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Are Hindus sacrificial lambs to keep bleating in weakness or will we ever see our true reflection & recognize our real strength? Swami Vivekananda in his speech “The Essence Of Religion” narrates a Vedantic tale that is pertinent now more than ever. If you get it, you get it.
Are Hindus sacrificial lambs to keep bleating in weakness or will we ever see our true reflection & recognize our real strength? Swami Vivekananda in his speech “The Essence Of Religion” narrates a Vedantic tale that is pertinent now more than ever. If you get it, you get it.
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“There was once a baby lion left by its dying mother among some sheep. The sheep fed it and gave it shelter. The lion grew apace and said "Baaa" when the sheep said "Baaa". One day another lion came by. "What do you do here?" said the second lion in astonishment
“There was once a baby lion left by its dying mother among some sheep. The sheep fed it and gave it shelter. The lion grew apace and said "Baaa" when the sheep said "Baaa". One day another lion came by. "What do you do here?" said the second lion in astonishment
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He had heard the sheep - lion bleating with the rest. "Baaa," said the other. "I am a little sheep, I am a little sheep, I am frightened." "Nonsense!" roared the first lion, "come with me; I will show you." And he took him to the side of a smooth stream
He had heard the sheep - lion bleating with the rest. "Baaa," said the other. "I am a little sheep, I am a little sheep, I am frightened." "Nonsense!" roared the first lion, "come with me; I will show you." And he took him to the side of a smooth stream
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He showed him that which was reflected therein. "You are a lion; look at me, look at the sheep, look at yourself." And the sheep - lion looked, and then he said, "Baaa, I do not look like the sheep -- it is true, I am a lion!" and with that he roared a roar
He showed him that which was reflected therein. "You are a lion; look at me, look at the sheep, look at yourself." And the sheep - lion looked, and then he said, "Baaa, I do not look like the sheep -- it is true, I am a lion!" and with that he roared a roar
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The roar shook the hills to their depths. That is it. We are lions in sheep's clothing of habit, we are hypnotised into weakness by our surroundings. And the province of Vedanta is the self - dehypnotisation. The goal to be reached is freedom.”
The roar shook the hills to their depths. That is it. We are lions in sheep's clothing of habit, we are hypnotised into weakness by our surroundings. And the province of Vedanta is the self - dehypnotisation. The goal to be reached is freedom.”
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