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Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, is a branch of the Ramakrishna Order, founded by Swami Vivekananda.

It focuses on building a vibrant spiritual community, cutting across cultural, racial, religious and political boundaries. The Society's programs are temporarily suspended due to the pandemic. For updates, please check: https://vedantasociety.net/programs

06/18/2026

TODAY’S VIVEKANANDA QUOTE

One of the most poetical of the Upanishads, the Katha Upanishad, begins with the inquiry: “When a man dies, there is a dispute. One party declares that he has gone for ever, the other insists that he is still living. Which is true?” Various answers have been given. The whole sphere of metaphysics, philosophy, and religion is really filled with various answers to this question.
At the same time, attempts have been made to suppress it, to put a stop to the unrest of mind which asks, “What is beyond? What is real?” But so long as death remains, all these attempts at suppression will always prove to be unsuccessful.

Jnana Yoga: “The Real Nature of Man” (London, June 21, 1896). Complete Works, 2. 70.

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06/17/2026

TODAY’S VIVEKANANDA QUOTE

We cannot conceive of any enjoyment higher than loving God, but this word love has different meanings. It does not mean the ordinary selfish love of the world; it is blasphemy to call that “love.” The love for our children and our wives is mere animal love. The love which is perfectly unselfish is the only love, and that is of God. It is a very difficult thing to attain to.

Addresses on Bhakti Yoga: The First Steps (New York: December 16, 1895). Complete Works, 4. 15.

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06/15/2026

TODAY’S VIVEKANANDA QUOTE

Make the heart like an ocean, go beyond all the trifles of the world, be mad with joy even at evil. See the world as a picture and then enjoy its beauty, knowing that nothing affects you.

Retreat given at the Thousand Island Park, USA. June 25, 1895. Complete Works, 7. 13.

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06/12/2026

SUNDAY SATSANG AT 11 AM: Swami Tyagananda on "Dearing with Hatred." All are welcome!

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06/11/2026

TODAY’S VIVEKANANDA QUOTE

So long as one is within the realm of māyā, the idea of duality will no doubt remain. Space-time-causation (deśa-kāla-nimitta), or name and form (nāma-rūpa), is what is called māyā. When one goes beyond this māyā, one experiences oneness, and such a person is neither a dualist nor a nondualist. To such a person, all has become one.

Conversation: Saturday, January 23, 1898. Recorded in Bengali by Surendra Nath Sen in his private diary. Complete Works, 5. 336.

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06/10/2026

TODAY’S VIVEKANANDA QUOTE

You must always bear in mind, my son, that however busy or however distant, I am always praying, blessing, and remembering everyone of my friends.

Letter to Govinda Sahay. Written from USA in 1894. Complete Works, 6. 282.

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06/09/2026

TODAY’S VIVEKANANDA QUOTE

These are the three stages which every religion has taken. First we see God in the far beyond, then we come nearer to him and give him omnipresence so that we live in him; and at last we recognize that we are he.

From a summary of a lecture given before the Brooklyn Ethical Society at the Pouch Mansion, Brooklyn, on December 30, 1894. Reproduced from the Brooklyn Standard Union. Complete Works, 1. 331.

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06/08/2026

TODAY’S VIVEKANANDA QUOTE

In ancient India the centers of national life were always the intellectual and spiritual and not political. … The outburst of national life was round colleges of sages and spiritual teachers.

From “Historical Evolution of India,” originally written in Bengali. Complete Works, 6. 161.

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06/05/2026

SUNDAY SATSANG 11 AM: "Coping with Pain" by Swami Tyagananda. All are welcome! https://conta.cc/43BgIfz

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