Thursday, February 2, 2017

Work and Worship for Advaita

Work and worship ... are necessary to take away the veil, to lift off the bondage and illusion.
They do not give us freedom; but all the same, without effort on our own part we do not open our eyes and see what we are.
Shankara says ... that Advaita-Vedanta is the crowning glory of the Vedas; but the lower Vedas are also necessary, because they teach work and worship, and through these many come to the Lord.
Others may come without any help but Advaita.
Work and worship lead to the same result as Advaita.
-Swami Vivekananda


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