Vivekananda

Reflection N° 115 - About Poverty

Of Reflections, this subject may be the most complicated. All people want to possess more things than those that they possess: destitute persons, professionals, traders, and quite wealthy people. Certain North-American magazine usually reveals the wealth of the richest persons in the world, giving figures that, according to their dimensions, become meaningless.

Reflection N° 152 - Living Better

You can live better, whatever be the condition of a person –being healthy, sick, very poor, old, with a big family, or alone– all can improve their whole situation when and if they find a suitable form for their way of being and practice.

Course X - Teaching 8: Renunciation as Asceticism

I shall deal with the so important problem of asceticism. The reading of books and practical experiences did not achieve other thing than to mix up theoretical, practical and personal knowledge that of course confuses the souls.

Course X - Teaching 9: Cycles of Passive Asceticism in Cafh

Asceticism considered in Cafh could seem harmful or helpless, but this is not true at all. Individual asceticism is harmful, but asceticism practiced (even by the Son) by the man in order to attain an experience and later put this asceticism in the mystical body, is helpful.

Course XXVIII - Teaching 3: Brahmanism

Aryan established all their religions, philosophies, laws, letter and arts on Vedas. The Upanishads and Sutras, which are moral and philosophy of Hinduism, are vast commentaries on early texts based on their religion.