It is the intense spirituality of India, and not any great political structure or social organisation that it has developed, that has enabled it to resist the ravages of time and the accidents of history.
Interpretation
India's spiritual depth has allowed it to endure beyond political and social changes.
In this quote, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan emphasizes that India's resilience through history is rooted not in its political or social frameworks, but in its profound spiritual heritage. This spirituality acts as a stabilizing force, enabling the nation to withstand the challenges posed by time and the unpredictable events that have shaped its past.
In practice
During a lecture on the importance of spirituality in culture, one might quote this to emphasize India's unique position in history.
Hinduism is not just a faith. It is the union of reason and intuition that can not be defined but is only to be experienced. Evil and error are not ultimate. There is no Hell, for that means there is a place where God is not, and there are sins which exceed his love.
The true teachers are those who help us think for ourselves.
Love thy neighbor as thyself because you are your neighbor. It is illusion that makes you think that your neighbor is someone other than yourself.
The word Atman (Soul) means the "breath of life". Atman is the principle of man's life, the Soul that pervades his being, his breath, his intellect and transcends them. Atman is what remains when everything that is not the self is eliminated. It is the unborn and immortal element in man, which is not to be confused with body, mind or intellect.
God is the Soul of all souls - The Supreme Soul - The Supreme Consciousness.
All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet.
In order to deal with reality successfully - to pursue and achieve the values which his life requires - man needs self-esteem; he needs to be confident of his efficacy and worth.
Those who, like the beasts, have no such Hope, pass their old age shrouded with an inward gloom.
People have a right to get stoned. They have a right to think and explore their own minds. This is as intimate a part of their being as their sexuality. Any culture which mitigates that is clearly afraid of a full and fair and open dialogue about what reality is and what real human values ought to be.
The world is a divine dream, from which we may presently awake to the glories and certainties of day.
I have said that Texas is a state of mind, but I think it is more than that. It is a mystique closely approximating a religion.
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