Saturday, October 8, 2011

WHO ARE TO STEM THE TIDE OF DEGENERATION AT THE SACRIFICE OF NAME AND FAME, WELTH AND ENJOYMENT


 India can only rise by sitting at the feet of Shri Ramakrishna. His life and his teachings are to be spread far and wide, are to be made to penetrate every pore of Hindu society. Who will do it? Who are to take up the flag of Ramakrishna and march for the salvation of the world? Who are to stem the t...ide of degeneration at the sacrifice of name and fame, wealth and enjoyment — nay of every hope of this or other worlds? A few young men have jumped in the breach, have sacrificed themselves. They are a few; we want a few thousands of such as they, and they will come

- Swami Vivekananda
30th November, 1894.U.S.A.,The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 6/Epistles - Second Series/LI Dear and Beloved

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