Hindu to help you understand how hindus in India today practically react to spirituality. Good luck!
Jay shree ram....Thank you brothers for talking about hindu dharma/Sanatan dharma
Regarding Idolatry, in Hinduism there is a philosophy of Nirakar ( formless) divinity wherein people attempt to attain realisation without worshiping idols. The followers of Vedant do not worship idols and are well accepted within Hindu society. That's why till date we Hindus have no conflict with Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism (God is formless in all these religions). Hinduism is a very fluid and flexible philosophy. That's why it still exists. We Hindus are allowed to walk on our own path of spirituality to attain the knowledge of ultimate truth. Some worship idols to reach there and some don't
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Hinduism is not trying to "come to grips with science" in the last 100 years or so. Hindu rishis were first and foremost, scientists.
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He was at the international religions conference in Chicago. People representing their country spoke about their religion and belief.
The 21st century Swami Vivekananda is Sadhguru and there are many more that we don't know, we are blessed
Swamiji is also called lion monk
The kind of stuff he had to endure once he landed in the USA was actually crazy. It was hellish due to his weird outfits and also because he ran out of money very quickly. Vivekananda's life story is actually very very inspiring and the amount of grace or luck as we simpletons like to call which he was bestowed upon is very interesting. But its always at the end of a long period of severe hardships that things would start working out for him.
In the book Autobiography of a Yogi - there is a chapter in Swami Vivekananda - which is a great insight into this great monk, thanks 🙏
Actually, this speech made Vivekanand famous - it also, introduced the Western world to Hinduism, as it is, not as portrayed by the colonisers. The scholars appreciated this speech. Those days the world was more open, I think.
This might be hard for some but the truth is that everything has its origins and every religion has originated from Sanatan Dharma. Hinduism is a recent religion but Sanatan Dharma is there from the beginning of human existence.
Hinduism is new name of Sanatana Dharma. It holds all values in Sanatana Dharma.
Name is new but it's same.
And Hinduism also never a religion.
@@iammealways1124 brother dhongies, adharmies and andbhakts call it hindutva etc. Real people with right knowledge will never say that name.
@@anujjagtap1604I want you to explain to a fellow "andhbhakt" here, what we mean by Hindutva
andbhakts? Aren't the Congressis and commies who say religion is opium giving definitions for Hinduism and Hindutva?
All whilst their coalition leaders call for eradication of Sanatan Dharm and call it a disease?
Hindutva means Hindu-ness. Anything that has '-tva' added to anything in Hindi and Sanskrit means 'characteristics', like 'nariyatva', 'purushatva'.
Please don't fall into the words of people who want to destroy Sanatan Dharm in your political opposition of BJP.
If anything, atleast BJP is stranding up for Sanatanis when Congress and the left wanted to destroy everything that's related to Sanatan, opposing Ram Mandir, claiming saffron terror, Hindu aatankwad, giving court affidavits that Lord Ram was an imaginary character from a book!
Congress and left has through our education and social media has polluted our minds into parroting everything that they say, which is in turn proving to be detrimental to our own culture.
Open your eyes before it's too late, my Hindu brother.
@@youtubelover9209 Not just in Hindi or Sanskrit. Even in Telugu it is same.. మాతృత్వం Matrutvam, విష్ణుతత్వం Vishnutatvam meaning 'of the Subject'
The chouti fail Leftists and their ilk are not just ignorant but rabid too.. they will not get it, so it is better for us to either ignore what they say, completely or respond in such a way that all their teeth are on ground.
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I haven't checked the other comments to see if someone already brought it up but the part he says about learning through science when modern science only accepts what can be measured is to understand it in the traditional meaning of science which is "knowledge".
Whatever he spoke is true for me as a hindu.
