He had a deep understanding of both eastern and
western philosophies’ India, with its “vision of oneness” is the only
country that can “awaken the world”. This was the vision of Swami
Vivekananda, who studied both eastern and western philosophies and had a
deep understanding of them, said Vivekananda Kendra (Kanyakumari)
all-India vice-president Kumari Nivedita Bhide. A dedicate life-worker
(Jeevanvrati), she is known to all as Nivedita Didi. Addressing students
of Siddhartha Mahila Kalasala as part of a programme organised to
celebrate Swami Vivekananda’s 150 birth anniversary, she said that Swami
Vivekananda had the Vision of Oneness after his travel to different
countries. According to the vision, everything was interconnected,
inter-dependent, and inter-related. Science too had accepted this. India
was the only country where God was not limited by form or space. The
vision of oneness was a celebration of diversity, where ‘part’ should
contribute to the harmony of the whole, she said quoting Swami
Vivekananda. She said it was because of this vision of oneness Swami
Vivekananda did not feel any anger or hatred for people in the United
States, even though they ill treated him because of his dress. “Indian
dharma is based not on personality, but on principles,” Ms. Nivedita
said. Every person in the audience stood up and kept clapping until the
organisers requested them, after Swami Vivekananda began his speech with
“Sisters and brothers of America.” When asked why they spontaneously
stood up and clapped, many said they felt the words had touched their
hearts. Many even felt a form of current pass through them when he
uttered these five worlds, she revealed. Birth anniversary celebration
committee secretary N. Vinaya Kumar and Mahila Kalasala principal T.
Vijayalakshmi were on the dais.
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