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Emerson and the Bhagavad-Gita

Saturday, June 20, 2009

While I was reading Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay “Spiritual Laws,” I came across a quotation that reminded of a verse from the Bhagavad-Gita.  The quote was:
“I would distinguish what is commonly called choice among men, and which is a partial act, the choice of the hands, of the eyes, of the appetites, and not a [...]

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Standing against the world

Saturday, November 29, 2008

A quote from Swami Vivekananda, whose complete works are available online:
Have you got the will to surmount mountain-high obstructions? If the whole world stands against you sword in hand, would you still dare to do what you think is right?
I am assuming that these rhetorical questions have injunctive force — by asking, Swami Vivekananda is [...]

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