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Articles: Philosophy | Practical vedanta
- Mr. TVR murthy
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This article is from the lectures of swami vivekananda.
The vedanta preaches the ideal; and the ideal, as we know, is always far ahead of the real, of the practical, as we may call it.
There are two tendencies in human nature: one to harmonise the ideal with the life, and other to elevate the life to the ideal. If any man comes to preach me a certain ideal, the first step towards which is to give up selfishness, self enjoyment, I think it is impractical. But when a man brings an ideal which can be reconceiled with my selfishness,I am glad at once, and jump at it. This is the ideal for me. As the word 'orthodox' has been manipulated into various forms, so has been the word 'practical'. My doxy is orthodoxy and your doxy is heterodoxy. So with practicality what I think is practical, is to me the only practicality in the world.
If I am a shopkeeper, I think shop keeping is the only practical pursuit in the world. If I'm a theif, I think stealing is the best means of being practical. We all use this word practical for things we like and can do.
Understand vedanta and it doesnot preach any impossible ideal. In one word , this ideal is that you are divine.
Aham brhmasmi
NENE BRHAMANI
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