DO IT AS HE WISHED IT

DO IT AS HE WISHED IT

Our spiritual teachers must galvanise the youth with vigorous messages of Swami Vivekananda delivered in a robust manner with purity the bedrock of their utterances. It is, as Swamiji said, "Character that cleaves through adamantine walls of difficulties." The message should be manly, the manner manly and the overall personality of the preacher manly. Swamiji said, "My life's gospel can be summed up in one word---manhood." Swamiji had towards the end of his life said to Nivedita, "My mission is not Ramakrishna's nor Vedanta's nor anything but simply to bring MANHOOD to this people." This must be remembered by the monastic and the laity and Swamiji must be brought home to the emerging youth in accordance. They must be vivified by his message and their life's course altered towards a higher direction, not only that of self-development in the material sense (Abhyudyay) but also in the virile spiritual sense (Nihshreyas). 

Written by Sugata Bose