The Path of Action

1. The Path of Action Celebrating Swami Vivekandanda

2. Aum Bhoor Bhuvah Swaha Tat Savitur VarenyamBhargo DevasyaDheemahi Dhiyo yo nah prachodayat May the worlds bear witness to my prayer That adorable light onwhich the enlightenedmeditate May That illumine my intellect Gayatri Mantra: The Hymn of the Universe

3. The Life of Swami Vivekananda Ajay Kshatriya

4. Birth in Kolkata 12 Jan 1863 Guru and Disciple 1881-1886 Meditation at the tip of India 24 Dec 1882 1879 Higher Learning 1890-1892 Wandering Monk 1893 Parliament of World Religions The life of Narendranath Datta

5. Unity of all Existence

6. What is Unity? As soon as I think that I am a little body, I want to preserve it, to protect it, to keep it nice, at the expense of other bodies; then you and I become separate.

7. What is Unity? All is the Self or Brahman. The saint, the sinner, the lamb, the tiger, even the murderer, as far as they have any reality, can be nothing else, because there is nothing else.

8. Prabhuji More Avagun Indian Students Dance Group

9. O Lord, Look not upon my evil qualities Thy name O Lord is Same Sightedness See in us both the same Brahman (Higher Self) One piece of iron is in the image in the temple And another is the knife in the hands of a butcher But the philosopher’s stone knows not these distinctions, Both alike turn to gold One drop of water is in the sacred Yamuna Another is found in the ditch by the roadside But when they finally meet and flow as one stream into the Ganges Both alike become holy Prabhuji more avagun chit na dharo Samdarsi hai naam tihaaro, chaaho to paar karo Ik loha pooja mein raakhat, ik ghar vyadhik paro Sau duvidha paaras nahi jaanat, kanchan karat kharo Ik nadiya ik naar kahaavat, main lohi neer bhayo Jab mili dono ek baran bhai, sur sari naam paro Thy Name is Same Sightedness

10. Prabhuji more avagun chit na dharo O Lord, look not upon my evil qualities

11. Prabhuji more avagun chit na dharo O Lord, look not upon my evil qualities

12. Sama darsi hai naam tiharo Thy name O Lord is Same Sightedness

13. Sama darsi hai naam tiharo Thy name O Lord is Same Sightedness

14. Chaaho to paar karo If you want you can emancipate me

15. Chaaho to paar karo If you want you can emancipate me

16. Prabhuji more avagun chit na dharo O Lord, look not upon my evil qualities

17. Prabhuji more avagun chit na dharo O Lord, look not upon my evil qualities

18. Ek loha pooja mein rakhat One piece of iron in the deity in the temple

19. Ek ghar badhik paro And another is the knife in the hands of a butcher

20. Ek loha pooja mein rakhat One piece of iron in the deity in the temple

21. Ek ghar badhik paro And another is the knife in the hands of a butcher

22. Sau doovidha paras nahin jaanat It matters not to the philosopher's stone

23. Sau doovidha paras nahin jaanat It matters not to the philosopher's stone

24. Kanchan kharat karo Which turns both to gold

25. Prabhuji more avagun chit na dharo O Lord, look not upon my evil qualities

26. Prabhuji more avagun chit na dharo O Lord, look not upon my evil qualities

27. Ek nadiya ek naar kahaavat One drop of water in the sacred Yamuna

28. Mailo hi neer bharo Another drop in the ditch by the roadside

29. Ek nadiya ek naar kahaavat One drop of water in the sacred Yamuna

30. Mailo hi neer bharo Another drop in the ditch by the roadside

31. Jab mili dono ek baran bhaye But when they fall into the Ganga

32. Jab mili dono ek baran bhaye But when they fall into the Ganga

33. Sur sari naav taro Both alike become holy

34. Prabhuji more avagun chit na dharo O Lord, look not upon my evil qualities

35. Prabhuji more avagun chit na dharo O Lord, look not upon my evil qualities

36. Tan maya mey jo brahma kahaavat When a materially trapped being utters the name of Brahman

37. Tan maya mey jo brahma kahaavat When a materially trapped being utters the name of Brahman

38. Kayan ko nirdhar kijiye Make the body a carrier of water

39. Kayan ko nirdhar kijiye

40. Kaipan jat taro

41. Prabhuji more avagun chit na dharo O Lord, look not upon my evil qualities

42. Prabhuji more avagun chit na dharo O Lord, look not upon my evil qualities

43. Realize this Unity “Each soul is potentially divine. The goal is to manifest this divinity within, by controlling nature, external and internal. Do this either by work, or worship, or psychic control, or philosophy - by one, or more, or all of these - and be free. This is the whole of religion. Doctrines, or dogmas, or rituals, or books, or temples, or forms, are but secondary details." - Swami Vivekananada

44. The Path of Action (Karma Yoga) You only control your action and not the results. So be not motivated by results; nor be attached to inaction. Bhagvad Gita, 2:47

45. The Path of Action (Karma Yoga) Joyful Being

46. Swami Vivekananda’s thoughts on Social Reform Lauren Bausch

47. Vyadha Gita The Butcher’s Song

48. Introducing Interfaith Dialogue

49. Introducing Interfaith Dialogue “God is the thread that runs through all these pearls, and each pearl is a religion or even a sect thereof.”

50. Introducing Interfaith Dialogue “The idea that one man is born superior to another has no meaning in Vedanta (Hindu philosophy). Never judge the customs of other people by your own standards.”