Who knows which is the truer ideal?
The apparent power and strength, as held in the West, or
the fortitude in suffering, of the East?
The West says, "We minimize evil by conquering it."
India says, "We destroy evil by suffering, until evil is nothing to us, it becomes positive enjoyment."
Well, both are great ideals. Who knows which will survive in the long run? … …
We are both intent upon the same work, which is the annihilation of evil. You take up your method; let us take up our method. … …
My message in life is to ask the East and West not to quarrel over different ideals, but to show them that the goal is the same in both cases, however opposite it may appear. As we wend our way through this mazy vale of life, let us bid each other Godspeed.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Talk at Pasadena, California
The apparent power and strength, as held in the West, or
the fortitude in suffering, of the East?
The West says, "We minimize evil by conquering it."
India says, "We destroy evil by suffering, until evil is nothing to us, it becomes positive enjoyment."
Well, both are great ideals. Who knows which will survive in the long run? … …
We are both intent upon the same work, which is the annihilation of evil. You take up your method; let us take up our method. … …
My message in life is to ask the East and West not to quarrel over different ideals, but to show them that the goal is the same in both cases, however opposite it may appear. As we wend our way through this mazy vale of life, let us bid each other Godspeed.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Talk at Pasadena, California
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