Swami Vivekananda Quotes on Vedanta
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The whole universe is one. There is only one Self in the universe, only One Existence.
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The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.
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Impurity is a mere superimposition under which your real nature has become hidden. But the real you is already perfect, already strong.
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Pray all the time, read all the scriptures in the world, and worship all the gods there are :[but] unless you realize the Self (atman), there is no freedom.
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The essence of Vedanta is that there is but one Being and that every soul is that Being in full, not a part of that Being.
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The Self when it appears behind the universe is called God. The same Self when it appears behind this little universe-the body-is the soul.
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This is the great lesson that we are here to learn through myriads of births and heavens and hells-that there is nothing to be asked for, desired for, beyond one's spiritual Self (atman).