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“If the many and the One be indeed the same Reality, then it is not all modes of worship alone, but equally all modes of work, all modes of struggle, all modes of creation, which are paths of realization. No distinction, henceforth, between sacred and secular. To labour is to pray. To conquer is to renounce. Life is itself religion. To have and to hold is as stern a trust as to quit and to avoid.”

Book:Swamiji and His Message

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Swamiji and His Message

This book delves into the life, wisdom, and message of Swamiji, offering insights into his spiritual journey and the principles he advocated. more

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Sister Nivedita

Sister Nivedita, born Annie Besant, was a British author, social activist, and Indian reformer. She was born on October 28, 1867, and died on October 13, 1911. Nivedita is known for her love for Indian culture and her contributions to the Indian independence movement. more

“Hinduism would not be eternal were it not constantly growing and spreading, and taking in new areas of experience. Precisely because it has this power of self addition and re-adaptation, in greater degree than any other religion that the world has even seen, we believe it to be the one immortal faith.”

World Believe Self Greater Growing Degrees Eternal Areas Immortal Hinduism Adaptation

Book:Religion and Dharma

Source: Religion and Dharma

“We must create a history of India in living terms. Up to the present that history, as written by the English, practically begins with Warren Hastings, and crams in certain unavoidable preliminaries, which cover a few thousands of years...The history of India has yet to be written for the first time. It has to be humanized, emotionalized, made the trumpet-voice and evangel of the race that inhabit India.”

Years Firsts Made Certain Voice Term Race Written First Time India Trumpets

Author:Sister Nivedita

“Robert Burns in his splendid indifference to rank, and Whitman in his glorification of common things, have points of kinship with him. But to such radiant white heart of child-likeness, it would be impossible to find a perfect counterpart.”

Heart Children Would Be White Perfect Common Impossible Indifference Splendid Radiant Kinship Counterparts Common Things Glorification

Author:Sister Nivedita

“In the stillness of the night, the Goddess whispers. In the brightness of the day, dear God roars. Life pulses, mind imagines, emotions wave, thoughts wander. What are all these but the endless movements of One Taste, forever at play with its own gestures, whispering quietly to all who would listen: is this not yourself? When the thunder roars, do you not hear your Self? When the lightning cracks, do you not see your Self? When clouds float quietly across the sky, is this not your own limitless Being, waving back at you?”