Guest guest Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 Teachings of Swami Vivekananda Personal God is necessary and at the same time we know that instead of and better than vain imaginations of a Personal God. . . . we have in this world, living and walking in our midst, living Gods, now and then. These are more worthy of worship than any imaginary God, any creation of our imagination, that is to say, any idea of God which we can form. Sri Krishna is much greater than any idea of God you or I can have. Buddha is a much higher idea, a more living and idolized idea, than the ideal of you or I can conceive of in our minds, and therefore it is that they always command the worship of mankind, even to the exclusion of all imaginary deities. This our sages knew, and therefore left it open to all Indian people to worship such great personages, such Incarnations. (III. 251) Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.