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On his return to India,SWAMI VIVEKANANDA in his very first lecture reminded India that it was the message of ‘Oneness’ that had to give to the world. For that he would have to prepare himself. But how the’ Oneness’ is manifested in life? It is obviously not by just chanting of Vedas but by feeling for all those who are suffering and are in need of help. Unfortunately, the degradation had come in the society due to various invasions for which the Oneness was almost missing in the lives of those who were supposed to guide the society. They will be needed to be woken up from their stupor and fall. That could be achievable only by stating the truth forthrightly. Swami Vivekananda did not mince the words when he touched upon the hypocrisy of our practice of Dharma. He said,
“A dreadful slough is in front of you — take care; many fall into it and die. The slough is this, that the present religion of the Hindus is not in the Vedas, nor in the Puranas, nor in Bhakti, nor in Mukti — religion has entered into the cooking – pot. The present religion of the Hindus is neither the path of knowledge nor that of reason — it is “Don’t – touchism”. “Don’t touch me!” “Don’t touch me!”– That exhausts its description. See that you do not lose your lives in this dire irreligion of “Don’t – touchism”. Must the teaching, “looking upon all beings as your own self”– be confined to books alone? How will they grant salvation who cannot feed a hungry mouth with a crumb of bread? How will those who become impure at the mere breath of others purify others? Don’t – touchism is a form of mental disease. Beware! All expansion is life, all contraction is death. All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction.”
Following the footprint of Swami Vivekananda Today Turnstone Global has been broken that barrier of superstition,beliefs among various communities of enormous numbers of villages ,suburbs across our country and in such movement we are always looking forward for your active participation and support.
