Guest guest Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Teachings of Swami Vivekananda All these forms and ceremonies, these prayers and pilgrimages, these books, bells, candles and priests, are the preparations; they take off the impurities of the soul; and when the soul becomes pure, it naturally wants to get to the mine of purity, God Himself. (II. 46) We have always heard that every religion insists on our having faith. We have been taught to believe blindly. Well, this idea of blind faith is objectionable, no doubt, but analyzing it, we find that behind it is a very great truth. . . . The mind is not to be ruffled by vain arguments, because arguments will not help us to know God. It is a question of fact, and not of argument. (II. 162) Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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