Transcript Swami Vivekananda in his 1893 Speech at The

Unity In Diversity
“How do you tolerate religious intolerance”
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Swami Vivekananda
1863-1902
GAYATRI MANTRA
Om Bhur Bhuva Svaha,
May the physical, mental and spiritual
worlds bear witness to my prayer.
Tatsavitur Varenyam,
That adorable Light
Bhargo Devasya Dheemahi,
On which the enlightened meditate,
Dhiyo yoh na prachodayat.
May that illumine our intellect.
“As
different
streams
having
different sources all mingle their
waters in the sea, so different
tendencies, various though they
appear, crooked or straight, all
lead to God.”
Swami Vivekananda in his 1893 Speech at The
world parliament of religions, Chicago
BIOGRAPHY OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
By
AJAY KSHATRIYA
MS’05, STANFORD
“The idea that one man is born superior to another has no meaning
in Vedanta; that between two nations, one is superior and the other
inferior has no meaning whatsoever. Put them in the same
circumstances and see whether the same intelligence comes out or
not. Before that you have no right to say that one nation is superior
to another.”
"Who has given you the right to say
that truth exists nowhere else but
in the Vedas?"
“God is the thread that runs
through all these pearls, and each
pearl is a religion or even a sect
thereof.”
When I remember that All is the Self or Brahman, the
saint, the sinner, the lamb, the tiger, even the murderer,
as far as they have any reality, can be nothing else,
because there is nothing else
“A wise and learned man, a cow, an elephant, a dog
and a pariah – these are all the same to the one who
really knows.”
- Bhagvad Gita
Prof. Paul A Khavari
Carl J Herzog Professor
Stanford School of Medicine
“Pray to your father in heaven”
To the masses:
To those who could grasp a higher idea:
To his Disciples:
“I am the vine, ye are the branches”
“I and my Father are one”
“Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see god.
The Kingdom of heaven is within you.”
---Christ
Father Michael Anderson,
Rector, St. Christina Orthodox church
“I would like to see more men like Gautama Buddha, who did not believe
in a personal God or a personal soul, never asked about them, but was a
perfect agnostic and yet was ready to lay down his life for anyone, and
worked hard for the good of all and thought only of the good of all”
“The high orders of Samadhi (or a state of self-awareness) that lend
gravity to his religion, are almost all there in the Vedas; what are absent in
the Vedas are Buddha’s intellect and heart, which have never since been
paralleled throughout the history of the world.”
Swami Vedananda
Monk of the Vedanta Society
Reverend Scotty McLennan
Dean for religious life
Stanford University
Panel Discussion:
“How do you tolerate religious
intolerance”
Panelists:
Prof. Paul Khavari
Fr. Michael Anderson
Swami Vedananda
Facilitator:
Rev. Scotty McLennan
“Help and Not Fight”
“Assimilation and not
Destruction”
“Harmony and Peace
and Not dissension”
Om Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinaha
We will ALL be happy
Sarve Santu Niraamayaha
We will ALL take care of our bodies
Sarve Bhadraani Pashyantu
We will ALL look to the good of others
Maa Kaschid Dukh Abhaag Bhavet
We will NEVER choose to be sorrowful
Unity In Diversity
“How do you tolerate
religious intolerance”
commemorating
Swami Vivekananda