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Swami Chetanananda's Sunday lectures from 1978 to 7/12/2020 1 Self-Knowledge 1978/03/05 2 The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna 1978/03/12 3 Sri Ramakrishna and His Disciples 1978/03/19 4 Mystery of Resurrection 1978/03/26 5 Chaitanya: An Incarnation of Love 1978/04/02 6 The World We Live In 1978/04/09 7 Blessed are the Simple 1978/04/16 8 The Importance of Pilgrimage 1978/04/23 9 In the Company of the Holy 1978/04/30 10 Shankara and His Message 1978/05/07 11 Truth Alone Triumphs 1978/05/14 12 Buddha and His Message 1978/05/21 13 Devotion 1978/05/28 14 How to be Calm and Active 1978/06/04 15 The Beauty of Philosophy 1978/06/11 16 Four Gates of Liberation 1978/06/18 17 Is Life an Empty Dream? 1978/06/25 18 War and Peace in the Gita 1978/07/02 19 The Powers of the Mind 1978/07/09 20 Self-Surrender 1978/07/16 21 Tell Us the Way 1978/07/23 22 Krishna: The Shepherd Boy of Vrindavan 1978/07/30 23 Is Religion at Fault? 1978/09/03 24 Mystery of Love 1978/09/10 25 God Vision 1978/09/17 26 Human Destiny 1978/09/24 27 Blessed Are The Cheerful 1978/10/01 28 Mother Worship 1978/10/08 29 Dive Deep 1978/10/15 30 Man-making Religion 1978/10/22 vedantastl.org Last update 1/30/19 31 Who Is The Favorite of God? 1978/10/29 32 Religion and Miracles 1978/11/05 33 Kindle the Fire Within 1978/11/12 34 Why Do You Weep, My Friend? 1978/11/19 35 Mysticism 1978/11/26 36 Myth and Its Meaning 1978/12/03 37 They Lived With God - Swami Premananda 1978/12/05 38 They Lived With God - Swami Shivananda 1978/12/12 39 An Unseen Warfare 1978/12/10 40 Unceasing Prayer 1978/12/17 41 Christ: An Incarnation of God 1978/12/24 42 Holy Mother 1978/12/31 43 Be Illumined 1979/01/07 44 God in Everything 1979/01/14 45 Vivekananda and America 1979/01/21 46 Eternal Companion 1979/01/28 47 The Preamble of Vedanta Philosophy 1979/02/04 48 Visions: True or False? 1979/02/11 49 The Philosophy of Karma 1979/02/18 50 Ritual: Its Meaning and Purpose 1979/02/25 51 Sri Ramakrishna: A Forgotten Chapter of His Life 1979/03/04 52 Flee Not - Fight 1979/03/11 53 Eight Teachings of Sri Chaitanya 1979/03/18 54 You Are Never Alone 1979/03/25 55 Six Centers of Kundalini 1979/04/01 56 Does God Think of Us? 1979/04/08 57 Reincarnation 1979/04/15 58 The Power of Faith 1979/04/22 59 Shankara And Ramanuja 1979/04/29 60 God Intoxication 1979/05/06 61 Eightfold Path of Buddha 1979/05/13 62 Be Sugar or Taste Sugar 1979/05/20 63 Environment of Meditation 1979/05/27 64 No One to Blame 1979/06/03 65 The Influence of the Epic (The Ramayana) 1979/06/10 66 Need of Religious Practice 1979/06/17 67 The Influence of the Epic (The Mahabharata) 1979/06/24 68 They Lived With God - Swami Adbhutananda 1979/07/01 69 They Lived With God - Swami Saradananda 1979/07/08 70 They Lived With God - Swami Ramakrishnananda 1979/07/15 vedantastl.org Last update 7/27/20 71 They Lived With God - Swami Turiyananda 1979/07/22 72 The Message of the Gita 1979/09/02 73 Human Affection and Divine Love 1979/09/09 74 Free Will 1979/09/16 75 The Signs of an Illumined Soul 1979/09/23 76 The Glory of the Divine Mother 1979/09/30 77 The Word and Its Power 1979/10/07 78 The Inner Light 1979/10/14 79 Maya and Freedom 1979/10/21 80 The Milestones of Spiritual Life 1979/10/28 81 Transformation through Love 1979/11/04 82 Shall I Assert or Surrender? 