Going round the whole world, I find that people of this country [i.e. India] are immersed in great Tamas (inactivity), compared with people of other countries.
On the outside, there is a simulation of the Sattvika (calm and balanced) state, but inside, downright inertness like that of stocks and stones -- what work will be done in the world by such people?
How long can such an inactive, lazy, and sensual people live in the world? …
So my idea is first to make the people active by developing their Rajas, and thus make them fit for the struggle for existence. …
By stimulating them I want to bring life into them -- to this I have dedicated my life. I will rouse them through the infallible power of Vedic Mantras.
I am born to proclaim to them that fearless message --"Arise! Awake!" Be you my helpers in this work!
- Swami Vivekananda,
Conversations and Dialogues,
recorded by Sharat Chandra Chakravarty
On the outside, there is a simulation of the Sattvika (calm and balanced) state, but inside, downright inertness like that of stocks and stones -- what work will be done in the world by such people?
How long can such an inactive, lazy, and sensual people live in the world? …
So my idea is first to make the people active by developing their Rajas, and thus make them fit for the struggle for existence. …
By stimulating them I want to bring life into them -- to this I have dedicated my life. I will rouse them through the infallible power of Vedic Mantras.
I am born to proclaim to them that fearless message --"Arise! Awake!" Be you my helpers in this work!
- Swami Vivekananda,
Conversations and Dialogues,
recorded by Sharat Chandra Chakravarty
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