Remember always that there is not in the world any other country whose institutions are really better in their aims and objects than the institutions of this land.
I have seen castes in almost every country of the world, but nowhere is their plan and purpose so glorious as here.
If caste is thus unavoidable, I would rather have a caste of purity and culture and self-sacrifice, than a caste of dollars.
Therefore utter no words of condemnation.
Close your lips and let your hearts open.
Work out the salvation of this land and of the whole world, each of you thinking that the entire burden is on your shoulders.
Carry the light and the life of the Vedanta to every door, and rouse up the divinity that is hidden within every soul.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Address at Kumbakonam,
Lectures From Colombo to Almora
I have seen castes in almost every country of the world, but nowhere is their plan and purpose so glorious as here.
If caste is thus unavoidable, I would rather have a caste of purity and culture and self-sacrifice, than a caste of dollars.
Therefore utter no words of condemnation.
Close your lips and let your hearts open.
Work out the salvation of this land and of the whole world, each of you thinking that the entire burden is on your shoulders.
Carry the light and the life of the Vedanta to every door, and rouse up the divinity that is hidden within every soul.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Address at Kumbakonam,
Lectures From Colombo to Almora
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