12/01/2024
On the National Youth Day, visited Ramkrishana Mission Vivekananda Memorial, Vadodara.
This is the sacred place where swami Vivekananda
stayed for couple of days during his Vadodara visit before his departure to Chicago for world religion parliament participation.
🌟In my understanding Swami Vivekananda is the One stop destination to get all the lessons required to live a meaningful and exceptional life in line of a beautiful world making.🌟
When today India is the country with most young population, it requires the process of making youth the real youth.
Swami Vivekananda shows the way.
Here are ten ultimate messages that he often conveyed to the youth:📢
✅Self-Realization and Self-Development:
Encourage youth to realize their own potential and work towards self-improvement.
"Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached.”
✅Strength and Fearlessness:
Advocate physical, mental, and spiritual strength.
"Be strong, my young friends; that is my advice to you. You will be nearer to Heaven through football than through the study of the Gita."
✅Service to Humanity:
Stress the importance of selfless service to others.
"They alone live who live for others; the rest are more dead than alive."
✅Unity and Brotherhood:
Emphasize the idea of unity among diverse communities and nations.
"The greatest sin is to think yourself weak."
✅Education and Knowledge:
Promote the pursuit of knowledge and wisdom.
"Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man."
✅Faith and Confidence:
Encourage faith in oneself and confidence in one's abilities.
"You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul."
✅Adaptability and Open-mindedness:
Advocate openness to new ideas and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
"The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him—that moment I am free from bo***ge, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free."
✅Character Building:
Stress the importance of character over external success.
"Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think."
✅Courage to Face Challenges:
Encourage facing challenges with courage and determination.
"Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success."
✅Spiritual Awakening:
Advocate the pursuit of spiritual knowledge and realization.
"Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way."