Even if u create a world only for christianss or muslimss, there will be a time in future when some men and women wd attain enlightenment and Sanatan dharma would appear again, as if it was never lost. The spiritual laws cant be stopped. Its a more profound science that a young religion cant understand. Sanatan/hinduism is sum total of thousands of self realised beings who experienced the truth via direct experience. Thats why a hindu is so accepting and non-petty. We see humans as humans. Our scriptures see humans as humans. We see life as life. We r busy in perfecting ourselves, meanwhile christianss and muslimss are busy converting. The whole concept of conversion is lower and unspiritual. We r aiming to the top of the mountain. There r many paths, choose one and quit crying becoz the journey begins after u choose the path . Walking up the mountain is religion. It symbolises a man going beyond his body and mind limitations and experiences. Its none of ur business to decide which path is right ir wrong, ur business is to choose ur path and WALK.
Beautifully put. Also good reminder on conversion is so cheap under the very concept of evolution to higher soul via universal realization.
wow so profound!
One comment in passing - the declamation in this present video is not by Swami Vivekananda himself, as there is no known record of his voice. Of course the text is his.
Great to see you guys appreciating Swami Vivekananda, having the broadness of mind and discernment to do it. Much appreciated. Love from India ❤
Shwami Vivekananda shrap mind in histry
Soul is drop, God is Ocean
This entire Universe is like an Image of God
BUT
Both are ONE and Not different
Both are Infinite, Undefined, Unborn & Divine
God is like Sun and Soul is its Rays
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Read about Bhagat Singh Sandhu. The revolutionary from Punjab, India. What a legend he still is.
Swami vivekananda is the biggest icon of indian imagination of the past 150 years. Thats a divine pedestal.
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Read Complete works of Swami Vivekananda 9 volumes ....Everything will be crystal clear ...as to what this world is ...and what is our purpose in life
where i can get it ?
Good call. As far I know, philosophy and science were intertwined before the 1000 CE. Science was one of the tools used to forward philosophy.
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Good selection of video.
"I dont need an idol now, I have graduated".... It is not any negative. It is a tool. A pole vaulter uses a pole to reach the bar but has to NECCESSARILY drop the pole at the bar or land in a mess. You leave the boat at the shore, you don't drag it around with you on land.
As many paths to the goal, so many religions. You can reach point B from point A via an infinite number of paths. YET, if you want a straight line path, it is called Non Duality, Advaita. Advaita is the ultimate, the Quintessence of Hinduism. The contradictions are only apparent. The same One Light of Non Duality shining through glasses of different colours.
Swami uses the word Effulgent here to mean self shining. Our senses, mind, intellect, memories, imaginations, emotions, sensations, etc are not self shining, rather they depend on the self shining light of consciousness to illumine them. That which is self shining and self revealed and reveals others is called the Effulgent here. The sanskrit word used for it is "Swaprakasha" / Swaprabha which literally means self- light.
"Sad that the process is slow", - the Hindu is not sad about this. This knowledge has been there in this earth for about 10-15 thousand years and yet has been subdued and muted, risen and set on the world many times over and it will wane again before it can wax. Perhaps it may never get a chance to fully liberate mankind before the next meteorite will vaporize us, and it is ok. This universe has no beginning and end, and none of this knowledge is a creation, but an ever present reality from which we borrow for a time.
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The audio recording is not of Swami Bibekananda,it is prepared like it seems delivered by him.Everyone can search it yourself.
What he means by experiencing universal consciousness is samadhi, a yogi experiences a state in which whole physical world is part of him and he is in everything like literally. The full potential of yoga is unknown ti even greatest of yogis.
Hinduism is inherently scientific. There is no science versus religion debate in Hinduism. That’s more often Abrahamic thing.
If you are interested in swami Vivekananda then these videos are hidden gems for you guys please do check out
1. Title- Swami Vivekananda: The Power and the Glory | Swami Sarvapriyananda
2. A Documentary on Swami Vivekananda's Swadesh Chetana
3. Swami Vivekananda--The Greatest Teacher of Advaita Vedanta, by Swami Shuddhidananda
In India, from ancient time Shastra means science.
wow
Someone with undeveloped leg can go faster than a Usain bolt with the help of a tool.
But someone going faster than a car on his legs must have something great working within him
That what we see as devine being, and The Great Vivekananda was an example of it
you must buy complete works of swami vivekananda , its in blue color 9 volume book set.
hope someday u will read it.
