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We must approach religion with reverence and with love, and our heart will stand up and say, this is truth, and this is untruth.
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If Jesus Christ was not perfect, then the religion bearing his name falls to the ground.
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The Vedas give information on various subjects. They have come together and form one book. And in later times, when other subjects were separated from religion - when astronomy and astrology were taken out of religion - these subjects, being connected with the Vedas and being ancient, were considered very holy.
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It is here that Indians build temples for Mohammedans and Christians; nowhere else. If you go to other countries and ask Mohammedans or people of other religions to build a temple for you, see how they will help. They will instead try to break down your temple and you too, if they can.
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Religion as a science, as a study, is the greatest and healthiest exercise that the human mind can have.
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From the high spiritual flights of the Vedanta philosophy, of which the latest discoveries of science seem like echoes, to the low ideas of idolatry with its multifarious mythology, the agnosticism of the Buddhists and the atheism of the Jains, each and all have a place in the Hinduism religion.
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The present Hindu society is organised only for spiritual men, and hopelessly crushes out everybody else. Why? Where shall they go who want to enjoy the world a little with its frivolities? Just as our religion takes in all, so should our society. This is to be worked out by first understanding the true principles of our religion and then applying them to society. This is the slow but sure work to be done.
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I have come to this conclusion that there is only one country in the world which understands religion - it is India.
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Each nation has a theme: everything else is secondary. India's theme is religion.
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All sectarian religions take for granted that all men are equal. This is not warranted by science. There is more difference between minds than between bodies. One fundamental doctrine of Hinduism is that all men are different, there being unity in variety. Even for a drunkard, there are some Mantras-even for a man going to a prostitute!
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Here in India, it is religion that forms the very core of the national heart. It is the backbone, the bed-rock, the foundation upon which the national edifice has been built. Politics, power, and even intellect form a secondary consideration here. Religion, therefore, is the one consideration in India.
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Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.
Faith Baldwin
Swami Vivekananda
Born:
January 12, 1863
Died:
July 4, 1902
(aged 39)
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