“I AM PROUD TO CALL MYSELF A HINDU” -- Swami Vivekananda

Here am I, one of the least of Hindu race, yet proud of my race, proud of my
ancestors. I am proud to call myself a Hindu, I am proud that I am one of your
unworthy servants, I am proud that I am a countryman of yours, you the descendants
of the sages, you the descendants of the most glorious rishis the world ever saw.
Therefore, have faith in yourself; be proud of your ancestors, instead of being
ashamed of them. When a man has begun to be ashamed of his ancestors, the end
has come

And do not imitate, do not imitate! O ye modern Hindus, de-hypnotize yourselves….

Mark me, then and then alone you are a Hindu, when the very name sends through
you a galvanic shock of strength.

Then and then alone you are a Hindu when the distress of any one bearing that
name comes to your heart and makes you fees as if your own son were in distress.

Then and then alone you are a Hindu when you will be ready to bear everything for
them.

Mark me! Every one of you will have to be a Guru Gobind Singh if you want to do
good to your country.

You may see thousands of defects in you countrymen, but mark their Hindu blood.
They are the fist gods you will have to worship even if they do everything to hurt you.

All our hatches let us bury and send tout this grand current of love all round…

My life’s allegiance is to my Motherland, and if I had a thousand lives, every moment

of the whole series would be consecrated to your service, my countrymen, my
friend…
(“Vivekananda: His Gospel of Man-making” (p.310 & 312, www.vivekanandagospel.org)

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Words of Power
http://www.hinduvoice.co.uk/Issues/16/Power.htm

Source of Power
http://www.hinduvoice.co.uk/Issues/5/Vivekananda.htm

Swami Vivekananda: 100 Years Later

http://vivekajyoti.blogspot.com/2009/01/swami-vivekananda-great-hindu-monk-of.html

Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Literature online

http://vivekajyoti.blogspot.com/2008/04/ramakrishna-vivekananda-literature.html

Acceptance of all religions and negation of all religious exclusiveness

is the two-pronged tool to wage the long-term war against terrorism.
http://vivekajyoti.blogspot.com/2008/10/acceptance-of-all-religions-and.html

Is Vivekananda no longer relevant to the future of India?

Was he a mere shooting star which has now faded into oblivion?
http://vivekajyoti.blogspot.com/2009/01/is-vivekananda-no-longer-relevant-to.html

I am speechless at the possibilities your initiative can create: RR

http://vivekajyoti.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-am-speechless-at-possibilities-your.html

Karunanidhi’s stupid equation: Vivekananda = Periyar & Anna!

http://vivekajyoti.blogspot.com/2008/04/karunanidhis-stupid-equation.html
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