Hinduism is science, the vedas are science, the modern science is derived from the vedas. @StaySpiritual
Unless you already know, I would suggest you guys to follow the speeches of Swami Sarvapriyananda of the Vedanta Society of New York or the resident Swami of Arsha Bodha Centre.
When he said undeveloped minds it means people of all humanity not just Hindus. even Islam which is anti-image has a symbol of Islam, maccah stone in kabba which they kiss and bown down to 5 times a day. no religion is pure non-idolator unless we are in Nirvikalpa Samadhi/Nirvana, in Propertyless/ Zero/Shunya state where subjective consciousness and objective perception(manifested universe) is in Yoga/Union/Nondual.
Shivoham🙏
Some questions, some ego battles, some realisation, some victories and some defeats.
Ps everyone goes through it 😉
The deeper you go into idolotry in hinduism, you will only realise the oneness of all different idols, so its not offensive…. It is not offensive to state a fact respectfully… looking down upon it is..
You are the consciousness, the pure consciousness, the same supreme consciousness that was, is and will always be there. You are not this body. Your true self is hiding behind this body because you are attached to the ego, joys, sorrows, pain and happiness of this body. The moment you detatch yourself from these, you will see yourself standing far away from this body because the ultimate truth is that your true self is something other than this body i.e. your pure consciousness.
Also you ask about the graduation from needing idols as tools to connect. Very good question btw. We call that sanatana dharma
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@@stayspiritualCURRENT PRIME Minister OF INDIA Studies HIM ITS HIS GUIDING GURU.YOU SEE HIM SPEAKE AND HIS WORK AND LIFE STYLE PRACTICES YOU WILL FIND VIVEK ANANDA INSPIRATION IN HIM
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SEE THE INDIAN PRIME MINISTER YOU DONT GET A LIVE EXAMPLE IN EVERY CENTURY .HE FOLLOWS SWAMI VIVEK ANDNDA
Did you find the seed of the thought happiness is a choice. You are what you think and do. This is Vedic philosophy. Humanity with maturity will eventually stumble upon Vedic philosophy / belief systems. Shri Shri Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Swami Vivekananda's Guru, was the soul he describes.
There are two school of thought in Hinduism. One is sagun and nirguna. Nirguna believes not it idol worship and claim that it is for undeveloped minds.
Though I am lazy to do idol worship and according to Hinduism time period on earth is divided in 4 yugas. Each yuga has different ways to achieve love for god. Previous yug's dharma/way was idol worship... This yug's way is taking lords name or chanting. I take Krishna's name.. you guys can decide what to take. But that doesn't mean one cannot attain perfection through idol worship. We have a ritual called pran pratishtha which makes idol inhabits the deity which is made for. Deity literally comes to idol. People have seen the process and confirm. But that deity is in vulnerable form. It gives you opportunity to engage with him. Bathe him, feed him , protect etc. There are many activities related to god which can fulfill one's material need to do distorted things. Like hearing lord's glories, stories will help your ears, eating prasad( food which was offered to lord) for tongue... Similarly properly doing idol worship can prevent your lusty desires ...
Clarification:
This is just an audio reconstruction of Swami Vivekananda's speech and not an actual voice recording.
Just FYI, this is not Swami Vivekananda's original voice, this is recorded by someone else, Swami Vivekananda was 28Y.O when he gave this speech at the P.o.R. In fact no recording of Swami Vivekanand's voice available right now.
I can just tell you something, when a hindu child is born when is he taught the first thing he used to ne taught in India is to take an universal identity that is " Aham Brahmasmi" which means i take my Identity as one with the universe when one takes such an identity all species, all vegetation all stars and galaxies are mine meaning anything destroyed is me being destroyed anything killed is me myself getting killed hence u can see a hindu feeding the ants, wetting mother earth with water or milk as even the earth has to get its share, it might boggle a western mind but thats how we perform duties, theres a lot to say however this comment section would be too less a space to write everything. May god bless all of us and lead us all to absolute truth.❤
By the way, this is not Swami Vivekananda's
original voice. His speech wasn't recorded in Chicago as people say. (That's the reason it sounds weird at parts)
Though the words of this speech are truly his.
