In our ancient scriptures, the learned seers, the rishis, the saints, have given us a formula for being an effective student, a sincere seeker. The formula is Shravan, Manan, Nidhidhyas. Shravan means listening, receiving open-heartedly;
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“Heroes only enjoy the world.”
― Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
― Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“The cow never tells a lie, and the stone never steals, but, nevertheless, the cow remains a cow and the stone a stone. Man steals and man tells lies, and again it is man that becomes a god.”
― Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
― Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“Virtue is the only friend which follows us even beyond the grave. Everything else ends with death.”
― Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
― Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“You sow a thought, you reap an action. Reap an action, you sow a habit. Sow a habit, you reap a character. Sow a character, you reap your destiny.”
― The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Remarkable Story About Living Your Dreams
― The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Remarkable Story About Living Your Dreams
“Take up anything that you see or feel, a book for instance; first concentrate the mind on it, then on the knowledge that is in the form of a book, and then on the Ego that sees the book, and so on. By that practice all the organs will be conquered.”
― Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
― Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
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