A Comprehensive Collection - Swami Vivekananda

A Comprehensive Collection - Swami Vivekananda A Comprehensive Collection - Swami Vivekananda

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600 TO A FRIEND.Pledging life for learning,I spent half my days ;For love, as one insane,I clutched at shadows lifeless ;Friendless, clad in rags,Feeding from door to door,The frame,broken under austeritiesWhat riches have I earned ?weight,Listen, I speak my heart to thee,I have found in my life this truth supreme,Buffeted by waves, this whir! of life,One kerry takes across,The formulas of worship, the control of breath,Science, philosophy, systems varied,Renunciation &nd possession,Are but delusions of the mind ;Love, Love, that is the only thing.Jiva and Brahman, man and God,Ghosts and wraiths^and spirits all,Devas, beasts, birds, insects and worms,This Love dwells in the heart of all.,Say, who else is the of God gods ?Say, who moves all ?The mother dies for her young,The robber robs !The impulse of Love ! !/\

TO A FRIEND. 601**Beyond, the ken of speech and mind,It Dwellsin weal and woe ;It is that wh;ch comes,As the all-powerful, all-destroyer Kali,And as the mother.*isase, bet eavement, the pinch of poverty,Virtue and vice,1Che results of actions good and bad,All j!re but IT. s worship :Say, what does a*Jivdo&Deluded is%he, who pleasure seeks,Lunatic he who misery wishes,Mad he too who longs for death,Immortalityvain desire.Far, however far you go,Mounted on the mental car,It s the same ocean of world,and woe whirling on.Listen, bird, devoid of wings,It s not the way to escape ;Time and again you get blows,Why then attempt the impossible ?Let go knowledge,Prayers, offerings and strength,For Lovt? self-less is the sole resource ;Lo, the insect teaches,By embr, cing the flame.^s

600 TO A FRIEND.Pledging life for learning,I spent half my days ;For love, as one insane,I clutched at shadows lifeless ;Friendless, clad in rags,Feeding from door to door,The frame,broken under austeritiesWhat riches have I earned ?weight,Listen, I speak my heart to thee,I have found in my life this truth supreme,Buffeted by waves, this whir! of life,One kerry takes across,The formulas of worship, the control of breath,Science, philosophy, systems varied,Renunciation &nd possession,Are but delusions of the mind ;Love, Love, that is the only thing.Jiva and Brahman, man and God,Ghosts and wraiths^and spirits all,Devas, beasts, birds, insects and worms,This Love dwells in the heart of all.,Say, who else is the of God gods ?Say, who moves all ?The mother dies for her young,The robber robs !The impulse of Love ! !/\

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