Teachings of Swami Vivekananda

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Teachings of Swami Vivekananda

 

 

 

We talk of principles, we think of theories, and that is all right; but every thought and every movement, every one of our actions, shows that we can understand the principle when it comes to us through a person. We can grasp an idea only when it comes to us through a materialized ideal person. We can understand the precept only through the example. Would to God that all of us were so developed that we would not require any example, would not require any person. But that we are not; and, naturally the vast majority of mankind have put their souls at the feet of these extraordinary personalities, the Prophets, the Incarnations of God - Incarnations worshipped by the Christians, by the Buddhists, and by the Hindus. (IV. 121)

 

 

 

 

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda.