Saturday, January 7, 2012

THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH THE NATIONAL EDIFICE HAS BEEN BUILT WILL BE UNDERMINED, AND THE RESULT WILL BE ANNIHILATION ALL ROUND.


But mark you, if you give up that spirituality, leaving it aside to go after the materialising civilisation of the West, the result will be that in three generations you will be an extinct race; because the backbone of the nation will be broken, the foundation upon which the national edifice has been built will be undermined, and the result will be annihilation all round.

Therefore, my friends, the way out is that first and foremost we must keep a firm hold on spirituality — that inestimable gift handed down to us by our ancient forefathers.
- 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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