{"id":72,"date":"2010-01-14T03:37:16","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T03:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ramakrishnamath.in\/newscasts\/?p=72"},"modified":"2010-01-21T15:58:24","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T15:58:24","slug":"swami-vivekananda-and-human-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ramakrishnamath.in\/newscasts\/72","title":{"rendered":"Swami Vivekananda and Human Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On 12th January 2010, on the occasion of the birthday of Swami Vivekananda, celebrated by the Government of India as the National Youth Day, Samskrita Sangha at Indian Institute of Science had organized a talk by a monk from Ramakrishna Math, Ulsoor, Bangalore.<\/p>\n

Here is an outline of the talk titled \u201cSwami Vivekananda and Human Excellence\u201d.<\/p>\n

The world and India has seen several saints and prophets. When almost all of them talked about God, Swami Vivekananda insisted on dignity of man. The main theme of\u00a0Swamiji’s lectures, private talks, writings, letters, etc. was Human Excellence. He wanted every human being to manifest the best qualities in all spheres of life. The best examples of the ideal\u00a0for human excellance are Swami Vivekananda himself and Sri Krishna.<\/p>\n

The person who has\u00a0achieved\u00a0the utmost excellence in his life is a man of harmony. Krishna presents a vivd picture of such a man at several occasions in the Bhagavad Gita. In his personality and life, we see harmony between pair of apparant opposites like gentleness and fearlessness, renunciation and service, faith and rationality, meditation and work, etc. Usually we meet two kinds of noble people \u2013 the meditative introverted renunciate and the ever active social worker. A harmony of both of these in the same person is the epitome of Human Excellence.<\/p>\n

Human Excellence can be broadly classified as\u00a0Character Excellence and Spiritual Excellence.<\/p>\n

Character\u00a0Excellence requires three qualities \u2013 (1) Knowledge of ways to uplift mankind, (2) Capacity to put the knowledge into practice, and most importantly, (3) Strength of conviction.\u00a0 Conviction (shradda) is the most important factor and is the seed of all good action. Conviction is of three things \u2013 (1) Conviction in the potential of oneself, (2) Conviction in the power of goodness, (3) Conviction in the\u00a0meaningfulness of the world and society.<\/p>\n

There have been several people of great\u00a0achievements\u00a0in\u00a0\u00a0Character Excellence. But ultimate\u00a0fulfillment\u00a0in life will come only from Spiritual Excellence. This is having the true knowledge about oneself as the pure Consciousness, ever unattached and beyond all cause-effect relationships.<\/p>\n

Swami Vivekananda was a perfect blend of\u00a0Character and Spiritual Excellence. By following his teachings, we also can strive to inculcate these concepts in our life and attain both these aspects of Human Excellence.<\/p>\n

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