Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
Volume 7
Inspired Talks
Conversations and Dialogues
Translation of Writings
Notes of Class Talks and Lectures
Epistles - Third Series
Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
Volume 7
Inspired talks
1895
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(RECORDED BY MISS S. E. WALDO, A DISCIPLE)
WEDNESDAY, June 19, 1895.
(This day marks the beginning of the regular teaching given daily by Swami
Vivekananda to his disciples at Thousand Island Park. We had not yet all
assembled there, but the Master's heart was always in his work, so he
commenced at once to teach the three or four who were with him. He came on
this first morning with the Bible in his hand and opened to the Book of John,
saying that since we were all Christians, it was proper that he should begin
with the Christian scriptures.)
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God." The Hindu calls this Mâyâ, the manifestation of God, because it is
the power of God. The Absolute reflecting through the universe is what we call
nature. The Word has two manifestations — the general one of nature, and the
special one of the great Incarnations of God — Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, a