http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Swami+Vivekananda Religion Swami Vivekananda Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=178040&ca=Religion Then the duty of the man is towards his brothers and sisters, and towards the children of his brothers and sisters, if they are poor, and towards his other relatives, his friends and his servants. Then his duties are towards the people of the same village, and the poor, and any one that comes to him... Self Help Swami Vivekananda Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=178038&ca=Self+Help Knowing that mother and father are the visible representatives of God, the householder, always and by all means, must please them. If the mother is pleased, and the father, God is pleased with the man. That child is really a good child who never speaks harsh words to his parents. Before parents one... Society Swami Vivekananda Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=178048&ca=Society It was an old custom in India for princesses to choose husbands in this way. Each princess had certain ideas of the sort of man she wanted for a husband. Some would have the handsomest man, others would have only the most learned, others again the richest, and so on. All the princes of the neighbour... Relationships Swami Vivekananda Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=178046&ca=Relationships If a man retires from the world to worship God, he must not think that those who live in the world and work for the good of the world are not worshipping God: neither must those who live in the world, for wife and children, think that those who give up the world are low vagabonds. Each is great in h... Relationships Swami Vivekananda Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=178045&ca=Relationships He must struggle to acquire a good name by all means. He must not gamble, he must not move in the company of the wicked, he must not tell lies, and must not be the cause of trouble to others. Often people enter into things they have not the means to ccomplish, with the result that they cheat others... Religion Swami Vivekananda Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=178042&ca=Religion A man must not say he is poor, or that he is wealthy -- he must not brag of his wealth. Let him keep his own counsel; this is his religious duty. This is not mere worldly wisdom; if a man does not do so, he may be held to be immoral. The householder is the basis, the prop, of the whole society. He i... Self Help Swami Vivekananda Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=178037&ca=Self+Help The life of every individual,according to the Hindu scriptures, has its peculiar duties apart from what belongs in common to universal humanity. The Hindu begins life as a student; then he marries and becomes a householder; in old age he retires; and lastly he gives up the world and becomes a Sannya... Religion Swami Vivekananda Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=177410&ca=Religion Our Karma determines what we deserve and what we can assimilate. We are responsible for what we are; and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future c... Religion Swami Vivekananda Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=177411&ca=Religion Work for work's sake. There are some who are really the salt of the earth in every country and who work for work's sake, who do not care for name, or fame, or even to go to heaven. They work just because good will come of it. There are others who do good to the poor and help mankind from still highe... Religion Swami Vivekananda Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=177412&ca=Religion Even the lowest forms of work are not to be despised. Let the man, who knows no better, work for selfish ends, for name and fame; but everyone should always try to get towards higher and higher motives and to understand them. "To work we have the right, but not to the fruits thereof." Leave the frui...