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752: 285:, and to not to "stop" until the "goal" was achieved. This was essential in the social, economic and political fields. "Arise" was also intended to mean to get out of the state of helplessness. His emphasis was on freedom to the nation, as in the US on 4 July 1776. Swamiji also urged people to learn from Hindu sacred scriptures, which he felt contained all the instructions to arise out of the "hypnotism of weakness" and which indicated that no individual is inherently weak. 1508: 1538: 1528: 1518: 29: 255:
Therefore, young men of Lahore, raise once more that mighty banner of Advaita, for on no other ground can you have that wonderful love until you see that the same Lord is present everywhere. Unfurl that banner of love! "Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached." Arise, arise once more, for
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All else might be false, this alone was true. He realized it. After his own great realization, life held but one purpose—to give the message with which he was entrusted, to point out the path and to help others on the road to the same supreme goal. "Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is
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was meant as a call to his countrymen to awaken their "sleeping soul" and propagate the message of peace and blessings given by the "ancient Mother" to the world. "Awake" also denotes the awakening of one's real nature and the consequent ushering in of prosperity.
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On 24 April 1897 Vivekananda wrote a letter to Sarala Ghoshal. In that letter, he stressed giving the public only positive education, because of his belief that negative thoughts weaken men. In that letter, he also reiterated this
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and now prime minister of India, wrote a blog post on his personal website to pay tribute to Vivekananda. He named the post "Commemorating Swami Vivekananda: Arise, Awake and stop not till the goal is reached". The
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gives a brief speech on Vivekananda and his ideals and concludes the speech with this quote. On 12 January 2013, on the 150 birth anniversary, then
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Wikisource:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 4/Translation: Prose/The Education that India needs
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Wikisource:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 3/Lectures from Colombo to Almora/The Vedanta
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in several lectures and discourses. In a lecture delivered on 12 November 1896 at Lahore, he said:
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Swami Vivekananda Quotes: Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached
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Kshurasanna Dhara Nishita Durataya durgama Pathah tat kavayo Vadanti
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wrote that Vivekananda wanted to see men striving to find
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Swami Vivekananda widely used this quote in his teachings.
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so the wise say—hard to tread and difficult to cross.
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Notes of Some Wanderings with the Swami Vivekananda
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