Guest guest Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 Teachings of Swami Vivekananda With the Hindus you will find one national idea - spirituality. In no other religion, in no other sacred books of the world, will you find so much energy spent in defining the idea of God. They tried to define the idea of soul so that no earthly touch might mar it. The spiritual must be divine; and spirit understood as spirit must not be made into a man. (II. 372) The Aryan man was always seeking Divinity inside his own self. It became, in course of time, natural, characteristic. It is remarkable in their art and in heir commonest dealings. Even at the present time, if we take a European picture of a man in a religious attitude, the painter always makes his subject point his eyes upwards, looking outside of nature for God, looking up into the skies. In India, on the other hand, the religious attitude is always presented by making the subject close his eyes. He is, as it were, looking inward. (VI. 3-4) Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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