Swami Vivekananda's idea of religious diversity and harmony
- The origin of the religious experience, says Vivekananda, is man's instinctive urge to transcend the sensual world. He believes that man is a compound of two fundamental ele-ments: sense arid mind. While through the senses he receives impressions of the objective world, he cannot remain satisfied with his senses, simply because he wants to go beyond them. Therefore, through his mind, at certain moments he transcends the limitations of the senses. But he also transcends the power of reasoning. He then comes face to face with the facts which he could never have sensed, could never have reasoned out. According to Vivekananda, this fact is the main basis of all the religions of the world. ...
| Author: | Ali Ihsan Yitik |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-49825 |
| URL: | http://web.uni-frankfurt.de/irenik/religionskultur.htm |
| ISSN: | 1434-5935 |
| Parent Title (English): | Journal of religious culture = Journal für Religionskultur |
| Series (Serial Number): | Journal of religious culture = Journal für Religionskultur (49) |
| Publisher: | Univ. |
| Place of publication: | Frankfurt am Main |
| Document Type: | Part of Periodical |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2001 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2001 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2007/10/26 |
| Issue: | 49 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 192654616 |
| Institutes: | Angeschlossene und kooperierende Institutionen / Institut für Wissenschaftliche Irenik |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 2 Religion / 29 Andere Religionen / 290 Andere Religionen |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
