Paying tribute to Swami Vivekananda on his birth anniversary, Samajwadi Party (SP) National President Akhilesh Yadav said Vivekananda’s name itself is a timeless message, as it is a call for inner discernment (‘vivek’) to achieve bliss (‘anand’) and freedom from mental slavery.
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Paying tribute to Swami Vivekananda on his birth anniversary, Samajwadi Party (SP) National President Akhilesh Yadav said Vivekananda’s name itself is a timeless message, as it is a call for inner discernment (‘vivek’) to achieve bliss (‘anand’) and freedom from mental slavery.
He said reaching the state of bliss through wisdom is the essence of Swami Vivekananda’s philosophy of life, and this leads humanity towards inner freedom.
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Posting on his social media account on Monday, Akhilesh Yadav said that wisdom is not merely a matter of external knowledge but a consciousness that awakens within the conscience. This is only possible when a person does not become a mental slave to the ideas of others and decides between truth and falsehood based on their own wisdom.
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The SP president said that Swami Vivekananda’s message inspires people to think and understand for themselves so that society can recognise the hypocrisy, deceit, selfishness, and great lies hidden behind outward appearances, deceptive activities, and the web of words.
He said that Swami Vivekananda’s compassion towards humanity and his message of brotherhood to the entire world are as relevant today as ever. On this occasion, he wished that his guidance would bear even more fruit in society.
Akhilesh Yadav urged people that not external knowledge, but inner wisdom and understanding, should be the guiding light of life, and that more people should follow and become wise.
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