This booklet is a compilation from the writings of Sister Nivedita. A powerful writer as she was, she attempts here to portray, in her inimitable style, the excellence and vastness of the life and message of the great Swami Vivekananda in the perspective of India and the world. A book sure to be of great interest and value for all the followers and lovers of Swami Vivekananda and his philosophy.
After every happiness comes misery; they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one follow the other. What we want is neither happiness nor misery. Both make us forget our true nature; both are chains--one iron, one gold; behind both is the Atman, who knows neither happiness nor misery. These are states, and states must ever change; but the nature of the Atman is bliss, peace, unchanging. We have not to get it, we have it; only wash away the dross and see it.
-Swami Vivekananda
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