This was not Swami Vivekananda's real voice.Actually the voice and the speech was not recorded.This video is dubbed on the real speech of Swami ji.
‘You’ never were, ‘you’ never are and ‘you’ never will be, in the whole of existence. ‘You’ is just a kind of ‘ahankara’ or an idea which can also be called, an ego.
At 30:47 the way I try to think about it is that each of us observes one perspective of consciousness so to speak. That crazy guy is expressing one perspective of consciousness, he lacks your perspective or mine or someone else’s to behave differently. You don’t understand his behavior because you lack his perspective that makes it feel natural to him.
Under the right circumstances we can shares our perspectives with each other in some form of expression (ie: direct communication/conversation, visual art, music, etc.). Now, if you take sum total of all of our individual perspectives, you have the totality of consciousness, which is the “Unity” I believe you speak of, and ultimately the “Brahman” that is spoken of in Advaita Vedanta (not to say that this is an authoritative description of Vedanta, just my way of wrapping my head around it).
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Watch the Uncut one.... That's about 47 Mins or something
It's not the Full Speech, it's half
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Vivekananda is a story of a man who became a devout believer from an atheist.
Hinduism is inherently scientific.There is no religion vs science debate in Hinduism. Thats more an abrahamic thing. Also about the idolatry, the word itself is a derogatory one often used by missionaries and people who wish to convert others. The word is idol worship .There is an entire philosophy about Idol worship and it’s not some sort of underground,vague,cultish or sinister practice as a perceived in the west. Idol worship is about using a portal that best allows you to reach a higher level of being. That is why idols are so varied and the whole concept is so pluralistic. One has to understand that there is a basic difference between how organic native faiths think about existence and how founder organized religions, especially proselytizing ones think about existence. And since Hinduism is all about experience, it allows for experience at different levels, depending on the capacity and the desire of the individual. If an individual is happy with his existence on earth with no desire to explore any further, he or she still deserves happiness of the soul. Worshiping an idol of choice offers that. At the highest level where the soul becomes part of cosmic existence no such thing is required. The Rishis are the ones who have realized this and can only offer their guidance to anyone who wishes to listen. Even they cannot live somebody else’s life for them. They cannot experience what another individual experiences. In many ways, it is probably the most democratic and individualistic of concepts that ever existed.
VEDAS WERE WRITTEN AROUND 1500-2000 BC, IN VEDAS U WOULD FIND VALUE OF PI (A MATH TERM) , FORMULA TO MAKE SMALL BATTERY, DETAILS ABOUT OUR SOLAR SYSTEM LIKE DISTANCES BETWEEN EARTH MOON AND SUN ETC, ASTROLOGY MATH AND ARCHITECTURE.
HINDUISM OR SANATAN IS THE ONLY RELIGION OR WAY OF LIFE WHICH DEEPLY CONNECTED TO SPIRITUALITY AND SCIENCE.
You should watch "Aathma Rama" - brodha V
If you really really really Want to Know the depth of Indian Spirituality and Learn about the Indian Spiritual Masters Lineage the you need to read only one book “ Autobiography of a Yogi” by Swami Parmahansa Yogananda - ( Blue Cover book only not orange book)
@Stayspiritual Here's the perspective on Idolatry. As SwamiV said every Soul bears a body it can contain. The mind in the body tries to enrich its soul by trying to know, worshipping and idolize the SUPREME. While it depends on the intellect of the soul at that stage to understand the supreme is Omnipresent, it starts with an imagery/Idol form to relate it to the mind. It should reach maturity and leave the idolatry to understand that every form surrounded by self is Supreme Energy. At that stage one sees god in every form.. in other Human, Tree, Animal, every element of Earth and the visible universe. At this matured stage the mind tends to look Inwards in to the soul in search of supreme.. DHYANAM (Meditation through Penance) where Idolatry is VOID 🙏