Why we disagree? (2/3)
Download Audio Speech: Why we disagree? by Swami Vivekananda
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At The World’s Parliament of Religions
Chicago, 15th September 1893
I will tell you a little story. You have heard the eloquent speaker who has just finished say, “Let us cease from abusing each other,” and he was very sorry that there should be always so much variance.
But I think I should tell you a story which would illustrate the cause of this variance. A frog lived in a well. It had lived there for a long time. It was born there and brought up there, and yet was a little, small frog. Of course, the evolutionists were not there then to tell us whether the frog lost its eyes or not, but, for our story’s sake, we must take it for granted that it had its eyes, and that it every day cleansed the water of all the worms and bacilli that lived in it with an energy that would do credit to our modern bacteriologists. In this way it went on and became a little sleek and fat. Well, one day another flog that lived in the sea came and fell into the well.
“Where are you form?”
“I am from the sea.”
“The sea! How big is that? Is it as big as my well?” and he took a leap from one side of the well to the other.
“My friend,” said the frog of the sea, “how do you compare the sea with your little well?”
Then the frog took another leap and asked, “Is your sea so big?”
“What nonsense you speak, to compare the sea with your well!”
“Well, then,” said the frog of the well, “nothing can be bigger than my well; there can be nothing bigger than this; this fellow is a liar, so turn him out.”
That has been the difficulty all the while.
I am a Hindu. I am sitting in my own little well and thinking that the whole world is my little well. The Christian sits in his little well and thinks the whole world is his well. The Mohammedan sits in his little well and thinks that is the whole world. l have to thank you of America for the great attempt you are making to break down the barriers of this little world of ours, and hope that, in the future, the Lord will help you to accomplish your purpose.
Administrator@TUW from United States said,
July 14, 2005 @ 11:21 pm
Kapil Chansouria from India said,
July 22, 2005 @ 5:42 am
i am totally agree with the person who has commented above. There is really very admirable and appreicable message is hidden. this is a right time to come out from our conservative thoughts. now we need to have versatile thinking and should be open minds to accepts and give respect to others religion. This recording might be fake or whatever but we should concentrate on the message that swamiji wanted to deliver.
So this is Humble request from my side to all the readers that inspite of arguing or qubbling on that authenticity of the recording, its better to get that correct message and take this attempt forward intiated at america.
Piyush Kumar from India said,
July 29, 2005 @ 6:05 am
Hi
I am totally agree with Administrator points of view. Its doesn’t matter whose voice is this. now a days peace will come only when we all get one. and it will happen when we forgot, to which religion I belongs. As this speech says come forward and forget what you are, what group you follow and leave these barriers.
Sarathi from India said,
July 31, 2005 @ 6:29 am
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Mayura Sandeep from United Arab Emirates said,
August 16, 2005 @ 7:03 am
The only country in the world that will cry out that a Rahim, a Robert and a Ram seeketh the same Lord is India. No other nation teaches you that respecting your own faith does not translate to disrespecting another being’s! Be proud to be an Indian, be proud to be a refined human who is educated right from birth by a mother and motherland that there exists a beutiful world beyond the barriers of the “wells”.
sreedhar from India said,
August 22, 2005 @ 3:03 pm
1) As said by administer we should enjoy and get the views of swami vivekananda than debating on the orginality.
2) MY INDIA THE ETERNAL ( Published by Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture Calcutta )is the book i just came across it costs just Rs.20 in India its a nice gift to youth.Make ways possiable to get one book for your self.
I am Proud to be Indian. Jaihind.
PositiveRAMA from India said,
August 23, 2005 @ 7:12 am
Arise and Shine by the word of Swamiji.
