The idea of God was nowhere else ever so fully developed as in this motherland of ours, for the same idea of God never existed anywhere else. Perhaps you are astonished at my assertion; but show me any idea of God from any other scripture equal to ours; they have only clan-gods, the God of the Jews, the God of the Arabs, and of such and such a race, and their God is fighting the Gods of the other races.
But the idea of that beneficent, most merciful God, our father, our mother, our friend, the friend of our friends, the soul of our souls, is here and here alone.
And may He who is the Shiva of the Shaivites, the Vishnu of the Vaishnavites, the Karma of the Karmis, the Buddha of the Buddhists, the Jina of the Jains, the Jehovah of the Christians and the Jews, the Allah of the Mohammedans,
the Lord of every sect, the Brahman of the Vedantists,
He the all-pervading, whose glory has been known only in this land -- may He bless us, may He help us, may He give strength unto us, energy unto us, to carry this idea into practice.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Address at Ramnad, Lectures From Colombo to Almora
But the idea of that beneficent, most merciful God, our father, our mother, our friend, the friend of our friends, the soul of our souls, is here and here alone.
And may He who is the Shiva of the Shaivites, the Vishnu of the Vaishnavites, the Karma of the Karmis, the Buddha of the Buddhists, the Jina of the Jains, the Jehovah of the Christians and the Jews, the Allah of the Mohammedans,
the Lord of every sect, the Brahman of the Vedantists,
He the all-pervading, whose glory has been known only in this land -- may He bless us, may He help us, may He give strength unto us, energy unto us, to carry this idea into practice.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Address at Ramnad, Lectures From Colombo to Almora
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