Guest guest Posted September 11, 2002 Report Share Posted September 11, 2002 Purity of Heart ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For spiritual training to be possible Swami Vivekananda considered it important that the teacher should be imbued with spiritual values and should be one who strives to lead a spiritual life. No amount of preaching will impress the students as the example of the teacher. He believed in the integrated development of the heart. Since emotions are the motive force in man, he insisted on training emotions towards a higher goal. He pointed out that it was not at all necessary to be educated and learned to reach spiritual heights. Many prophets who have moved the world did not have even the most rudimentary education. What is required is purity, for as the Bible has said, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." If one knows all the sciences in the world, but is not pure, that will not help one at all. The pure heart is the best mirror for the truth. All disciplines are for the purification of the heart. As soon as the mind becomes pure, all truths flash upon it in a minute. - Swami Vivekananda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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