Asish Kumar Das from Austria said,
August 23, 2005 @ 10:27 am
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Lakshmi from India said,
September 8, 2005 @ 8:37 am
It is good to see that we take great pride in our nation and indeed our culture and our traditions are worthy of such pride,but I see that in these comments we miss the basic point of Swamiji’s message. If we say that India is the only country which provides a platform for various religion is it not similar to the frog in the well who thought his well was the biggest place that existed. We need to open our mind not just to accept different religion but also different culture, the idea is to learn from and respect not just every other religion but also every other culture.
girish from India said,
September 13, 2005 @ 10:52 am
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girish from India said,
September 13, 2005 @ 10:57 am
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N.Suresh prasanna from India said,
September 15, 2005 @ 1:49 am
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N.Suresh prasanna from India said,
September 15, 2005 @ 1:52 am
DEAR SISTERS &BROTHERS OF INDIA . WE PROUD TO THE PERSON OF SWAMIJI HE IS A ONE AND ONLY GREATEST MAN IN THIS WORLD IWANT TO SAY SOMETHING FOR U THAT IS EVRY PARSON HAV E TELANTED BUT THERE IS CONT UNDERSTAND HIS POWERS MY DEAR SISTERS AND BROTHERS FIRST KNOW ABOUT U NEXT THE WORLD KNOW.
Mukund from United States said,
October 20, 2005 @ 5:57 am
Grateful to the Almighty to be born in the homeland of spirituality. And to have got lessons from His chosen ones like our Swamiji.
Geetan from India said,
October 24, 2005 @ 2:44 am
i feel this is an original speech.. The distorsion that is heard is of some old mics ..But we shouldnt concentrate abt it bcoz the content is more important then the the version..my thanks to the people who r working on these colletions. All the Best.
Barney from Malaysia from Malaysia said,
November 10, 2005 @ 1:59 am
Dear Brothers and Sisters of the planet earth, the speech by Swamiji is authentic or not is imaterial but what matters is his sermon to the world, which is now plagued with varius disease including the disease of religious fanatism. He had a vision and that vision is all paths lead to the one GOD we call by different names.
If all can understand this very simple idea than there would be no religious differences among the people of this planet. Respect each others faith as your respect your own.
May GOD bless you.
Navendu Shirali from India said,
December 12, 2005 @ 2:07 am
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Krishna from India said,
February 23, 2006 @ 5:13 am
Dear brothers/Sisters
This speech has a real Essence…Swami Vivekananda is really Great.
God bless all
Srinivas Bussappa from India said,
February 23, 2006 @ 1:09 pm
Dear Friends,
No one in the World is great,untill and unless he/she tries in a different way (like Swami Vive) “Falling down is not a failure but lying down is a failure”
All the Best to evey one.
Srinivas Bussappa
Ramesh K T from India said,
March 25, 2006 @ 1:52 pm
Dear brothers & sisters
no matter it is original or fake…. the message from swamiji is simple and straight forward is that we should be proud to be a hindu and a hindustani.
bharath mata ki jai
Ramesh K T
RAMA KRISHNA .S from India said,
March 28, 2006 @ 2:27 am
IT IS GREAT TO HEAR THE SWAMIJI WORDS ARE STILL RELEVANT AND THEY R GUIDING ALL THE YOUNG MENS OF HINDUSTAN.. EVEN I DONT WANT TO COMMENT ON ORIGINALITY OF THE AUDIO BUT WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THOSE WORDS…..
VANDE MATARAM
RAMA KRISHNA .S from India said,
March 28, 2006 @ 2:29 am
IT IS GREAT TO HEAR THE SWAMIJI WORDS ARE STILL RELEVANT AND THEY R GUIDING ALL THE YOUNG MENS OF HINDUSTAN.. EVEN I DONT WANT TO COMMENT ON ORIGINALITY OF THE AUDIO BUT WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THOSE WORDS…..
VANDE MATARAM
RAMA KRISHNA.S
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krishnadas from India said,
May 13, 2006 @ 6:06 pm
swamy vivekananda’s welcome address speach was tremendous and was thrilling for me
Murali Ambala Kolliyil from South Africa said,
June 12, 2006 @ 1:23 pm
I feel proud to hear the speech from the great monk Swami Vivekananda. There is no difference if we adopt somebody’s voice to convey the message, but the important one its contents. The speech is inspirable and the most important he is the first indian who speaks in this Parliament. And to my surprise, till 2005, no one from India(If I am not mistaken) was there to make such a speech like him. I appeal all our brothers and systers try to hear the speech and apply what you can in your life. All should be proud to be hindu.
