Vivekananda on the Vedas

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>From Book by Sister Gayatriprana called: -

Vivekananda and the Vedas.

(you can look at previous postings at

http://www.vivekananda.btinternet.co.uk/veda.htm)

 

England, May-July, 1896: In his class-lectures... Swami Vivekananda spoke of

the various kinds and levels of spiritual consciousness and of the

superimposition, or projection (adhyasa) of these inner states of being upon

external nature, creating, as it were, the universes experienced at

different stages of spiritual awareness. It is thus that various truths have

been revealed to saints and seers in accordance with their own various

levels of consciousness and points of view - all of them equally valid, none

of them revelations of absolute truth, of which there can be no description

and no revealer. The audience... was awestruck by Swami's elaborate and

detailed exposition of this line of thought, in which he explained precisely

why it is that "Truth in one, sages call it by various names" (Rig Veda

1.164.46) and why it is that all religions, however different they may be,

present valid views of the one Brahman. He explained rationally the

phenomena of visions, giving many examples and descriptions.... It was

difficult to describe the splendor of his face and eyes, and voice during

these eight sessions, so great it was.... And such was the level of these

talks that Swamiji’s fame increased and many new people came to hear him.

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