Swami Vivekananda in his famous Chicago Address

October 15, 2004

Swami Vivekananda in his famous Chicago Address says:"As the different 'streams having their sources in different places all mingle their water in the sea, so, 0 Lord. The different paths which men take through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee.Whosoever comes to me, through whatsoever form, I reach him; all men are struggling through paths which in the end lead to me." ('Swami Vivekananda's Complete Works', Vol. I, p.4). "But if any one here hopes that this unity will come by the triumph of any one of the religions and the destruction of the others, to him I say 'Brother, yours is an impossible hope. Do I wish that the Christian would become Hindu ? God forbid. Do I wish that the Hindu or Buddhist would become Christian? God forbid'." (Vol. 1, p. 24)That is the Hindu way. That is the only civilized and acceptable way for the coming millennium. Any other way is bound to lead to strife and disharmony. That

is the lesson Gujarat teaches.

Evangelisation 2000 is not an isolated phenomenon. It comes in the wake of two other movements, globatization and westernization (which is another name for Americaniza-tion). Politically and administratively India had already been anglicized by the time of Independence. Ignoring the wise counsel of Gandhiji we adopted the Westminster model of parliamentary democracy.Globalization is bringing about calculated destruction of Indian economy by imposing a neo-colonialism. West-emization/Americanization has culturally enslaved our mind and life. The more educated we become the more westernized our thinking becomes. Evangelisation seeks to deprive us of our very soul. our Swadharma. All this together constitutes a single, three-pronged onslaught on our national sovereignty -economic, cultural and religious.Evangelisation is in fact homogenization. It seeks to impose 'one God, one Prophet and one Book' over all mankind. It will destroy cultural pluralism and religious

diversity. Westernized intellectuals cry hoarse that Hinduisation will suppress cultural diversity. Hinduism will never do that. It has always encouraged plurality of forms of worship. It is the evangelising faiths that threaten the rich and colourful diversity and impose ^ monolithic way of life over all.

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