________________
Philosophy of Swami Vivekananda
He believes in the freedom of the soul on the one hand and in the Law of Karma on the other hand. Due to ignorance created by himself, man forgets the nature of his own real self and acts wrongly. Such actions create samskārās, which determine his future. Overcoming the contradictions between Karma and freedom, he says that karmas do not contradict man's freedom because it is man's own actions which determine his nature. He is fully free to choose, what he likes. So many alternatives are left and man chooses according to his own mentality. And this is the real freedom for Swami Vivekananda.
Swami Vivekananda is sure about the idea that man takes birth after birth according to his past deeds. This cycle of birth and rebirth continues till the man realises its real nature. That is why present man is called the child of the past and future man is the child of the present.
4.
1. Swami Nikhilananda, Vevekananda: A Biography, p. 53. Bhagavad Gita, II, 16.
2.
3. Galloway, George, The Principles of Religious Development,
p. 337.
5.
ܪ
7.
References
6. Daily Tribune, March 21, 1894. Reports in American News
papers.
x
Bhagavadgitā, VI, 7.
The Message of Krishna. By Ardaser Sorabjee, Wadia, published by Aldine House Bedford St., London, p. 104.
Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol. II, Mayavati Memorial Edition, February 1968, p. 242.
10. Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol. II, ed, February
8.
Vivekananda, Swami, Karma- Yoga, p. 25.
The complete works of Swami Vivekanand, Vol I, p. 29.
9.
61
1968, p. 72.
11. Bhagavadgita, Chapter II, 12.
12.
Ishwark rishna, Sankhya-Karika, 18.
13. Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol. II, February 1968,
ed., p. 80.
14. Ibid., pp. 81-82.
15. Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol. I, p. 325.
