The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
by Srila Narayana Maharaja | 2003 | 1,508,963 words | ISBN-10: 8175053925 | ISBN-13: 9788175053922
"The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda" compiles the teachings and writings of Swami Vivekananda, capturing his vast influence as a pivotal figure in the introduction of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world. Swami Vivekananda, a chief disciple of the mystic Ramakrishna, delivered profound lectures across the United States and Europe af...
An Unfinished Poem
(New Discoveries, Vol. 3. p. 490. This undated poem is preserved in the archives of the Vedanta Centre, Cohasset, Massachusetts. Cf. "My Play is Done", Complete Works , VI.)
From life to life I am waiting here at the gates � they
open not.
My tongue is parched with ceaseless prayers and dim
my eyes
have grown
With constant straining through the gloom to catch
one ray
long sought;
My heart is seized with dark despair, all hope well-
nigh has
flown.
—â¶Ä”â¶Ä�
And standing on life's narrow ridge, beneath the
chasm I
see �
Strife and sorrow, darkness deep of whirling life and
death,
Of mad commotion, struggles vain, of folly roaming
free.
On one side this dark abyss � I shudder to see it even �
On the
other this wall . . .