Swami Vivekananda Quotes
The great lesson is, that unity is behind all. Call it God, Love, Spirit. Allah, Jehovah - it is the same unity that animates all life from the lowest animal to the noblest man.
Vivekananda, Swami. The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. Advaita Ashrama, 1989.
Savonarola was cruel dictator who opposed to any kind of a Parliament or assembly or any other kind of civil freedom. However, he saw freedom of the spirit in his view of God, Christ and love of others. He burned hundreds of “heretics” at the stake which was an example of a very perverse sort of love.
Franklin suggested most of the text and graphic symbols that were minted on what is generally considered the first American Coin. The purpose of this text, which appears in the Center of one side of the coin was to emphasize the unity of the first 13 colonies just declaring their independence. This coin is for American collectors, one of the most valuable.
Swami Vivekananda, born Narendranath Datta (Bengali: [nɔrendronatʰ dɔto]), was an Indian Hindu monk. He was a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world, and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion during the late 19th century. He was a major force in the contemporary Hindu reform movements in India, and contributed to the concept of nationalism in colonial India. Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission. He is perhaps best known for his speech which began with the words "Sisters and brothers of America ...," in which he introduced Hinduism at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago in 1893.
