My teaching is my own interpretation of our ancient books, in the light which my Master shed upon them.
I claim no supernatural authority. Whatever in my teaching may appeal to the highest intelligence and be accepted by thinking men, the adoption of that will be my reward.
All religions have for their object the teaching either of devotion, knowledge, or Yoga, in a concrete form.
Now, the philosophy of Vedanta is the abstract science which embraces all these methods, and this it is that I teach, leaving each one to apply it to his own concrete form. I refer each individual to his own experiences, and where reference is made to books, the latter are procurable, and may be studied by each one for himself.
Above all, I teach no authority proceeding from hidden beings speaking through visible agents, any more than I claim learning from hidden books or manuscripts.
I am the exponent of no occult societies, nor do I believe that good can come of such bodies.
Truth stands on its own authority, and truth can bear the light of day.
- Swami Vivekananda,
‘West Minster Gazette’ Interview
(23rd October 1895)
I claim no supernatural authority. Whatever in my teaching may appeal to the highest intelligence and be accepted by thinking men, the adoption of that will be my reward.
All religions have for their object the teaching either of devotion, knowledge, or Yoga, in a concrete form.
Now, the philosophy of Vedanta is the abstract science which embraces all these methods, and this it is that I teach, leaving each one to apply it to his own concrete form. I refer each individual to his own experiences, and where reference is made to books, the latter are procurable, and may be studied by each one for himself.
Above all, I teach no authority proceeding from hidden beings speaking through visible agents, any more than I claim learning from hidden books or manuscripts.
I am the exponent of no occult societies, nor do I believe that good can come of such bodies.
Truth stands on its own authority, and truth can bear the light of day.
- Swami Vivekananda,
‘West Minster Gazette’ Interview
(23rd October 1895)
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