1979/11/11 83 From My Diary 1979/11/18 84 Listen To A Story 1979/11/25 85 The Holy Mother 1979/12/09 86 Reminiscences of Swami Shivananda 1979/12/11 87 Be the Witness 1979/12/16 88 Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself 1979/12/23 89 Man, the Maker of His Destiny 1979/12/30 90 Religion of Today 1980/01/06 91 Vivekananda and Vedanta 1980/01/13 92 Spiritual Teachings of Brahmananda 1980/01/20 93 The World, Neither Good nor Bad 1980/01/27 94 They Lived With God - (M) 1980/02/03 95 Philosophy of Non-Attachment 1980/02/10 96 The Voice of Silence 1980/02/17 97 Ramakrishna: A Spiritual Phenomenon 1980/02/24 98 Vedantic Art of Living 1980/03/02 99 Tranquility 1980/03/09 100 The Ladder of Love 1980/03/16 101 They Lived With God (Gopaler Ma) 1980/03/23 102 The Necessity of Studying the Scriptures 1980/03/30 103 Man in Search of Immortality 1980/04/06 104 Divine Incarnation 1980/04/13 105 Three Rare Treasures 1980/04/20 106 Love, Lover and Beloved 1980/04/27 107 Buddha's Message to the World 1980/05/04 108 Adventures in Spiritual Life 1980/05/11 109 The Message of the Upanishads 1980/05/18 110 Karma Yoga (Path of Action) 1980/05/25 vedantastl.org Last update 1/30/19 111 Evolution of the Conception of God 1980/06/01 112 How to Attain Happiness 1980/06/08 113 Knowledge and Devotion 1980/06/15 114 The Glory of Self-Sacrifice 1980/06/22 115 Some Vital Questions of Life 1980/06/29 116 They Lived With God - Swami Akhandananda 1980/07/06 117 They Lived With God - Swami Vijnanananda 1980/07/13 118 Ramakrishna and the Renaissance of Art 1980/07/20 119 The Last Message of Sri Krishna 1980/09/07 120 Seven Stages of Realization 1980/09/14 121 Obstacles to Meditation 1980/09/21 122 Preparation for Higher Life 1980/09/28 123 Yearning for Illumination 1980/10/05 124 Formal Worship 1980/10/26 125 Suffering: Its Cause and Cure 1980/11/02 126 Ideals of Indian Womanhood 1980/11/09 127 We Seek But Find Not - Why? 1980/11/16 128 They Lived With God (Girish Chandra Ghosh) 1980/11/23 129 The Mystery of the Atman 1980/11/30 130 How to be Detached 1980/12/07 131 Thou Art That 1980/12/14 132 Blessed Are The Pure 1980/12/21 133 What Holy Mother Taught 1981/01/04 134 Eight Limbs of Yoga 1981/01/11 135 Mystic Experience 1981/01/18 136 Holy Company 1981/01/25 137 Vivekananda and the Americans 1981/02/01 138 Brahmananda: A Spiritual Dynamo 1981/02/08 139 An Odyssey Toward Vedanta 1981/02/15 140 How to Cope with the Troublesome Ego 1981/02/22 141 Finding Fulfillment in Daily Life 1981/03/01 142 The Philosophy of Ramakrishna 1981/03/15 143 The Power of the Divine Name 1981/03/22 144 The Flame of One Lamp Lights Another 1981/03/29 145 The Efficacy of Prayer 1981/04/05 146 Saving the Life from Stagnation 1981/04/12 147 Life After Death 1981/04/19 148 Humor in Religion 1981/04/26 149 Nine Kinds of Devotion 1981/05/03 150 Evolution of Vedantic Thought –Introduction I 1981/05/10 vedantastl.org Last update 7/27/20 151 The Life and Teachings of Buddha 1981/05/24 152 Overcoming Obstacles in Spiritual Life 1981/05/31 153 Evolution of Vedantic Thought –Introduction II 1981/06/07 154 Be Watchful Over Yourself 1981/06/14 155 God First, Then the World 1981/06/21 156 The Mystery of the Kundalini 1981/06/28 157 Ramakrishna and His Band of Minstrels - I 1981/07/05 158 Ramakrishna and His Band of Minstrels – II 1981/07/12 159 Krishna and His Message 1981/09/06 160 Concept of Liberation 1981/09/13 161 How to Overcome Loneliness 1981/09/20 162 God as Mother 1981/10/11 163 Mind and its Possibilities 1981/10/18 164 Pilgrimage of the Soul 1981/10/25 165 What Vedanta Offers to the West 1981/11/01 166 Silence is Golden 1981/11/08 167 The Power of Austerity 1981/11/15 168 The Mystery of Dreams 1981/11/22 169 In Search of I-Ness 1981/11/29 170 Love: Selfish and Unselfish 1981/12/06 171 The Holy Mother 1981/12/13 172 Christ and His Message 1981/12/27 173 God Plays and Laughs 1982/01/03 174 The Mystery of Religion 1982/01/10 175 Vivekananda and His Message 1982/01/17 176 Concentration 1982/01/24 177 The Signs of a Holy Man 1982/02/07 178 Four Aphorisms of Vedanta 1982/02/14 179 The Centenary of M's Immortal Diary 1982/02/21 180 Four Aphorisms of Ramakrishna 