Swami Vivekananda Quotes About Human Body

• The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Inspiring, Sitting, Body

  Swami Vivekananda, Swami Adiswarananda (2006). “Vivekananda, World Teacher: His Teachings on the Spiritual Unity of Humankind”, p.91, SkyLight Paths Publishing

• In this body, He resides, the Lord of souls and the King of kings.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Kings, Soul, Body

  Swami Vivekananda (1979). “Awakened India”

• Advance like a hero. Do not be thwarted by anything. How many days will this body last, with its happiness and misery? When you have the human body, then rouse the Atman within and say-I have reached the state of fearlessness!...and then as long as the body endures, speak unto others this message of fearlessness: 'Thou art That', 'Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached'

  Swami Vivekananda

  Motivational, Art, Hero

  Swami Vivekananda (1953). “Complete Works”

• It is a constant change. Not one body is constant.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Body, Human Body, Constant

  Swami Vivekananda (2012). “Raja Yoga (Annotated Edition)”, p.33, Jazzybee Verlag

• The body is mortal and the mind is mortal; both, being compounds, must die.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Mind, Body, Compounds

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2623, Manonmani Publishers

• The body must be properly taken care of. The people who torture their flesh are demoniacal.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Taken, People, Body

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2625, Manonmani Publishers

• The less the thought of the body, the better. For it is the body that drags us down.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Body, Drag, Human Body

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Powers of The Mind”, p.21, editionNEXT.com

• It is the want that creates the body.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Body, Want, Human Body

  Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Sadhanas or Preparations for Higher Life”, p.5, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

• The body is our enemy, and yet is our friend.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Enemy, Body, Human Body

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2213, Manonmani Publishers

• The organs are the horses, the mind is the rein, the intellect is the charioteer, the soul is the rider, and the body is the chariot.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Horse, Soul, Mind

  Swami Vivekananda (2012). “Raja Yoga (Annotated Edition)”, p.103, Jazzybee Verlag

• This body is a combination. It is only a fiction to say that I have one body, you another, and the sun another.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Fiction, Body, Sun

  Swami Vivekananda (2012). “Raja Yoga (Annotated Edition)”, p.119, Jazzybee Verlag

• The body is the external coating and the mind is the internal coating of the Atman who is the real perceiver, the real enjoyer, the being in the body who is working the body by means of the internal organ or the mind.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Real, Mean, Mind

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.168, Advaita Ashrama

• The body is subject to the law of growth and decay, what grows must of necessity decay.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Law, Growth, Decay

  Dave DeLuca, Swami Vivekananda (2006). “Pathways to Joy: The Master Vivekananda on the Four Yoga Paths to God”, p.12, New World Library

• We have to keep the body in good health; we have to take care of what we eat and drink, and what we do.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Body, Care, Drink

  Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Raja Yoga: Conquering the Internal Nature”, p.18, Advaita Ashrama

• There are the altars, but here is the greatest of altars, the living, conscious human body, and to worship at this altar is far higher than the worship of any dead symbols.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Body, Worship, Conscious

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Practical Vedanta Philosophy”, p.18, editionNEXT.com

• There is but one temple - the body. It is the only temple that ever existed.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Body, Temples, Human Body

  Swami Vivekananda (1955). “Complete Works”

• This idea of body is a simple superstition. It is superstition that makes us happy or unhappy. It is superstition caused by ignorance that makes us feel heat and cold, pain and pleasure.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Pain, Ignorance, Simple

  Swami Vivekananda (2012). “Raja Yoga (Annotated Edition)”, p.119, Jazzybee Verlag

• Thirst after body is the great bane of human life.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Body, Human Life, Thirst

  Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Raja Yoga: Conquering the Internal Nature”, p.119, Advaita Ashrama

• The body and mind are dependent.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Mind, Body, Dependent

• According to this philosophy, each man consists of three parts - the body, the internal organ or the mind, and behind that, what is called the Atman, the Self.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Philosophy, Men, Self

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.168, Advaita Ashrama

• The root of evil is in the illusion that we are bodies. This, if any, is the original sin.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Roots, Evil, Body

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2374, Manonmani Publishers

• All the forces that are working in this body have been produced out of food; we see that every day.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Body, Force, Human Body

  Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Vivekananda Reader”, p.222, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

• Get rid of the bondage of body; we have become slaves to it and learnt to hug our chains and love our slavery; so much so that we long to perpetuate it, and go on with "body" "body" for ever. Do not cling to the idea of "body", do not look for a future existence in any way like this one; do not love or want the body, even of those dear to us.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Ideas, Long, Hug

  Swami Vivekananda (1964). “Complete Works”

• Body is an unreal dream, and we think we are all bodies.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Dream, Thinking, Body

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.264, Manonmani Publishers

• Body is the name of a series of changes.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Names, Body, Human Body

  Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Raja Yoga: Conquering the Internal Nature”, p.19, Advaita Ashrama

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