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UNITY, THE GOAL OF RELIGION

 

(Delivered in New York, 1896)

 

This universe of ours, the universe of the senses, the rational, the

intellectual, is bounded on both sides by the illimitable, the

unknowable, the ever unknown. Herein is the search, herein are the

inquiries, here are the facts; from this comes the light which is known

to the world as religion. Essentially, however, religion belongs to the

supersensuous and not to the sense plane. It is beyond all reasoning

and is not on the plane of intellect. It is a vision, an inspiration, a

plunge into the unknown and unknowable, making the unknowable more than

known for it can never be " known " . This search has been in the human

mind, as I believe, from the very beginning of humanity.

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Today we begin a lecture by Swami Vivekananda's called UNITY, THE GOAL

OF RELIGION, found in Volume 3 of the Complete works.

 

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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