If there is dirt and dust on a mirror, we cannot see our image. So ignorance and wickedness are the dirt and dust that are on the mirror of our hearts.
Selfishness is the chief sin, thinking of ourselves first.
… … unselfishness is the test of religion.
He who has more of this unselfishness is more spiritual and nearer to Shiva. Whether he is learned or ignorant, he is nearer to Shiva than anybody else, whether he knows it or not. And if a man is selfish, even though he has visited all the temples, seen all the places of pilgrimage, and painted himself like a leopard, he is still further off from Shiva.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Address at Rameswaram,
Lectures From Colombo to Almora
Selfishness is the chief sin, thinking of ourselves first.
… … unselfishness is the test of religion.
He who has more of this unselfishness is more spiritual and nearer to Shiva. Whether he is learned or ignorant, he is nearer to Shiva than anybody else, whether he knows it or not. And if a man is selfish, even though he has visited all the temples, seen all the places of pilgrimage, and painted himself like a leopard, he is still further off from Shiva.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Address at Rameswaram,
Lectures From Colombo to Almora
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