Jai hind
Murali.
Nirali from United States said,
July 10, 2006 @ 6:07 pm
namste. I learned to respect and be your own voice from my family, religion. I am proud to be Hindu and feel lucky having oppertunity to read Swamiji’s speeeches, his tough but strong mission journey in India by his biography. I am eager to help and pronounce to beliver in adwaita and Vishwadharma. Wish all people of the world feel same way then there won’t be any problems!!!
ARYATIRTHA MUKHOPADHYAY from India said,
August 26, 2006 @ 2:55 am
THIS IS THE ULTIMATE WORDS WITH THE MOST POPULAR,ORDINARY EXAMPLE , ON “WHY SHOULD WE DISAGREE.”
Gokulakrishnan.M from India said,
September 2, 2006 @ 7:57 am
ARISE- Yes, on that historical event, the effort of unifying or understanding of all religions in the world arouse!
AWAKE - and this idea was awaken by Swami Vivekananda to all of us, to the greater extend than any one in this world could have given
STOP NOT- and we stop not …
TILL THE GOAL IS REACHED!!!
it was great to hear the speech given by HIM and we can get the real message from it. Why should we put all our energy, knowledge and facts in findings, that HIS voice recording was fake or real. let us stop not still the goal is reached!
Saravana Sealan Kulandai Veloo -(KL) Malaysia from Malaysia said,
September 5, 2006 @ 1:19 am
Dear Beloved,
We are centres of the infinite circumference of the existence. We are Nothing but a personification of the pure. Realise That ! Meditate … Reveal Your True Self ! Radiate …
Love,
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K. Srinivasan from India said,
January 14, 2007 @ 10:59 am
It is immaterial, whether the audio is fake or real. The messge conveyed in the audio is real and original. Swami Vivekananda is one of the most inspiring spiritual leaders of the world.
Let us hear the audio again and again and pick up the message.
Asish Kumar Das from Norway said,
March 27, 2007 @ 5:48 pm
I feel its our different school of thinking which makes us able to disagree with others. Not necessary that we are opining better than the latter, that’s to be judged.
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Ravi Kumar from United States said,
August 28, 2007 @ 4:46 am
What I feel after listening to this speech…Awesome speech by Vivekananda in the age of 30…I guess, he is the first person exposed to the whole world that How and why India is more unique in the world…and what ever the new inventions in the modern science and technology taking place now are has been mentioned in the ancient Vedas with close resemblance…
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Yoderbrown from India said,
October 12, 2007 @ 4:01 pm
There needs no proof than this so called speach to ascertain that Vivekananda and his motley crowd of admirers are the most narrow minded, naivete people in the entire world. Indeed they are all dwelling in the deep horrible pit. They have a long way to go to understand truth and eternity. Vivekananda has utterly failed to realize that God does not personally involve in any Religion or their rituals or religous activities. God Himself is Truth. Truth is not in any ‘ism’ or ‘ity’. Vivekananda is one of the multitude of pervert and ignorant people whose mind is programmed and conditioned from birth to believe that the small, utterly untrue, darkest world, the mother of all lies and darkness, called Hinduism is a great religion. I pity not Vivekananda but the motley crowd who are carried over by this emotion charged, baseless speach that he made. You all have to rise to the level of perceiving every person in the world as a Human Being which alone is the only true identity
Tyler from India said,
October 19, 2007 @ 2:24 pm
@Yoderbrown from India
Dude, you need to see the sea. Probably the speech was addressed to people like you. He never advocated popular Hinduism - he was a Hindu outcast, he was a rebel. He just took Hinduism as a ground and preached personal spirituality.
“You all have to rise to the level of perceiving every person in the world as a Human Being which alone is the only true identity”. Didn’t he say “Each soul is divine”? You fuckin ignorant fool, you need to educate yourself more about him before you make your idiotic comments!
pradeep from Australia said,
November 1, 2007 @ 9:10 am
hey yoderbrown buddy….
U R totally out of ur mind….!
