Tag: civilization
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Acceptance not tolerance
“Our watchword, then, will be acceptance, and not exclusion. Not only toleration, for so-called toleration is often blasphemy, and I do not believe in it. I believe in acceptance. Why should I tolerate? Toleration means that I think that you are wrong and I am just allowing you to live. Is it not a blasphemy…
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Address from Hindus of Jaffna (Ceylon) to Swami Vivekananda
The following address of welcome from the Hindus of Jaffna was presented to Swami Vivekananda: SRIMAT VIVEKANANDA SWAMI Revered Sir, We, the inhabitants of Jaffna professing the Hindu religion, desire to offer you a most hearty welcome to our land, the chief centre of Hinduism in Ceylon, and to express our thankfulness for your kind…
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Ralph Waldo Emerson, “The World Soul”
Thanks to the morning light, Thanks to the foaming sea,To the uplands of New Hampshire, To the green-haired forest free;Thanks to each man of courage, To the maids of holy mind,To the boy with his games undaunted Who never looks behind. Cities of proud hotels, Houses of rich and great,Vice nestles in your chambers, Beneath your roofs of slate.It cannot conquer folly,— Time-and-space-conquering…
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Mahatma Gandhi, The Atom Bomb
There have been cataclysmic changes in the world. Do I still adhere to my faith in truth and non-violence? Has not the atom bomb exploded that faith? Not only has it not done so, but it has clearly demonstrated to me that the twins constitute the mightiest force in the world. Before it the atom…
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Krishna Leela: A Selection of Renderings Over Time
The Gopis Plead with Krishna to Return Their Clothing: Folio from “Isarda” Bhagavata Purana Master of the “Isarda” Bhagavata Purana, The Gopis Plead with Krishna to Return Their Clothing: Folio from “Isarda” Bhagavata Purana, c. 1560–65, opaque watercolor and ink on paper, North India (Delhi-Agra area), 18.7 × 25.7 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Folio from a…
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INDIA DIES NOT
We have an idea that we Indians can do something, and amongst the Indians we Bengalis may laugh at this idea; but I do not. My mission in life is to rouse a struggle in you. Whether you are an Advaitin, whether you are a qualified monist or dualist, it does not matter much. But…
Saraswati’s Garden 