Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chohan, while paying rich tributes to Swami Vivekananda on his birth anniversary on Monday, tweeted that Swamiji had brought India’s spiritual heritage to the notice of the world. Paying reverential salutes to Swamiji, he described him as the pride and ideal of India. He said that the warrior monk dispelled the diatribes and misconceptions spread by design in the Western countries about the spiritual and cultural heritage of India and acquainted the world with the sublimity of Indian thought.
Chouhan said that Swami Vivekananda represented a rare blend of brilliance of youth and spiritual wisdom of Indian seers and sages. This unique combination paved the way for nation re-building. Swamiji successfully removed the sense of self-pity and self-condemnation that had become deep rooted among Indians from centuries of political subjugation and rekindled self-confidence in them. He made Indians realise the immense divine powers within and to use them for self-elevation and nation re-building.
The Chief Minister said that Swami Vivekananda placed service to suffering humanity above individual salvation. He asserted that there is no greater religion than service to the poor, the downtrodden and the exploited. This, he asserted, is the true form of Shiva worship. Swamiji gave the right direction to the youth who were getting cut off from their cultural and spiritual moorings. He exhorted them to become brilliant, vigorous and sagacious.
Chouhan said that Swami Vivekananda was an ardent champion of women’s emancipation. He said that women are epitome of Mahakali or the Supreme Energy. If we fail to uplift them, there is no other way for our own progress. About dharma Swami Vivekanand had said that realising the inherent divinity is true religion. Strongly advocating radical change in education Swami Vivekanand had called for an education that enables us to discriminate between good and evil and to think ourselves instead of rote-learning.