Achieving Global Goals - following Swami Vivekananda
By Thiyaga & Seva - Sacrifice & Service
The gift of India is the gift of religion and philosophy, and wisdom and spirituality. And religion does not want cohorts to march before its path and clear its way. Wisdom and philosophy do not want to be carried on floods of blood. Wisdom and philosophy do not march upon bleeding human bodies, do not march with violence but come on the wings of peace and love, and that has always been so. Therefore we had to give.
The five sacred duties are: To Live in Harmony
- you growing spiritually?
- Can you love others?
- Can you feel oneness with others?
- Have you peace within yourself? and do you radiate it around you?
- That is called spiritual growth, which is stimulated by meditation inwardly, and by work done in a spirit of service outwardly." ~~~ Swami Ranganathananda
- Deva yajna – to the Lord-Iswara;
- Pitr. Yajna – to the family and ancestors;
- Brahma Yajna – to our Vedic culture;
- Manushya Yajna – to our fellow human beings and
- Bhutha Yajna – to the Eco-system.
This universe is simply a gymnasium in which the soul is taking exercise; and after these exercises we become God. So the value of everything is to be decided by how far it is a manifestation of God. Civilization is the manifestation of that divinity in man.
The greatest help to spiritual life is meditation. In meditation we divest ourselves of all material condition and feel our divine nature.
You must give your body, mind, and speech to “the welfare of the world”. You have read –” look upon your mother as God, look upon your father as God”– but I say ” the poor, the illiterate, the ignorant, the afflicted — let these be your God.” Know that service to these alone is the highest religion.
The greatest help to spiritual life is meditation. In meditation we divest ourselves of all material condition and feel our divine nature.
You must give your body, mind, and speech to “the welfare of the world”. You have read –” look upon your mother as God, look upon your father as God”– but I say ” the poor, the illiterate, the ignorant, the afflicted — let these be your God.” Know that service to these alone is the highest religion.
“Everything can be sacrificed for truth,
but truth cannot be sacrificed for anything” - Swami Vivekananda.
but truth cannot be sacrificed for anything” - Swami Vivekananda.
