Swamy Vivakandnda had said: "We not only tolerate, but we Hindus accept every religion, praying in the mosque of the Mohamedans, worshipping before the fire of the Zoroastrians, and kneeling before the cross of the Christians, knowing that all the religions, from the lowest fetishism, mean so many attempts of the human soul to grasp and realize the infinite, each determined by the conditions of its birth and association, and each of them making a stage of progress. We gather all these flowers and bind them with the twine of love, making a wonderful bouquet of worship"
Now compare this with the beliefs of semitic religions and draw your own conclusion! Is this not good ideology for those who want to believe in some God????
RE:The essence of Indian culture
by Cape Comorin on Feb 06, 2008 04:19 PM Permalink
Is it a pride accepting every philosophy even if it is contradict to one another? This is simply an ignorance. Vivekananda was a great liar.
RE:The essence of Indian culture
by wuppuluru phaneeshwar sharma on Feb 06, 2008 04:35 PM Permalink
your narrow mindedness is clearly vissible, you called Swami Vivekananda as liar which indicates you poor knowledge in Indian history. He was a enlightened soul to address the Americans as "My American Brothers and Sisters" till then all the so called religious leaders addressed people by their faith. Don't try to tarnish a great person,you get people like him once in a Century.
RE:The essence of Indian culture
by Shiv on Feb 06, 2008 04:08 PM Permalink
Rediff has proved once again that its a bad website. This news has to appear in headlines. God save Rediff.com
RE:The essence of Indian culture
by zubair shighrekar on Feb 06, 2008 04:15 PM Permalink
swamy vivekandnda was a human being, and be belives in humanity,
but every religion teaches us to obey the instructions which are written in the books of each and every religion. like geeta, bible, quran etc etc...
and if u have full faith in ur religion, u will never tries to follow other religions rituals.