VIVEKANANDA never ever tried his wits to popularise Hinduism nor grow his team.Its his preachings about the TRUTH n divine perception that lured people’s mind n called off a silent revolution to a healthy living,gettin rid of the ill beliefs in the society n a particular religion….not only Hinduism.
We do see such ill beliefs in every other RELIGION, n u can’t give room for ur personal motives on a platform like this. This doesn’t make sense….
Learn bout HIM r jus skip commenting without proper understanding….
Better go thru it again n think before acting moronic
Deepak from United States said,
December 6, 2007 @ 9:13 am
I believe that people like, Mr. Yoderbrown were one of the reasons why great beings like Swami came into existance, to make this world realize the truths.
Yet, peanut sized brains never stop frying themselves by dirgarding the others values. Hope Mr. Brown grows some more nuts in the near future…
Kamlesh Mangela form UK from United States said,
December 20, 2007 @ 3:29 pm
first ..thanks to all…who developed this wesite and who really done good job.
when i listened this audio i really feel out monsk who Secrify them life for mankind.
i am vey greatful who collect this audio and given a message for youth you can be Swami vivekand and you can do kind of thing for our motherland (india)
himanshu from United States said,
December 28, 2007 @ 3:38 pm
Great country, the India (was ?)
How can we make India great again?
People of a great country should keep their roads, cities, villages clean just like they clean their house.
They should help their neighbours, lead a simple life.
rakesh patel from India said,
January 9, 2008 @ 3:41 am
GODD ONE
Vijaya sudha from China said,
February 21, 2008 @ 1:51 pm
Oray useless fellow, Yoderbrown, do you have mind, u don’t have any knowledge / not any good attitude /u mentally disordered person, u first go to doctor chekup ur mind, then listen then u can comment.
appracha vedava, Pindakudu Vedava.
Man from India said,
April 4, 2008 @ 8:40 pm
Yoderbrown :- Who the Hell do you think You Are? Do you Consider yourself
a Human First? You Son of a Bitch, you seemed to be an insane.You Don’t have the authority to comment on this Blog.In my entire life I will not forget your silly Identity. You are a complete Hore. You Don’t seem to have ordinary brain. Even the animal respect the one who is superior.
Why am I writing all this for you, As I
doubt you don’t even understand English.
You Fool of the world First read and learn about
the Great man and then try to comment. Not Only Swami Vivekananda Is
an Indian, He was a perfect Human on Earth.
JAYAN PAZHAYANNUR from France said,
April 24, 2008 @ 5:21 am
Yoderbrown who is this man …………………………kill him
jayan from France said,
May 15, 2008 @ 4:08 am
is this a fake
jagannathan from India said,
May 16, 2008 @ 8:21 am
it is thrilling to hear Swami Vivekanand’s voice.Marvelous experience; one should not miss
k from France said,
May 21, 2008 @ 2:28 pm
i believed that only God incarnates himself in the form of virtues. like one may say that lord vivekananda was love or strength incarnate. but today after reading Mr (if i may speak a lie by calling him a man) yoderbrown’s comment, i came to know that even the devil incarnates himself in the form of ignorance. i believe , dear friends, mr. yoderbrown deserves, not our anger, but our pity from the bottom of our hearts.
k from France said,
May 21, 2008 @ 2:29 pm
i am from india
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JAYAN AIKO PAZHAYNNUR from France said,
May 23, 2008 @ 2:43 am
he is really great man
shubham from France said,
May 27, 2008 @ 10:02 am
i am a huge fan of him
aparna makwe from France said,
May 27, 2008 @ 10:16 am
this is really very inspirational speech.he explains the meaning of hinduism to the world . we should follow his ideas and treat other religion with equality then this world will become a different place to live in.
Bhargav Sai from France said,
June 1, 2008 @ 8:24 am
This speech says it all. Ultimate truth is expressed in small words by great Swami.
Yoderbrown, you are a frog sitting in your dark hole. I pity you. Because your words generate hatred, whereas Vivekananda preached his followers “Love”.
Yoderbrown, you shall realize yourself sometime in your infinite future.
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