Swami Vivekananda Quotes About Mercy

• Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and say, here, my poor man, but be grateful that the poor man is there, so by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself.It is not the reciever that is blessed, but it is the giver.Be thankful that you are allowed to exercise your power of benevolence and mercy in the world, and thus become pure and perfect.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Blessed, Grateful, Exercise

  Swami Vivekananda (1962). “What Religion is: In the Words of Swami Vivekananda”

• Buddha taught kindness towards lower beings; and since then there has not been a sect in India that has not taught charity to all beings, even to animals. This kindness, this mercy, this charity - greater than any doctrine - are what Buddhism left to us.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Kindness, Buddhism, Animal

  Swami Vivekananda, Swami Adiswarananda (2006). “Vivekananda, World Teacher: His Teachings on the Spiritual Unity of Humankind”, p.146, SkyLight Paths Publishing

• The forms have value only so far as they are expressions of the life within. If they have ceased to express life, crush them out without mercy.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Crush, Expression, Mercy

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1001, Manonmani Publishers

• The wind is blowing; those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind? Is it the fault of the merciful Father, whose wind of mercy is blowing without ceasing, day and night, whose mercy knows no decay, is it His fault that some of us are happy and some unhappy? We make our own destiny. His sun shines for the weak as well as for the strong. His wind blows for saint and sinner alike. He is the Lord of all, the Father of all, merciful, and impartial.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Strong, Father, Blow

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.671, Manonmani Publishers

• There is another way in which this idea of mercy and selfless charity can be put into practice; that is, by looking upon work as "worship" in case we believe in a Personal God. Here we give up all the fruits our work unto the Lord, and worshipping Him thus, we have no right to expect anything from man kind for the work we do.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Giving Up, Believe, Men

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Karma Yoga: The Yoga of Action”, p.27, Advaita Ashrama

• Ahimsa (non-killing), truthfulness, purity, mercy, and godliness are always to be kept.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Mercy, Killing, Purity

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2649, Manonmani Publishers

• We want today that bright sun of intellectuality joined with the heart of Buddha, the wonderful infinite heart of love and mercy. This union will give us the highest philosophy.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Philosophy, Heart, Giving

  Source: tamilandvedas.com

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