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Lectures and Discourses, Writings: Prose, Writings: Poems, Epistles

77 Chapters · 95,095 words

Volume 8 of the Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda — Lectures and Discourses, Writings: Prose, Writings: Poems, Epistles.

Historical Context

Volume 8 collects lectures, prose writings, poems, and the fourth series of epistles spanning the final years of Vivekananda's life (1899-1902), including material from his second visit to the West in 1899-1900. Many of these works reflect the mature thought of a teacher increasingly focused on practical service, nation-building, and the synthesis of Eastern spirituality with Western energy.


Table of Contents

1

Discourses On Jnana-Yoga

Lectures and Discourses

lecture AR 46 min read
2

Four Paths Of Yoga

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 4 min read
3

Cyclic Rest And Change

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 3 min read
4

A Preface To The Imitation Of Christ

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 3 min read
5

An Interesting Correspondence

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 4 min read
6

Thou Blessed Dream

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 1 min read
7

Light

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 1 min read
8

The Living God

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 1 min read
9

To An Early VIolet

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 1 min read
10

To My Own Soul

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 1 min read
11

The Dance Of Shiva

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 1 min read
12

Six Lessons On Raja-Yoga

Lectures and Discourses

lecture AR 20 min read
13

Shiva In Ecstasy

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 1 min read
14

To Shri Krishna

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 1 min read
15

A Hymn To Shri Ramakrishna

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 1 min read
16

No One To Blame

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 1 min read
17

Notes Of Class Talks

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 4 min read
18

Man The Maker Of His Destiny

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 6 min read
19

God: Personal And Impersonal

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 2 min read
20

The Divine Incarnation Or Avatara

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 2 min read
21

Pranayama

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 8 min read
22

Women Of The East

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 1 min read
23

Women Of India

Lectures and Discourses

lecture AR 27 min read
24

Congress Of Religious Unity

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 1 min read
25

The Love Of God--I

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 1 min read
26

The Love Of God--II

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 3 min read
27

India

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 6 min read
28

Hindus And Christians

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 7 min read
29

Christianity In India

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 8 min read
30

The Religion Of Love

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 6 min read
31

Jnana And Karma

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 7 min read
32

The Claims Of Vedanta On The Modern World

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 5 min read
33

The Laws Of Life And Death

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 2 min read
34

My Life And Mission

Lectures and Discourses

lecture AR 27 min read
35

The Reality And The Shadow

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 2 min read
36

Way To Salvation

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 2 min read
37

The People Of India

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 3 min read
38

I Am That I Am

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 7 min read
39

Unity

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 2 min read
40

The Worship Of The Divine Mother

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 2 min read
41

The Essence Of Religion

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 7 min read
42

Sayings and Utterances

Sayings and Utterances

lecture AR 26 min read
43

Note

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
44

I Sir

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
45

Buddha's Message To The World

Lectures and Discourses

lecture AR 18 min read
46

II Sir

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
47

III Sir

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
48

IV Sir

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
49

V Sir

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
50

VI Diwanji Saheb

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
51

VII Diwanji Saheb

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
52

VIII Diwanji Saheb

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
53

IX Diwanji Saheb

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 2 min read
54

X Haripada

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
55

XI Alasinga

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 2 min read
56

Discipleship

Lectures and Discourses

lecture AR 22 min read
57

XII Diwanji Saheb

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
58

XIII Diwanji Saheb

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 3 min read
59

XIV Diwanji Saheb

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
60

XV Diwanji Saheb

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 4 min read
61

XVI Sisters

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
62

XVII Babies

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 2 min read
63

XVIII Sister Mary

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
64

XIX Sister

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 2 min read
65

XX Diwanji Saheb

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 6 min read
66

XXI Dear—

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 6 min read
67

Is Vedanta The Future Religion?

Lectures and Discourses

lecture AR 28 min read
68

XXII Mother

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
69

XXIII Sisters

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
70

XXIV Babies

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 2 min read
71

XXV Sisters

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 2 min read
72

XXVI Sister

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
73

XXVII Leon

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
74

XXVIII Sister

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 2 min read
75

XXIX Diwanji Saheb

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
76

The Struggle For Expansion

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 4 min read
77

The Birth Of Religion

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 5 min read

Key Quotes from This Volume

“In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.”

“Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny.”

“The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.”

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