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You are all aware of the story of the deluge in the Old Testament The

same story was current among the ancient Babylonians, the Egyptians,

the Chinese, and the Hindus. Manu, a great ancient sage, was praying

on the bank of the Ganga, when a little minnow came to him for

protection, and he put it into a pot of water he had before him.

" What do you want ? " asked Manu. The little minnow declared he was

pursued by a bigger fish and wanted protection. Manu carried the

little fish to his home, and in the morning had become as big as the

pot and said to him, " I cannot live in this pot any longer. " Manu put

him in a tank, and the next day he was as big as the tank and

declared he could not live there any longer. So Manu had to take him

to a to a river, and in the morning the fish filled the river. 'Then

Manu put him in the ocean and he declared, " Manu, I am the Creator of

the universe. I have taken this form to come and warn you that I will

deluge the world. You build an ark; and in it put a pair of every

kind of animal, and let your family enter the ark, and there will

project out of the water my horn. Fasten the ark to it; and when the

deluge subsides come out and people the earth.'' So the world was

deluged, and Manu saved his own family and two of every kind of

animal and seeds of every plant. When the deluge subsided, he came

and peopled the world and we are all called " man " because we are

progeny of Manu.

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Today we continue Swamiji's lecture called:

 

The Real Nature of Man.

(Delivered in London)

 

This is a part of a daily study of the lectures and writings of Swami

Vivekananda. All lectures are sent out in sequenced form, as he spoke

them.

 

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