Swami Vivekananda Speech in Chicago
Swami Vivekananda Speech in Chicago
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Introduction:
Hello friends, today I will talk about Swami Vivekananda's speech
given in Chicago. In this article I will write the same speech that Swamiji
said in Chicago. It may be that such an article has been written in other blogs
before, but the aim of this article is to keep people in front of his way of
talking and the words he have chosen. We can see in his speech how great our
ancient culture must have been. So without delaying his speech starts his
speech.
Swami Vivekananda Speech in Chicago
It
fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial
welcome which you have given us. I thank you in the name of the most ancient
order of monks in the world; I thank you in the name of the mother of
religions; My thanks, also, to some of the speakers on this platform who
referring to the delegates from the Orient, have told you that these men from
far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands the idea
of toleration.
I
thank you in the name of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes
and sects. My thanks, also, to some of the speakers on this platform who,
referring to the delegates from the Orient, have told you that these men from
far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands the idea
of toleration.
I
am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and
universal acceptance. We believe not only in universal toleration, but we
accept all religions as true. I am proud to belong to a nation which has
sheltered the persecuted and the refugees of all religions and all nations of
the earth. I am proud to tell you that we have gathered in our bosom the purest
remnant of the Israelites, who came to Southern India and took refuge with us
in the very year. In which their holy temple was shattered to pieces by Roman
tyranny. I am proud to belong to the religion which has sheltered and is still
fostering remnant Zoroastrian nation.
I
will quote to you, brethren, a few lines from hymn which I remember to have
repeated from my earliest boyhood, which is every day repeated by millions of
human beings, "As the different streams having their sources indifferent
places all mingle their water in the sea, so, O Lord, the different paths which
men take through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or
straight, all lead to Thee.”
The
present convention, which is one of the most august assemblies ever held, is in
itself vindication, a declaration to the world of the wonderful doctrine
preached in the Gita, “Whosoever comes to me, through whatsoever form, I reach
him; all men are struggling through paths which in the end lead to me."
Sectarianism,
bigotry, and it’s horrible descendant, fanaticism, have long possessed this
beautiful earth. They have filled the earth with violence, drenched it often
and often with human blood, destroyed civilization and sent whole nations to
despair. Had it not been for these horrible demons, human society would bear
more advanced than it is now. But their time is come; and I fervently hope that
the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the
death-knell of all fanaticism, of all persecutions with the sword or with the
pen, and of all uncharitable feelings between persons wending their way to the
same goal.
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