What did Vivekananda say about religion?

To Vivekananda, religion was not mere theory, but an actual practice to be applied in life, raising the brute into man, and man into God, stating “it is being and becoming, not hearing or acknowledging; it is the whole soul becoming changed into what it believes.” He hated the religious rituals that were in practice …

What is the message of Swami Vivekananda to the youth?

His mantra for the youth is evergreen: “Until you can trust yourself, you cannot trust Allah or God.” If we are not able to see God in other humans and ourselves, then where can we go to find divinity? Vivekananda caught the world’s attention with his ideas when he represented Sanatan Dharma in Chicago in 1893.

What did Swami Vivekananda say about caste?

Vivekananda believes that caste must exist, and it cannot be destroyed completely as the prevalence of caste is for the good in society. But privileges resulting from the caste distinctions must be exterminated as caste system does not allow any privilege in society.

Why do we disagree Vivekananda?

Why we disagree (15 September 1893) In this speech, Vivekananda tried to explain the reason of disagreement between each other and different sects and religions. He told a story of a frog, which is popularly known as (koop mandook). And in the story he told, a frog used to live in a well.

What is caste of Swami?

Swami is also the surname of the Bairagi caste in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. …

Who started the Shuddhi movement?

Swami Dayanand Saraswati
The socio-political movement, derived from ancient rite of shuddhikaran, or purification was started by the Arya Samaj, and its founder Swami Dayanand Saraswati and his followers like Swami Shraddhanand, who also worked on the Sangathan consolidation aspect of Hinduism, in North India, especially Punjab in early 1900s.