Teachings of Swami Vivekananda

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Teachings of Swami Vivekananda

 

 

 

The Aryan and Semitic ideals of woman have always been diametrically opposed. Amongst the Semites, the presence of woman is considered dangerous to devotion, and she may not perform any religious function, even such as the killing of a bird for food; according to the Aryan, a man cannot perform a religious action without a wife. (V. 229)

 

There is no chance for the welfare of the world unless the condition of women is improved. It is not possible for a bird to fly on only one wing. Hence, in the Ramakrishna Incarnation, the acceptance of a woman as the Guru, hence His practicing in the woman's garb and frame of mind, hence too His preaching the Motherhood of women as representations of the Divine Mother. (VI. 328)

 

 

 

 

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda.