Saturday, January 7, 2012

FROM OUT OF THE MANY SOUNDS FILLING THE INDIAN ATMOSPHERE, RISES UP SUPREME, ONE NOTE, AND THAT IS RENUNCIATION. GIVE UP!


In this land are, still, religion and spirituality, the fountains which will have to overflow and flood the world to bring in new life and new vitality to the Western and other nations, which are now almost borne down, half-killed, and degraded by political ambitions and social scheming. From out of many voices, consonant and dissentient, from out of the medley of sounds filling the Indian atmosphere, rises up supreme, striking, and full, one note, and that is renunciation. Give up! That is the watchword of the Indian religions.
- Swami Vivekananda
Ramnad, 25th January, 1897.
 The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 3/Lectures from Colombo to Almora/Reply to the Address of Welcome at Ramnad

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