Happy Birthday Swami Vivekananda | Swami Vivekananda Jayanti:
Narendranath Dutta was born in 1863 so far January 12. As a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Pramahansa, he became the sanyasi known as Swami Vivekananda.
Here's a little Wiki entry Swamiji Parliament of World Religions held in Chicago in September 1893.
The Parliament of Religions opened September 11, 1893 at the Art Institute of Chicago. On this day Vivekananda gave his first brief address. He represented India and Hinduism. Though initially nervous, he bowed to Saraswati, the goddess of learning and began his speech with: "Brothers and sisters of America". At these words he got a standing ovation from the crowd seven thousand, which lasted for two minutes. When silence was restored he began his speech. He greeted the youngest of the nations in the name of "the most ancient order of monks in the world, the Vedic order sannyasins, a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. " And he quoted two illustrative passages in this relation, from the Bhagavad Gita: "As the different streams having their sources in different places all mingle their waters in the sea, so, O Lord, the different paths that men take, through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee "and" He who comes to Me, through some form, I reach him;! all men are struggling through paths that lead to the end for me, "Despite being a short speech, it voiced the spirit of the Parliament., and its sense of universality.
Dr. Barrows, the president of the Parliament said, "India, the Mother of religions was represented by Swami Vivekananda, the Orange-monk who exercised the most wonderful influence over his auditors." He drew attention General in the press, which dubbed him as the "Cyclonic monk from India". Critics of New York wrote: "He is an orator by divine right, and his strong, intelligent face in its picturesque setting of yellow and orange was hardly less interesting than those heartfelt words, and the rich, rhythmical utterance he gave them. "The New York Herald wrote," Vivekananda is undoubtedly the greatest figure in the Parliament of Religions. After hearing how we feel it is foolish to send missionaries to the nation learned. "American newspapers reported Swami Vivekananda as" the greatest figure in the parliament of religions "and" the man most popular and influential in the parliament. "
He spoke several times in Parliament on topics related to Hinduism and Buddhism. Parliament ended September 27, 1893. All his speeches at the Parliament had one common theme, universality and stressed religious tolerance.
I think Swami Vivekananda is one of the greatest son of Mother India, which is saying something considering that Mother India has had a billion children. (My estimate, about 15 million people were born in the mass of India today.)
I am grateful to the universe Vivekananda lived. I am sad that Indians usually do not know about him. It is incredibly difficult to accept that half of India have never read - because of illiteracy and poverty base. They will never be touched by his enlightenment. Another important segment of Indians are forbidden by their religion to even consider Swami Vivekananda as a good person. Self imposed intellectual and moral poverty is even more dismal.
The New York Herald wrote, "Vivekananda is undoubtedly the greatest figure in the Parliament of Religions. After hearing him we feel how foolish it is to send missionaries to this learned nation. "I have a score to settle with slow Herald.
Yes, Swami was brilliant, and he was an Indian. Hence the conclusion that India is a "nation learned" is called the fallacy of hasty generalization, "an inductive generalization based on insufficient evidence." The truth is that India is a nation of hundreds of millions of illiterate, ignorant, poor, uneducated, and bigots.
It is difficult for me to admit this, and I'm sure most Indians will disagree with me on this instinctively. But the truth of this assertion may be somewhat validated by the fact that the missionaries have been in India for hundreds of years and still today, plying their trade successfully with several billion dollars. If India is really a country learned it would not be so important and non-poor materially, nor would it be the target of the attack Islam and Christianity.
In any case, Happy Birthday Swami Vivekananda. It will be a long time before Indians can not even begin to understand your message.
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