If impurity is the nature of man, then man will have to remain impure, even though he may be pure for five minutes. The time will come when this purity will wash out, pass away, and the old natural impurity will have its sway once more.
Therefore, say all our philosophers, good is our nature, perfection is our nature, not imperfection, not impurity -- and we should remember that. …
We often mistake mere prattle for religious truth, mere intellectual perorations for great spiritual realisation, and then comes sectarianism, then comes fight.
If we once understand that this realisation is the only religion, we shall look into our own hearts and find how far we are towards realising the truths of religion.
Then we shall understand that we ourselves are groping in darkness, and are leading others to grope in the same darkness, then we shall cease from sectarianism, quarrel, and fight.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Address at Lahore,
Lectures From Colombo to Almora
Therefore, say all our philosophers, good is our nature, perfection is our nature, not imperfection, not impurity -- and we should remember that. …
We often mistake mere prattle for religious truth, mere intellectual perorations for great spiritual realisation, and then comes sectarianism, then comes fight.
If we once understand that this realisation is the only religion, we shall look into our own hearts and find how far we are towards realising the truths of religion.
Then we shall understand that we ourselves are groping in darkness, and are leading others to grope in the same darkness, then we shall cease from sectarianism, quarrel, and fight.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Address at Lahore,
Lectures From Colombo to Almora
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