1982/03/07 181 Meditation According to Vedanta 1982/03/14 182 Learn Till Your Face Shines 1982/03/21 183 They Lived with God (Saint Durgacharan Nag) 1982/03/28 184 How to Study the Scriptures 1982/04/04 185 The Mystery of Death 1982/04/11 186 I Am My Enemy and My Friend 1982/04/18 187 Vedanta: Its Application to Human Life 1982/04/25 188 Shankara as a Philosopher and Devotee 1982/05/02 189 Nirvana of Buddha 1982/05/09 190 How to be a Yogi 1982/05/16 vedantastl.org Last update 1/30/19 191 Five Kinds of Bliss 1982/05/30 192 The Quintessence of Vedanta 1982/06/06 193 Divine Incarnations 1982/06/13 194 Work Without Worry 1982/06/20 195 Meditation and Its Methods 1982/06/27 196 Blessed Are the Humble 1982/07/11 197 My Pilgrimage 1982/11/28 198 Holy Mother 1982/12/05 199 What I Have Learned 1982/12/19 200 What Christ Means to Me 1982/12/26 201 Be Still and Know That I Am God 1983/01/02 202 Some Glimpses of Vivekananda 1983/01/09 203 Some Glimpses of Brahmananda 1983/01/16 204 Rythm of Life 1983/01/23 205 Ten Signs of Righteousness 1983/01/30 206 Vedanta Philosophy 1983/02/06 207 Five Relationships with God 1983/02/13 208 Experiments in Spiritual Life 1983/02/20 209 Meditation According to the Gita 1983/02/27 210 Vedanta Through Stories-Part 1 1983/03/06 211 Vedanta Through Stories-Part 2 1983/03/13 212 Samadhi and Ramakrishna 1983/03/27 213 Christ Rose from the Grave 1983/04/03 214 Vedanta Through Stories-Part 3 1983/04/17 215 Self-Effort and Divine Grace 1983/04/24 216 Five Ways to Attain Devotion 1983/05/01 217 In Quest of Peace 1983/05/08 218 Man Moves 1 Step, God Comes 10 Steps 1983/05/15 219 Crest Jewel of Discrimination 1983/05/22 220 The World's Debt to Buddha 1983/05/29 221 Four Steps to Realization 1983/06/05 222 Joy in Spiritual Life 1983/06/12 223 Four Vital Questions of Life 1983/06/19 224 Sufi Mysticism 1983/06/26 225 Live and Learn 1983/07/03 226 The Dual Character of Krishna 1983/09/04 227 Religious Symbols 1983/09/11 228 How to Conquer Fear 1983/09/18 229 The Practice of Religion 1983/09/25 230 Gandhi's Experiments with Truth 1983/10/02 vedantastl.org Last update 7/27/20 231 Self-Mastery 1983/10/09 232 The Evolution of
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    2 THE ROAD TO WISDOM Swami Vivekananda on Significance of Symbols—III n the heart of all these ritualisms, there Istands one idea prominent above all the rest—the worship of a name. Those of you who have studied the older forms of Christianity, those of you who have studied the other religions of the world, perhaps have marked that there is this idea with them all, the worship of a name. A name is said to be very sacred. In the Bible we read that the holy name of God was considered sacred beyond compare, holy consciously or unconsciously, man found beyond everything. It was the holiest of all the glory of names. names, and it was thought that this very Again, we find that in many different Word was God. This is quite true. What is religions, holy personages have been this universe but name and form? Can you worshipped. They worship Krishna, they think without words? Word and thought worship Buddha, they worship Jesus, and so are inseparable. Try if anyone of you can forth. Then, there is the worship of saints; separate them. Whenever you think, you hundreds of them have been worshipped all are doing so through word forms. The one over the world, and why not? The vibration brings the other; thought brings the word, of light is everywhere. The owl sees it in the and the word brings the thought. Thus the dark. That shows it is there, though man whole universe is, as it were, the external cannot see it. To man, that vibration is only symbol of God, and behind that stands visible in the lamp, in the sun, in the moon, His grand name.