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The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

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“One way for attaining Bhakti is by repeating the name of God a number of times. Mantras have effect: the mere repetition of words.... To obtain Bhakti, seek the company of holy men who have Bhakti, and read books like the Gita and the Imitation of Christ; always think of the attributes of God.”

“Is enjoyment the goal of life? Were it so, it would be a tremendous mistake to become a man at all. What man can enjoy a meal with more gusto than the dog or the cat ? Go to a menagerie and see the [wild animals] tearing the flesh from the bone. Go back and become a bird! . . . What a mistake then to become a man! Vain have been my years - hundreds of years - of struggle only to become the man of sense-enjoyments.”

“Aye, born heir to the infinite thou art, within the heart is the ocean of love, "give, give away," - whoever asks return, his ocean dwindles down to a mere drop. From the highest brahman to the yonder worm, and to the very minutest atom, Everywhere is the same god, the all-love; Friend, offer mind, soul, body, at their feet. These are his manifold forms before thee, rejecting them, where seekest thou for god? who loves all beings, without distinction, he indeed is worshipping best his god. Vivekananda”