Guest guest Posted September 8, 2002 Report Share Posted September 8, 2002 Weakness is SIN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Swami Vivekananda has a message for India and the world. His message for India was meant to introduce life into her people, to give vigour to their national life, to shake them out of their age-long lethargy and to make them conscious of the great destiny of their land. His great message was one of strength and faith. He proclaimed: "Infinite strength is religion. Strength is goodness, weakness is sin. All sins and all evil can be summed up in that one word: weakness. It is weakness that is the source of all selfishness. It is weakness that makes men injure others. All truth is eternal. Truth is the nature of all souls. And here is the test of truth: anything that makes you weak physically, intellectually and spiritually reject as poison. There is no life in it, it cannot be true. Truth is strengthening, truth is purity, truth is all knowledge. Truth must be strengthening, must be enlightening, must be invigorating. What we want is this shraddha (faith in oneself). What makes the difference between man and man is difference in shraddha. My master used to say, he who thinks himself weak will become weak, and that is true. This shraddha must enter into you. Give up the awful disease that is creeping into our national blood, that idea of ridiculing everything that loss of seriousness. Give that up. Be strong and have this shraddha and everything else is bound to follow." - Swami Vivekananda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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