‘SWAMI VIVEKANANDA’- A Search of Divinity Within

Each soul is potentially divine The goal is to manifest this divinity within, by controlling nature, external and internal. Do this either by work or worship, or psychic control, or philosophy by one or more or all of these and be free.This is the whole of religion. Doctrines, or dogmas, or rituals or books or temples, or forms are but secondary details. - Swami Vivekananda

The Hindus have received their religion thorough revelation, the Vedas- Vedas which have no beginning, no end because sum total of cosmic energy is the same. So Hindu believes that he is spirit. Him the sword cannot pierce, fire cannot burn, water cannot melt and air cannot dry. God is everywhere, the pierce and formless one, the almighty and the all merciful. This is the common religion and faith of all the sects of India. In this world all peoples of all sects and religions concentrate on various mantle images and ultimately are one reality, Atmaswarupa. It is the same light coming through glasses of different colors but in the heart of everything the same trust reigns.

To me swami Vivekananda is not a name and body. He did not live in name and body. He was one with Swami Ramakrishna, his eternal peace where only Chaitanya without Sankalp and Vikalp prevailed.

Then how could Vivekananda speak? He spoke through his guru. It means an awakened Vivekananda could speak only through what his guru empowered him with.

There was his love, complete effacement of Kashaya (agnayna) (avidya), buddhi, asmita, raga, dwesh and abhnivesh).

The thing that was left then was Viveka. This Viveka changed Vivekananda into a divine self without ahamkar. Then to him all things dead or alive seemed to be within him and only a complete Purush (paramatma) was there to endure. Then this enlightenedlightened Vivekananda began sharing love with every visual thing. He saw swami Ramakrishna and his soul gave incentive to further his karma yoga left incomplete in his former incarnation.

Vedanta is advait, the end of thought and action. There remains no hope, no opinion, and no stubbornness of any kind. Now we have to think about how Vivekananda acted. His every karma was selfless.

Bhagavan Buddha, Christ, Mohammad, Paygamber, Sahajanand swami, Rama, Krishna and corers’ of enlightened souls worked without the presence of Ahamkar and only in the presence of love (Love without rage of Dwesh). They established that an action done with intention bears no positive fruits. But any action done selflessly bears positive fruits that the whole mankind and all being upon the earth share and become happy.

Wherever he went his divine spirit (Aatmabala) caught of papi and pavan. There was no room to think of any thing other then listening to and get lost into what Swamiji spoke. All got absorbed into his power and felt enlightened in his presence forgetting their names, forms, religions, relations and worldly possessions. Love was bestowed upon Swamiji from all quarters of the globe.

We judge him with different perspectives. We have our limitations because love has no language, no thought of action and no end. It is eternal. When empowered by Guru by your complete devotion, you see your thought and action one with him drifting in endless oceans of love and peace.

When we snatch something from somebody our self bites us. But when we give some things to a needy person our self pleases with what has been done. This is the result of only on Karma done with selflessness. Think of a saint whose whole life passes through endurance, patience, love and selfless service to humanity. He loses his identity in this process. Peace needs no war. If properly observed only peace can bear love and make every living being act accordingly. People have seen wild animals sitting around a saint seated in meditation. Nothing is impossible. If we obey Vivekananda no poverty can prevail because no sheth nor servant will be there on the earth and all will share profits according to their needs if every men accepts service to mankind to god. If Swamiji is followed all enemies of a being- anger, lust, greediness, moha ( me and my) will remains no longer. They will vanish before Vivek and proper living will follow, living in the name of Chaitanya- Aatmaswarap. Veda says’ Aatmanam viddhi- ‘know thy self.’

Vivekananda saw and felt every being sowing and reaping the fruits (result) of karma. He had no shadow (Ajnana). He was like the sun at room, only a ball of fire (jnana), the force of Sat, Chit, Aananda within him. All nature (prakriti) worked for his doings with no time limits, no bonds as is seen in the life of a stream flowing unaware of its way and yet making way ahead. It flows naturally without caring because no material attraction for any temporal thing will take grip on human mind. This can be if every man accepts “service to man kind is service to God”. If Swamiji is followed all enemies of a being anger, lust, greediness, moha, (me and my) will remain no longer. They will vanish before Vivek and proper living will follow, living in the name of ‘Chaitanya’ an- Aatmaswarup. Veda says,” Aatmanam Viddhi- know theyself.

For Sukha or Dukha, only remaining in Swarupa, Vedant.’

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Prof. Gayatri Patel
I/c Principal
Govt. B. Ed. College, Meghraj. (SS.K.)